{"product_id":"compound-cinematics-paperback-by-shinobu-hashimoto-9781647293222","title":"Compound Cinematics (paperback)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA biography on Academy Award-winning director Akira Kurosawa, as told by his screenwriter and producer Shinobu Hashimoto. This book should be shelved in the non-fiction and media sections as it will appeal to those who have been inspired by his works throughout the decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAny list of Japan's greatest screenplay writers would feature Shinobu Hashimoto near or at the top. This memoir, focusing on his collaborations with Akira Kurosawa, a gifted scenarist in his own right, offers an indispensable insider account and invaluable insights into the unique process that is writing for the screen. Now in paperback, \u003cem\u003eCompound Cinematics\u003c\/em\u003e also stands as a moving reckoning of sorts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe vast majority of Kurosawa's oeuvre was filmed from screenplays that the director co-wrote with a stable of stellar scenarists. Among these was the author, who caught the filmmaker's attention with a script that eventually turned into \u003cem\u003eRashomon\u003c\/em\u003e, and who went on to play an integral part in developing and writing two of the grandmaster's crowning jewels—\u003cem\u003eIkiru\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSeven Samurai\u003c\/em\u003e—and other cineaste favourites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe late Shinobu Hashimoto (1918-2018) penned numerous films of note for other directors as well, including \u003cem\u003eHarakiri\u003c\/em\u003e for Masaki Kobayashi, \u003cem\u003eMount Hakkoda\u003c\/em\u003e for Shiro Moritani, and \u003cem\u003eVillage of the Eight Tombs\u003c\/em\u003e for Yoshitaro Nomura.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46370310127852,"sku":"9781647293222","price":32.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13750763482774.jpg?v=1744807017","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/compound-cinematics-paperback-by-shinobu-hashimoto-9781647293222","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}