r/TrueFilm • u/Alcatrazepam • 6d ago

What are all of Kurosawa’s innovations?

*Akira, to be clear, not Kyoshi who I also love deeply (whom?)

For example , I understand he is credited with the invention of the “buddy cop” film with “Stray Dog.” Many people also credit him with the invention of the “action film” with Seven Samurai. Perhaps the most famous and undisputed example is the story structure used in Rashomon (and maybe the most overtly referenced in popular culture). The man was clearly a genius and is still ahead of his time so I feel there must be other examples of innovations. Do any come to mind for you? Which are your favorites?

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u/dunecello 6d ago

This was accidental but the first example of the high-pressure blood trope in film was in Sanjuro (1962) where a prop malfunction caused a stabbed character's blood to shoot out. Kurosawa kept in the take and the trope was born.

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u/Lustandwar 6d ago

this.

was coming here to say this if no one had already. a prop malfunction leading to a genre trope of all splashy blood in everything from cartoons to horror.