Japanese directing legend Akira Kurosawa risked falling out with the whole industry in order to make sure Mifune made it ...

Spike Lee's latest masterpiece, Highest 2 Lowest, delivers an epic ending but fails to immortalize itself in the same way as ...

However, even if you watch the more popular Kurosawa movies, like Rashomon, Kagemusha, and Seven Samurai, you might not be ...

Bill Hader, director Oliver Hermanus and other Kurosawa enthusiasts pick must-see and deep-cut films by the Japanese master ...

Akira Kurosawa's movies have influenced many Hollywood films, from Spike Lee's recent Highest 2 Lowest to the classic ...

It takes a gutsy filmmaker to attempt to remake a classic, and Spike Lee certainly aimed for the sky with Highest 2 Lowest.

For his latest film “Highest 2 Lowest,” Spike Lee has turned to one of his influences, and one of cinema’s most iconic ...

Akira Kurosawa is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. His six decades of masterpieces have been an inspiration to ...

Before Highest 2 Lowest, check out Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low, which inspired Denzel Washington and Spike Lee’s latest.

Lee tells IndieWire about his fifth collaboration with Denzel Washington, and the first since since "Inside Man," 18 years ...

The Oscar-winner’s latest collaboration with Lee – based on Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 masterpiece ‘High and Low’ – is short on emotional depth ...

Yes, Akira Kurosawa is basically synonymous with his most famous work, Seven Samurai, and though the man himself would probably be fine with that, a lot of Kurosawa's fans are not.