Kurosawa's classic is being screened locally next month and I am so very excited to see this theatrically... how many folks on here enjoy his stuff?

plus Bladerunner Final Cut makes it here theatrically as well the previous week!

Based on various past conversations here I think there are a large number of people who love the films of Kurosawa-san. It probably goes without saying that the samurai films are especially popular as they are everywhere but I also love his contemporary human interest and political dramas. Enjoy the film ... there's really nothing like seeing them on the big screen with an audience, is there?

Big fan. That's why I'm both looking forward to, and dreading, "The Hidden Fortress" being remade. I think it can be entertaining, but I just can't see it living up to the CG-less original.

That's cool it's on the big screen. I have a number of his movies on dvd, but it's not the same. So many of his shots are for the big screen (think of the battle scenes in Ran).
Definitely see Blade Runner. I saw it a couple of months ago at Seattle's only remaining (& remodeled) theatre designed for 70mm, the Cinerama. About once a year they have a run of remastered 70mm oldies like 2001 or Lawrence of Arabia. In fact, they are showing a 70mm remaster of Tron this week.
Wish they would show some Kurasawa.

Huge fan. Huge. Seven Samurai? Hands down, fav movie of all time.

Rashomon is another I don't hear enough people talk about.

Hidden Fortress being remade terrifies me.

I hear you. The only thing that makes me hopeful is that it's being done by Toho, and that the I really like the actor they chose for Toshiro Mifune's role (though, he's no Mifune).

the arrow scene in throne of blood on the big screen will be fucking intense!! What an awesome movie.

I totally blew it last month when they played double bills of samurai movies for a whole weekend and missed the whole thing. killer!

Hiroshi Abe? Isn't that right? That's the last I heard anyway. Nobody can ever fill Toshiro Mifune's waraji, but I can give him the benefit of the doubt.

As a side note, familiar with the Zatoichi series? Shintaro Katsu as the blind samurai is a close second to the coolest samurai ever.

Agreed but he must share that throne with Tomisaburo Wakayama as Ogami Ittō in the babycart films.

Ah! Yeah, you're totally right. How could I have forgotten about Lone Wolf and Cub?

Way too much atmosphere to be cramped up in a tv set! This is actually my 3rd shot at seeing it theatrically in a decade. I live walking distance from the theatre so this will be greatly enjoyed. I was very young when I first saw it on wQEX in the 70s and I was mesmerized by it. every still every frame brutally beautiful.

I highly recommend The Bad Sleep Well as another Mifune/Kurosawa masterpiece. The excellent "deep focus" (or pan focus) cinematography compares favorably to the photography in Citizen Kane and The Cranes are Flying. Every shot is perfect!