
Searching For Kurosawa
Overview
Searching for Kurosawa chronicles Kawamura Mitsuhiko’s journey from the set of Kurosawa’s Ran in 1985 to its final release three decades later. Now, with the rediscovered clips and Mitsuhiko’s own recollections, the film pieces together an intimate portrait of cinema’s “Emperor,” revealing how a young cinephile’s passion helped preserve invaluable fragments of film history. In the course of unearthing lost footage, Kawamura’s life takes an ironic course; he loved movies so much that his life became a movie.
Top Cast
Mitsuhiko Kawamura
Mitsuhiko Kawamura
Mitsuhiko Kawamura


Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa


Shinnosuke Ikehata
Shinnosuke Ikehata
Shinnosuke Ikehata


Ishirō Honda
Ishirō Honda
Ishirō Honda
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