Teruyo Nogami

Crewmembers discuss the production of Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon (1950), half a century after its release. (imdb)

A visual allegory where the percussion recalls the symbolism of the drum which also summarizes the feminine dimension of man, therefore, mothers and daughters - women of every race and religion such as rivers, ponds, lakes and streams, all have names different but all contain "water rituals" the perpetuation of the woman dimension, an indispensable source as a representation of purity and splendor in the beats of time for the perpetuation of life.

Akira Kurosawa: The Epic and the Intimate is a French documentary film that consists primarily of interviews with Kurosawa's European collaborators from the time of the making of Ran.