Description: This is the original 1999 Japanese Language Hardback Edition of IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE" by Akira Kurosawa, "His passionate words and hope for the prosperity of film as a common language of world." Includes a roundtable discussion with Hisashi Inoue and Yoji Yamada and was published by Bungeishungju in a small octavo measuring 5.25" x 7.75" containing 238] pp. illustrated with dozens of B&W stills and photos taken of the Japanese Director during his esteemed career. It is bound in stiff red wrappers titled and illustrated in black on the front wrapper and spine and in a dust jacket with a B&W photo of Kurosawa on both panels . The jacket is in turn wrapped in an advertising banner in which the author states he "would rather be called a craftsman than an artist" and who wished for the prosperity of film as the world's common language and loved the filming sites and crew. Includes a tribute to the director's late father. Laid in is a color pictorial twice-folded publisher's advertising broadsheet. SCARCE - FINE.PLEASE NOTE: We offer Free Shipping on All Purchases.PLEASE ALSO NOTE: This is one of several lots that we are presently offering on the history of Japanese Cinema. *************************************Payment is requested within five days of auction's close. After payment is received normal shipping is within 4 days; super quick shipping can be arranged, JUST ASK.INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: All of our international shipments are processed via the eBay International Shipping program, including payment and returns.Please note our years of positive feedback.... it offers proof of the overall satisfaction of our customers for over 20 years of selling Books, Maps, Autographs, Prints and other mostly Paper items on eBay. It is because items are accurately described and guaranteed, and carefully packaged. Our goal has always been your happiness with your purchase. If any item fails to do that, contact us and we will work to correct it through refunds or returns.
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Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Place of Publication: Tokyo
Language: Japanese
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Region: Asia
Author: Akira Kurosawa
Publisher: Bungeishungju
Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
Topic: Japanese Cinema
Subject: Movie Director's passionate words & hope for the future
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1999