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papelgren's review against another edition
4.0
Reading this book made me want to see every Kurosawa film ever made.
daisycutter's review against another edition
4.0
This is super interesting so I'm maxing it out on stars, but I didn't actually finish it. The anecdotes and stories are so interesting, but the author also insists on including full plot descriptions of every movie that either man ever worked on and then pages and pages of excerpts from reviews. A great historical record, but after a few hundred pages it becomes rough reading.
yukbon's review against another edition
5.0
A combination biography/filmography of both Kurosawa and Mifune. It's a huge book, and many of the films discussed are unavailable in English or outside of Japan, if at all. In some cases this is annoying -- some of them sound amazing -- and useful since your chances of finding them is basically nonexistent so some info is better than none. Galbraith goes to great lengths to paint Kurosawa and Mifune as the complex individuals that they are -- no simple "good guy" vs "bad guy" portraits -- while not sugar coating their sometimes horrible behaviors. If you're a fan of either man and/or their films, you'll probably want to at least read through it. Be warned: it's a huge, heavy book. Not for the dilettante and you may well want to skip through large chunks of "this film is unavailable" sections.
kaqueershi's review against another edition
5.0
I guess I'm a Mifune stan now?
(Not) Joking aside, this was an incredibly well done book, both in terms of writing and research. I'm so heartbroken there are films mentioned that I will never be able to see. I would love love to see an updated version of this book, and how perceptions of these two men and their work may have changed in the last twenty years.
(Not) Joking aside, this was an incredibly well done book, both in terms of writing and research. I'm so heartbroken there are films mentioned that I will never be able to see. I would love love to see an updated version of this book, and how perceptions of these two men and their work may have changed in the last twenty years.
sarahjsnider's review against another edition
5.0
A very thorough and surprisingly readable dual biography of the two men behind some of my favorite films. Any information not contained in this book is likely unknowable.
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