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The career of acclaimed filmmaker Akira Kurosawa spanned more than five decades, during which he directed more than thirty movies, many of them indisputable classics: Rashomon, Ikiru, Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, Throne of Blood, and Yojimbo, among others. During the height of his creative output, Kurosawa became one of the most influential and well-known directors in the world, inspiring filmmakers like Steven Spielberg and George Lucas and movies such as The Magnificent Seven; The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; and Star Wars.In Akira Kurosawa: A Viewer's Guide, Eric San Juan provides a comprehensive yet accessible examination of the artist's entire cinematic endeavors. From early films of the 1940s such as Sanshiro Sugata and No Regrets for Our Youth to Oscar winner Dersu Uzala - the author helps readers understand what makes Kurosawa's work so powerful.
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Eric doesn't like to shave.He is the author of Stuff Every Husband Should Know (Quirk Books 2011) , Akira Kurosawa: A Viewer's Guide (Rowman & Littlefield 2018) , and Breaking Down Breaking Bad (2013) , among others, and is coauthor of A Year of Hitchcock and Hitchcock's Villains (Scarecrow Press 2009 and 2013, respectively) , as well as Geek Wisdom: The Sacred Teachings of Nerd Culture (Quirk Books 2011) .In addition to nearly 20 years as a journalist and, his work has appeared in Weird Tales, Leading Edge, Boston Literary Magazine, the Philadelphia Weekly, and other publications. He currently ghost writes blogs for a wide array of corporate clients.He still doesn't like to shave.
