"Homage to Cinema" Exhibition

Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

Finished

Artists

Akira Kurosawa

The legendary film director Akira Kurosawa aspired to be a painter as a teenager, but eventually turned to filmmaking while pouring his creative energy into creating the storyboards that were an essential step in the production of his films. The depiction of his characters, as well as costumes, props, lighting and composition can all be found portrayed in exhaustive detail in these storyboards.

In addition to around 140 storyboards chosen from among the 2000 that Kurosawa produced over his lifetime, this exhibition also features 10 storyboards from the collection of Martin Scorsese.

Special screenings and lectures are also scheduled. See website for more details.

[Image: Akira Kurosawa "Kagemusha"]

Schedule

Sep 4 (Sat) 2010-Oct 11 (Mon) 2010

Opening Hours Information

Hours	10:00-18:00 Closes at 20:00 on Thursdays and Fridays.
Closed	Monday Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day. Closed during the New Years holidays.

Fee

Adults ¥1000, College Students ¥800, Middle & High School Students and Over 65 ¥700

Venue

Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
http://topmuseum.jp/e/contents/index.html

Location

Yebisu Garden Place, 1-13-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, 153-0062 Tokyo

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Access

7 minute walk from the East exit of Ebisu Station on the JR Yamanote and Saikyo lines, 11 minute walk from exit 1 at Ebisu Station on the Hibiya line.

Phone

03-3280-0099

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