Post #292085 by Ojaitimo on Thu, Mar 15, 2007 11:22 AM

The Wizard of Oz or Ran?
Tough choice for most of you but not for me.
When I was young we would watch the Wizard of Oz whenever it was on TV. It was and still is a favorite of mine. But when I saw my first Akira Kurosawa film on Okinawa it was in Japanese without subtitles but it didn't matter. I think it was Yojimbo and it was 1969 when I was 15 and it was great. From that time on I was a fan.
Kurosawa made Ran in 1985 and we saw it LA at the theater. If any of you have the chance to see this on the big screen, don't miss it as this is a big screen masterpiece. This film in his long string of master pieces going back to Rashomon won a number of Oscars that year. His long career has inspired countless artists in this world including everyone who reads this. If you enjoyed Star Wars then you are a Kurosawa fan and didn't know you were. Lucas credits Kurosawa's film Hidden Fortress for the Star Wars story. So Ran gets my vote even though the Wizard of Oz is a great film .

[ Edited by: Ojaitimo 2007-03-15 14:51 ]