A.K. (film)
| A.K. | |
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| Directed by | Chris Marker |
| Written by | Chris Marker |
| Produced by | Serge Silberman |
| Starring | Akira Kurosawa Chris Marker Tatsuya Nakadai Ishirō Honda |
| Cinematography | |
| Edited by | Chris Marker |
| Music by | Tōru Takemitsu |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Languages | French Japanese |
A.K. is a 1985 French documentary film directed by Chris Marker about the Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. Though it was filmed while Kurosawa was working on Ran, the film focuses more on Kurosawa's remote but polite personality than on the making of the film. The film is sometimes seen as being reflective of Marker's fascination with Japanese culture, which he also drew on for one of his best-known films, Sans Soleil.[1] The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Cast[]
- Shigehiko Hasumi as Narration
- Chris Marker as narrator in the French version (voice)
- Akira Kurosawa as Self
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Self
- Ishirō Honda as Self
- Asakazu Nakai as Self
- Takao Saito as Self
- Fumio Yanoguchi as Self
- as Self (as Takeharu Sano)
- as Self
- as Self (as Fumisake Okada)
- as Self (as Vittorio)
- Tōru Takemitsu as Self
- as Self
- Shinobu Muraki as Self[3]
References[]
- ^ Chicago Reader: Dave Kehr's Review of AK
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: A.K." festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- ^ "A.K. (1985) - IMDb". IMDb.
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- 1985 films
- 1985 documentary films
- French documentary films
- Documentary films about film directors and producers
- Films directed by Chris Marker
- Akira Kurosawa
- French-language films
- French films
- Films produced by Serge Silberman
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