{"product_id":"compound-cinematics-paperback-isbn-9781647293222","title":"Compound Cinematics (paperback)","description":"Any 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, \u003ci\u003eCompound Cinematics \u003c\/i\u003ealso stands as a moving reckoning of sorts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 \u003ci\u003eRashomon\u003c\/i\u003e, and who went on to play an integral part in developing and writing two of the grandmaster’s crowning jewels—\u003ci\u003eIkiru\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSeven Samurai\u003c\/i\u003e—and other cineaste favorites.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe late \u003cb\u003eShinobu Hashimoto\u003c\/b\u003e (1918-2018) penned numerous films of note for other directors as well, including \u003ci\u003eHarakiri\u003c\/i\u003e for Masaki Kobayashi, \u003ci\u003eMount Hakkoda\u003c\/i\u003e for Shiro Moritani, and \u003ci\u003eVillage of the Eight Tombs\u003c\/i\u003e for Yoshitaro Nomura.Shinobu Hashimoto is an award-winning screen-writer and film producer, best known across the globe for his collaborations with Akira Kurosawa. Born in 1918, in southern Japan, Hashimoto was only a middle-school graduate before he began to enter the world of film. His debut work was an immediate critical success in the form of the screenplay for Roshamon. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the years he went on to work on the following movies among his more than 50 films: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoshamon\u003cbr\u003eIkuru -To Live-\u003cbr\u003eThe Seven Samurai\u003cbr\u003eThrone of Blood\u003cbr\u003eThe Hidden Fortress\u003cbr\u003ePaul Newman's The Outrage","brand":"Vertical","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303880937701,"sku":"NP9781647293222","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781647293222.jpg?v=1767724015","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/compound-cinematics-paperback-isbn-9781647293222","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}