Full Series Pass: $98 ($70 Belcourt members) | Ticket 5-Packs: $45 ($35 Belcourt members)
*Full Series Passes and Ticket 5-Packs do not include tickets for HIGHEST 2 LOWEST or STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE
Long-considered among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of the 20th century, Akira Kurosawa directed 30 feature films across a span of six decades. Heavily influenced by Western cinema, the filmmaker forged a bold, brilliant and propulsive style — often employing his own unique take on established techniques — and was deeply involved in all aspects of production, from writing and editing to production design with elaborate storyboards. He worked with a recurring stable of actors (Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura being chief among them), exploring themes around master-disciple relationships, and cycles of violence and class in post-war Japan and throughout history. In celebration of his 115th anniversary — he’s only 15 years older than the Belcourt itself — we’ve been gifted nine new restorations from his era at Toho Films. We supplement these with a few favorites of our own.
All films will be screened in new 4K restorations by Toho Co., Ltd., with the exceptions of RASHOMON (2K restoration by the Academy Film Archive, the National Film Center of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, and Kadokawa Pictures, Inc.), RAN (Studiocanal, Kadokawa), DREAMS (Warner Bros, Shoji Ueda), and RED BEARD. DRUNKEN ANGEL and DERSU UZALA will be presented in 35mm.
