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Aimai na Mirai: Kurosawa Kiyoshi (2003)

Documentary | 75 minutes
2,50 4 votes

Genre: Documentary

Duration: 75 minuten

Alternative titles: The Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa / 曖昧な未来、黒沢清

Country: Japan

Directed by: Kenjirô Fujii

Stars: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Takashi Asai and Tadanobu Asano

IMDb score: 7,3 (26)

Releasedate: 8 February 2003

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Aimai na Mirai: Kurosawa Kiyoshi plot

In Ambivalent Future, Kiyoshi Kurosawa himself talks about his views on film and directing and others speak about him, such as the producer of Bright Future and a few actors. An image soon arises of a headstrong director, who sometimes does not seem to know what he is doing, but in fact has it very well in mind.

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A must for the Kiyoshi Kurosawa enthusiast.

The whole Bright Future thing is just an excuse, a stepping stone to make a documentary about Kurosawa, the director. That means you shouldn't have seen Bright Future, but you should be familiar with Kurosawa's work, otherwise I don't think there's anything to it.

It is also a fairly classic Japanese documentary, with quite respectful interpretations of the people around, supplemented with a welcome dash of honesty. There is no direct bashing or criticism, but he is also not raised to God by the people around him.

I liked the relationship between Kurosawa and his regular producer the most. You often assume that a director like Kurosawa goes his own way, but here it soon turns out that she is a kind of mummy for Kurosawa, who challenges him and challenges him to push his limits. It's just a pity that you don't hear Kurosawa talking about her right away, so it remains a bit of a guess.

In terms of the documentary itself, it's basic basic. A few interviews, ugly shots, pure nature, fortunately also a few moments where the camera simply observes. Nice to see Odagiri and Asano at work, two very different types, although that could also be due to the timing in their careers. For Odagiri this was his first leading role, Asano already had several films behind him.

So one for the enthusiasts. As a viewer you get enough space to form an image about Kurosawa yourself, but that's only interesting if you're already interested in the man beforehand. So almost all my stars go there, if you have no idea who Kurosawa is then you have no reason to watch this documentary.

3.0*

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Fisico

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Well, this was included with the DVD of the movie "The bright future" so I also picked it up. Nothing more than a documentary about Kurosawa, his ideas and vision, about the people around him during the filming process. All pretty standard and not exactly great.

One for enthusiasts and for the insiders who are more familiar with Kurosawa's work. Not uninteresting, but not groundbreaking either, which was probably not the intention.

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