Paper by Lawrence Gleeson. I will be analyzing the three films, “Rashomon” (1950), “Seven Samurai” (1957), and “Ran” (1985), in relation to how these Akira Kurosawa films represent men and their relationship to social structures, and to violence in reference to historical truth and to socio-economic realities. In “Rashomon,” Kurosawa breaks the traditional narrative mold … Continue reading Akira Kurosawa: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow