Prologue: Tokyo march -- The birth of Rashomon: My comrade at the Disabled Veterans' Rehabilitation Facility ; My lifelong mentor, Mansaku Itami -- The man called Akira Kurosawa: Rashomon ; Ikiru ; Seven Samurai I ; Seven Samurai II -- The lights and shadows of collaborative screenplays: The "writer leading off" approach ; The straight-to-final draft -- Hashimoto Pro and Mr. Kurosawa: Two assistant directors ; Kagemusha ; Ran -- What followed for Mr. Kurosawa -- Epilogue: Ryuzo Kikushima ; Hideo Oguni ; Akira Kurosawa.
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