Something Like An Autobiography
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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From the man who gave the world Rashomon, Seven Samurai, and Ran comes a memoir as vivid, disciplined, and visually arresting as the films that made him a legend. Something Like an Autobiography chronicles the formative years of Akira Kurosawa, one of cinema's most celebrated masters, tracing his journey from a sensitive, art-obsessed youth in early twentieth-century Tokyo to the determined filmmaker who would revolutionise world cinema. Written with disarming candour and quiet intensity, the book illuminates the personal struggles, creative influences, and defining moments that shaped his uncompromising artistic vision. Kurosawa's prose carries the same precise, painterly eye he brought to every frame of his films, drawing on Japanese literary tradition while speaking directly to the universal experience of a relentless creative pursuit. He presents his mentors, failures, and breakthroughs not as mythology but as hard-won human truth, making this memoir an essential document for cinephiles, artists, and anyone who has ever wrestled with the demands of a singular calling. What drove a man of such towering ambition — and what did it cost him? The answer, like all great cinema, lingers long after the final page.
Author: Akira Kurosawa
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the man who gave the world Rashomon, Seven Samurai, and Ran comes a memoir as vivid, disciplined, and visually arresting as the films that made him a legend. Something Like an Autobiography chronicles the formative years of Akira Kurosawa, one of cinema's most celebrated masters, tracing his journey from a sensitive, art-obsessed youth in early twentieth-century Tokyo to the determined filmmaker who would revolutionise world cinema. Written with disarming candour and quiet intensity, the book illuminates the personal struggles, creative influences, and defining moments that shaped his uncompromising artistic vision. Kurosawa's prose carries the same precise, painterly eye he brought to every frame of his films, drawing on Japanese literary tradition while speaking directly to the universal experience of a relentless creative pursuit. He presents his mentors, failures, and breakthroughs not as mythology but as hard-won human truth, making this memoir an essential document for cinephiles, artists, and anyone who has ever wrestled with the demands of a singular calling. What drove a man of such towering ambition — and what did it cost him? The answer, like all great cinema, lingers long after the final page.