Medieval History
Splendent Media has signed a multiyear deal to represent worldwide rights (outside Japan) to 69 titles from filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, including 19 screenplays that were never produced.
Kurosawa, who considered one of the most influential movie director?s in the history of cinema, made over thirty films in his lifetime, including several that were set in medieval Japan.
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- Japan To Return Medieval Books To Korea
Some 1,200 Joseon Dynasty-era books looted by Japan during the colonial era will be returned to Korea on Tuesday afternoon, a government official said. According to the official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the books will be divided and...
- Shipwreck From Mongol Invasion Fleet Discovered Off Japan
Archaeologists from the University of the Ryukyus in Japan have discovered large parts of a Mongolian/Chinese ship that was likely part of the Mongol invasion fleet that tried to invade the island in 1281. The find is the first intact wreck related to...
- Sword Discovered In Japan Was Forged In The Year 570
An ancient sword bearing kanji characters that show the year 570 according to the Chinese sexagenary cycle has been unearthed from an ancient burial mound here, the local education board announced on Sept. 21. The discovery made by the Fukuoka Municipal...
- 14th-century Samurai Battle Wounds Discovered By Scientists
Films like Seven Samurai, Ran and Heaven and Earth have made Japan?s historic Samurai warriors famous But now, their skeletons have been examined in forensic detail by Japanese and British scientists. A leading British specialist in forensic anthropology...
- Disney's Medievalisms
Call for Papers: ?Disney?s Medievalisms? > From medieval fairs to modern films, the industries of popular culture continually revisit and reinvent the Middle Ages, entertaining audiences while generating a profit. And Disney?s--both Walt?s and the Corporation?s?contribution...
Medieval History
US company gets right to remake Kurosawa films
Splendent Media has signed a multiyear deal to represent worldwide rights (outside Japan) to 69 titles from filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, including 19 screenplays that were never produced.
Kurosawa, who considered one of the most influential movie director?s in the history of cinema, made over thirty films in his lifetime, including several that were set in medieval Japan.
Click here to read this article from Medievalists.net
- Japan To Return Medieval Books To Korea
Some 1,200 Joseon Dynasty-era books looted by Japan during the colonial era will be returned to Korea on Tuesday afternoon, a government official said. According to the official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the books will be divided and...
- Shipwreck From Mongol Invasion Fleet Discovered Off Japan
Archaeologists from the University of the Ryukyus in Japan have discovered large parts of a Mongolian/Chinese ship that was likely part of the Mongol invasion fleet that tried to invade the island in 1281. The find is the first intact wreck related to...
- Sword Discovered In Japan Was Forged In The Year 570
An ancient sword bearing kanji characters that show the year 570 according to the Chinese sexagenary cycle has been unearthed from an ancient burial mound here, the local education board announced on Sept. 21. The discovery made by the Fukuoka Municipal...
- 14th-century Samurai Battle Wounds Discovered By Scientists
Films like Seven Samurai, Ran and Heaven and Earth have made Japan?s historic Samurai warriors famous But now, their skeletons have been examined in forensic detail by Japanese and British scientists. A leading British specialist in forensic anthropology...
- Disney's Medievalisms
Call for Papers: ?Disney?s Medievalisms? > From medieval fairs to modern films, the industries of popular culture continually revisit and reinvent the Middle Ages, entertaining audiences while generating a profit. And Disney?s--both Walt?s and the Corporation?s?contribution...