Kurosawa Paintings

As might already be obvious, I'm a huge fan of Japanese Cinema. When it comes to classic Japanese cinema, one of the masters, especially when it comes to making films that were widely appreciated in the west, was Akira Kurosawa. He directed 30 films during his life, all of which are worth seeing. I should note that while i own all 30 films that he directed, I've only watched 28 so far. I still think that makes my opinion reasonably grounded.

One of my favorite things about Kurosawa was that in addition to his career as a film director, he was also an avid painter. This means that when he was doing storyboards for his films, he was able to paint scenes to show exactly what he wanted them to look like in vivid color. Below are some examples of his amazing work. All of these are featured in one of my most prized possessions, this book which is now out of print, that is a complete collection of Kurosawa's drawings are paintings. A less complete, and much smaller version is available here at a very friendly price.