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Translated by Audie E. Bock.

A first rate book and a joy to read.... It''s doubtful that a complete understanding of the director''s artistry can be obtained without reading this book.... Also indispensable for budding directors are the addenda, in which Kurosawa lays out his beliefs on the primacy of a good script, on scriptwriting as an essential tool for directors, on directing actors, on camera placement, and on the value of steeping oneself in literature, from great novels to detective fiction.
--Variety

For the lover of Kurosawa''s movies...this is nothing short of must reading...a fitting companion piece to his many dynamic and absorbing screen entertainments.
--Washington Post Book World

Something Like An Autobiography

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    A Paperback by Akira Kurosawa

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      Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
      Published 5 December 1983
      ISBN-13 9780394714394
      978-0394714394
      ISBN-10 0394714393
      Also in:
      Biography Autobiography: arts and entertainment Entertainment Films, cinema

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Translated by Audie E. Bock.

      A first rate book and a joy to read.... It''s doubtful that a complete understanding of the director''s artistry can be obtained without reading this book.... Also indispensable for budding directors are the addenda, in which Kurosawa lays out his beliefs on the primacy of a good script, on scriptwriting as an essential tool for directors, on directing actors, on camera placement, and on the value of steeping oneself in literature, from great novels to detective fiction.
      --Variety

      For the lover of Kurosawa''s movies...this is nothing short of must reading...a fitting companion piece to his many dynamic and absorbing screen entertainments.
      --Washington Post Book World

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