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Shinobu Hashimoto

Tsurui, Ichikawa, Hyōgo, Japan

Biography

Shinobu Hashimoto (Japanese: 橋本 忍, Hashimoto Shinobu; 18 April 1918 – 19 July 2018) was a Japanese screenwriter, film director and producer. A frequent collaborator of Akira Kurosawa, he wrote the scripts for such internationally acclaimed films as Rashomon and Seven Samurai.

Movies

Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa

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Kurosawa
2000

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Ikiru" (1952).

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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
2002

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Seven Samurai" (1954).

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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
2002

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960).

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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Bad Sleep Well
2002

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Dodes'ka-den" (1970).

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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: Dodes'ka-den
2002

In this documentary, script supervisor Teruyo Nogami, who first worked with Akira Kurosawa on RASHOMON, catches up with many members of the crew, including cowriter Shinobu Hashimoto and assistant director Tokuzo Tanaka. They talk about the screenplay’s evolution, difficulties during the shooting of the film, and Kurosawa’s working methods.

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A Testimony as an Image
2002