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I also felt that there could be more about his life whilst he was a film-maker. You mention all (I guess) the films he made during his best years. But you don't give us much about his personal life during this time. It starts to read like a brief trip over his output rather than telling us more about
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Kurosawa influenced some film, scene or presentation would be of great interest, as you did with George Lucas. In sections dealing with specific films, the content would be enhanced by the addition of critical reception at the time or even today. I note some dangling participles in the prose ("the
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I feel the ordering of the sections is a little strange. It seems odd to have discussion of his early films, then a gap where you talk about his influence and influences and then you return to mention his later films. I think that the biographical parts should follow each other and then you could
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I've listed this article for peer review because of the vital importance, acknowledged by it being assigned as a level-3 vital article, of
Kurosawa (widely considered one of the greatest film directors who has ever lived) not only within Arts, but also within the Wikiproject Japan, Wikiproject
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Hi there. I'm not a very experienced reviewer so I hope more people will comment after me. I fully support your desire to have this as a featured article on the 100th
Anniversary of his birth. I have wikified a few links and added a couple of citation templates to the
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Kurosawa's career that he received a "Best Director" Academy Award nomination for" should read "the only filmd for which Kurosawa received a nomination for the
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I hope this doesn't sound too harsh. I just went through a good article nomination and it was quite difficult. Good luck.
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