{"id":15250,"date":"2015-02-25T12:42:26","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T16:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=15250"},"modified":"2015-02-25T12:42:59","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T16:42:59","slug":"the-eclipse-viewer-episode-25-the-first-films-of-akira-kurosawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2015\/02\/25\/the-eclipse-viewer-episode-25-the-first-films-of-akira-kurosawa\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eclipse Viewer Episode 25: The First Films of Akira Kurosawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15251\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2015\/02\/25\/the-eclipse-viewer-episode-25-the-first-films-of-akira-kurosawa\/ev-25\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/EV-25.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,630\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"EV 25\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/EV-25.jpg?fit=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15251\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/EV-25-1024x538.jpg?resize=550%2C289\" alt=\"EV 25\" width=\"550\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/EV-25.jpg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/EV-25.jpg?resize=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/EV-25.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>David and I are back with another episode of The Eclipse Viewer, the podcast dedicated to the Criterion Collection\u2019s Eclipse Series of DVDs.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode we discuss the first four films made by Akira Kurosawa, one of the most important directors of all time. As in the Kinoshita set we reviewed last month, these films were\u00a0made during and just after World War II.\u00a0These are\u00a0packaged in Eclipse Series 23:\u00a0The First Films of Akira Kurosawa: <em>Sanshiro Sugata<\/em> (1943); <em>The Most Beautiful<\/em> (1944); <em>Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two<\/em> (1945); and <em>The Men Who Tread on the Tiger&#8217;s Tail<\/em>\u00a0(1945).<\/p>\n<p>Please find the podcast, the shownotes, and plenty of links over at CriterionCast <a href=\"http:\/\/criterioncast.com\/podcast\/eclipse-viewer\/ep-25-first-films-of-kurosawa\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15252\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2015\/02\/25\/the-eclipse-viewer-episode-25-the-first-films-of-akira-kurosawa\/kurosawa-eclipse\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Kurosawa-Eclipse.png?fit=348%2C490&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"348,490\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kurosawa Eclipse\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Kurosawa-Eclipse.png?fit=348%2C490&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15252\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Kurosawa-Eclipse-213x300.png?resize=213%2C300\" alt=\"Kurosawa Eclipse\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Kurosawa-Eclipse.png?resize=213%2C300&amp;ssl=1 213w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Kurosawa-Eclipse.png?fit=348%2C490&amp;ssl=1 348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the next episode of The Eclipse Viewer, David and I will be continuing our excursion in to films made during World War II, shifting from the\u00a0east to the west,\u00a0by discussing Eclipse Series 34: Jean Gr\u00e9millon During the Occupation. This set features the following three films: <em>Remorques<\/em> (1941), Lumi\u00e8re d&#8217;\u00c9t\u00e9 (1943), and <em>Le Ciel Est \u00e0 Vous<\/em> (1944).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David and Trevor are back with The Eclipse Viewer 25: The First Films of Akira Kurosawa, a set that includes the first four films this master ever made. <a href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2015\/02\/25\/the-eclipse-viewer-episode-25-the-first-films-of-akira-kurosawa\"><u>Read the full post and get the link to the podcast<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"libsyn-item-id":0,"libsyn-show-id":0,"libsyn-post-error":"","libsyn-post-error_post-type":"","libsyn-post-error_post-permissions":"","libsyn-post-error_api":"","playlist-podcast-url":"","libsyn-episode-thumbnail":"","libsyn-episode-widescreen_image":"","libsyn-episode-blog_image":"","libsyn-episode-background_image":"","libsyn-post-episode-category-selection":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_thumbnail":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_theme":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_height":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_width":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_placement":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link_text":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_custom_color":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-explicit":"","libsyn-post-episode":"","libsyn-post-episode-update-id3":"","libsyn-post-episode-release-date":"","libsyn-post-episode-simple-download":"","libsyn-release-date":"","libsyn-post-update-release-date":"","libsyn-is_draft":"","libsyn-new-media-media":"","libsyn-post-episode-subtitle":"","libsyn-new-media-image":"","libsyn-post-episode-keywords":"","libsyn-post-itunes":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-season-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-type":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-title":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-author":"","libsyn-destination-releases":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-enabled":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-input-enabled":false,"libsyn-post-episode-premium_state":"","libsyn-episode-shortcode":"","libsyn-episode-embedurl":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[469,352],"tags":[642],"coauthors":[505],"class_list":["post-15250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eclipse-viewer","category-podcast","tag-criterion-collection"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/EV-25.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pqqvZ-3XY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15250"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15254,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15250\/revisions\/15254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15250"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=15250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}