Official Trailer for Film Forum’s ‘Kurosawa in 4K’ Retrospective Series
by Alex Billington
July 3, 2025
Source: YouTube
“We only realize how beautiful life is… when we face death.” One of the finest filmmakers of all-time. Film Forum in NYC is hosting a magnificent retrospective screening series this summer titled Kurosawa in 4K, co-hosted by Janus Films. Janus is the US distributor on many of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s classic films throughout his career. Most of his films have since been fully restored and remastered in 4K – and they’ll be showing back on the big screen. Starting in NYC, of course, but hopefully more of them will tour around the country (Seven Samurai already played in many art house theaters last year). All the latest 4K restorations were completed by Toho Co., Ltd in Japan, with many being shown in the US for the very first time, including Throne Of Blood, Stray Dog, High And Low, The Hidden Fortress, Ikiru, Yojimbo, and Sanjuro. The screening series begins on July 18th, 2025 and continues until July 31st – a riveting summer escape if you need one. Film Forum is also showing Kurosawa’s Rashomon, along with the other eight films aforementioned. They’ve debuted this new trailer and poster to promote this 2025 retrospective. And it’s my duty as a cinephile to share them with you and also encourage any/everyone to go watch any of these films.
Here’s the official trailer for Film Forum’s “Kurosawa in 4K” retrospective series, from their YouTube:
🇯🇵 “A nine-film festival featuring some of the most influential titles by the legendary director, spanning genres from samurai epic to gritty Noir.” 🎞 Kurosawa in 4K, a two-week screening series of classics by the great Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, gloriously restored in pristine 4K, will run at Film Forum in New York City from Friday, July 18th through Thursday, July 31st, 2025 this summer. All spectacular 4K restorations were undertaken by Toho Co., Ltd. in Japan, with many being shown in the US for the very first time, including Throne Of Blood, Stray Dog, High And Low, The Hidden Fortress, Ikiru, Yojimbo, and Sanjuro. Rashomon restored in 2K by the Academy Film Archive, the National Film Center of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, and Kadokawa Pictures, Inc. Kurosawa’s acclaimed Seven Samurai recently celebrated its 70th anniversary with a 4K restoration and release at Film Forum in 2024, after it debuted at the Cannes Film Festival. The series is presented with support from The Reginald S. Reinhardt, Ling-Makekau Fund for Asia-Pacific Films The legendary maestro Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa (1910 – 1998) made a grand total of 31 feature films across six decades, with his final film Madadayo ready in 1993. For more info on the series + for tickets visit Film Forum’s official site. Which films are your favorites?
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