Seven Samurai, Akira Kurosawa

Critical Essays, Reviews, and Commentaries

Cardullo, Bert."The Circumstance of the East, the Fate of the West: Notes, Mostly on The Seven Samurai." Literature Film Quarterly. 13.2 (1985): 112. Literary Resource Center 8 March 2007. <http://www.epnet.com>.

Biographies

"Akira Kurosawa." Dictionary of World Biography: The 20th Century. Salem Press Inc., 1999. Literary Resource Center 8 March 2007. <http://www.epnet.com>.

Books (in the CCC Library)

Richie, Donald. The Films of Akira Kurosawa. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1970.

Call number PN1993.5.J3 R47

Other Sources

Akira Kurosawa: A Bibliography of Materials . UC Berkeley Library.

Note particularly the journal section - we can try to get any of these ILL if you want

Film Theory and Criticism from dmoz.org (open directory project)

IMDB - Internet Movie Database - a great general resource for movies

Seven Samurai - Bright Lights Film Journal

Akira Kurosawa. July 2002. Senses of Cinema. 8 March 2007 <http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/02/kurosawa.html>.

Translating Kurosawa. 2000. Senses of Cinema. 8 March 2007 <http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/00/9/kurosawa.html>.

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