Kurosawa Imagery

Just a quick little follow up to my previous Japanese cinematography post - this time, devoted completely to the "other" Kurosawa.

Who can give you those showy compositions and angles:



Neat depth of field:



And adds some fun editing tricks as well:




And meaning through images:



And doing it all in deliberately difficult circumstances - action scenes shot through obstacles, in the rain and dark - depth of focus in the dark, take your pick: