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1985 French documentary film

A.K.

Directed by	Chris Marker
Written by	Chris Marker
Produced by	Serge Silberman
Starring	Akira Kurosawa Chris Marker Tatsuya Nakadai Ishirō Honda
Cinematography	Frans-Yves Marescot
Edited by	Chris Marker
Music by	Tōru Takemitsu
Release date	20 May 1985 (1985-05-20)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	France
Languages	French Japanese

A.K. is a 1985 French documentary film directed by Chris Marker about the Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. Though it was filmed while Kurosawa was working on Ran, the film focuses more on Kurosawa's remote but polite personality than on the making of the film. The film is sometimes seen as being reflective of Marker's fascination with Japanese culture, which he also drew on for one of his best-known films, Sans Soleil. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast

Shigehiko Hasumi as Narration
Chris Marker as narrator in the French version (voice)
Akira Kurosawa as Self
Tatsuya Nakadai as Self
Ishirō Honda as Self
Asakazu Nakai as Self
Takao Saito as Self
Fumio Yanoguchi as Self
Takeji Sano as Self (as Takeharu Sano)
Teruyo Nogami as Self
Fumisuke Okada as Self (as Fumisake Okada)
Vittorio Dalle Ore as Self (as Vittorio)
Tōru Takemitsu as Self
Masato Hara as Self
Shinobu Muraki as Self

References

Chicago Reader: Dave Kehr's Review of AK
"Festival de Cannes: A.K." festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
"A.K. (1985) - IMDb". IMDb.

External links

A.K. at IMDb

v t e Works directed by Chris Marker
Olympia 52 Statues Also Die La Jetée Le Joli Mai Be Seeing You A Grin Without a Cat Sans Soleil A.K. The Owl's Legacy The Last Bolshevik Level Five One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich The Case of the Grinning Cat

v t e Films directed by Akira Kurosawa
Works Filmmaking technique Awards and honors Bibliography
Films	Sanshiro Sugata (1943) The Most Beautiful (1944) Sanshiro Sugata Part II (1945) The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1945) Those Who Make Tomorrow (1946) No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) One Wonderful Sunday (1947) Drunken Angel (1948) The Quiet Duel (1949) Stray Dog (1949) Scandal (1950) Rashomon (1950) The Idiot (1951) Ikiru (1952) Seven Samurai (1954) I Live in Fear (1955) Throne of Blood (1957) The Lower Depths (1957) The Hidden Fortress (1958) The Bad Sleep Well (1960) Yojimbo (1961) Sanjuro (1962) High and Low (1963) Red Beard (1965) Dodes'ka-den (1970) Dersu Uzala (1975) Kagemusha (1980) Ran (1985) Dreams (1990) Rhapsody in August (1991) Madadayo (1993)
Related	Criticism Film remakes Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition Kurosawa Film Studio A.K. Kurosawa's Way Seven Samurai 20XX Nioh Yōko Yaguchi (wife) Kazuko Kurosawa (daughter)

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