Kurosawa Films to be Re-Released to Theaters

Noah Cowan and John Vanco of Cowboy Pictures and Peter Becker of Janus Films have announced that they will spearhead a theatrical re-release of 12 classic Akira Kurosawa films to American theaters over the next 18 months. The effort will be led by an American theatrical tour of a remastered print of Kurosawa’s masterpiece The Seven Samurai.

The Seven Samurai (1953) is hailed by many film critics as one of the greatest motion pictures ever made and is an acknowledged influence on the work of film makers including George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and John Woo. The re-release will feature the first new, restored prints released in decades and an all new subtitled translation by renowned Japanese film authority and translator Linda Hoaglund.

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