Akira Kurosawa's Dreams Movie Review

Starring: Akira Terao, Martin Scorsese, Mieko Harada

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"AKIRA KUROSAWA'S DREAMS is a film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa in 1990. Five nominations for the Japanese Academy awards. In this picture, the Japanese director has illustrated eight of his dreams. A young boy encounters the spirits of trees that have just been cut down, climbers lost in a storm are saved by a gentle ghost, a senior military encounters the ghosts of his soldiers who refuse to die, and a tourist meets the painter Vincent Van Gogh and follows him through the landscapes Van Gogh has painted during his last days in France. "
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Composition of Movie
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 70%

**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - fantasy story on present day Earth
Horror film? Yes
Kind of Horror Story - ghosts!

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Hair color? - brunette (Black)
Hair type - (man) short/medium straight
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality - Japanese
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century (1970's to Present) - 20th Century (1950-1970) - 20th Century (1900-1950)
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Mountains? Yes
Forests? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Tone of movie - spiritual
Non-American film? Yes
What language? - Japanese
Subtitles? - Yes
Any profanity? - None
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Orchestra/classical

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