Tag: Akira Kurosawa

Living Script

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Year:2022
Director:Oliver Hermanus
Written by:Akira Kurosawa (Original Film Writer), Kazuo Ishiguro (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A veteran civil servant and bureaucratic cog in the rebuilding of Britain post-WWII, Williams expertly pushes paperwork around a government office only to reckon with his existence when he’s diagnosed with a fatal illness.
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Dreams Script

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Year:1990
Director:Akira Kurosawa
Written by:Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.
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The Magnificent Seven (2016) Script

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Year:2016
Director:Antoine Fuqua
Written by:Nic Pizzolatto (Screenplay), Richard Wenk (Screenplay), Akira Kurosawa (Writer), Shinobu Hashimoto (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen and other desperate residents turn to bounty hunter Sam Chisolm for help. Chisolm recruits an eclectic group of gunslingers to take on Bogue and his ruthless henchmen. With a deadly showdown on the horizon, the seven mercenaries soon find themselves fighting for more than just money once the bullets start to fly.
The Magnificent Seven Script Resources:

  • The Magnificent Seven Script PDF - [EARLY 07-25-2013] at Script Fly ($)
  • The Magnificent Seven Script PDF - 7/25/2013. at Script City ($)
  • The Magnificent Seven Transcript at scripts.com

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  • The Magnificent Seven ( tt2404435 ) at IMDb
  • The Magnificent Seven ( 333484 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Ran Script

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Year:1985
Director:Akira Kurosawa
Written by:Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay), Hideo Oguni (Screenplay), William Shakespeare (Theatre Play)

Script Synopsis:With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.
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Rashomon Script

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Year:1950
Director:Akira Kurosawa
Written by:Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (Novel), Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay), Shinobu Hashimoto (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
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Tora! Tora! Tora! Script

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Year:1970
Director:Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda
Written by:Ladislas Farago (Novel), Larry Forrester (Screenplay), Ryûzô Kikushima (Screenplay), Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay), Hideo Oguni (Screenplay), Gordon W. Prange (Novel)

Script Synopsis:In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.
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Kagemusha Script

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Year:1980
Director:Akira Kurosawa
Written by:Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay), Masato Ide (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.
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Rhapsody In August Script

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Year:1991
Director:Akira Kurosawa
Written by:Akira Kurosawa (Writer), Ishirō Honda (Writer)

Script Synopsis:The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, who lost her husband in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies.
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Seven Samurai

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Year:1954
Director:Akira Kurosawa
Written by:Shinobu Hashimoto (Screenplay), Hideo Oguni (Screenplay), Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food. A giant battle occurs when 40 bandits attack the village.
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Throne of Blood

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Year:1957
Director:Akira Kurosawa
Written by:Shinobu Hashimoto (Screenplay), Ryûzô Kikushima (Screenplay), Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay), Hideo Oguni (Screenplay), William Shakespeare (Theatre Play)

Script Synopsis:Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
Throne of Blood Script Resources:

  • Throne of Blood Script PDF - (English) at Script Fly ($)

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