A.K. (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.[1] The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

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[3]

References

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

External links

• A.K. at IMDb