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May 17, 2006

AKIRA KUROSAWA FILM SCHOOL CLOSES BEFORE IT OPENS

Akira Kurosawa Film School will not openA recent bit of good news has now curdled into bad. An Akira Kurosawa Film School which would be owned and operated by former staff and colleagues of the great director was set to open in September with Nogami Teruyo as the principal and Nakadai Tatsuya as the chairman.

According to the invaluable KineJapan list, the plan is off. Two former employees (not sure who they are) caused major problems with another company and that forced Nogami to resign earlier this month. Then Nakadai resigned and now the school will definitely not open.

May 17, 2006 at 11:46 AM in News | Permalink

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According some newspapers in Japan, two female office staffs had troubles with two outside companies during this March to April. One company administered the building which tenanted Kurosawa academy, the other took charge of website.

Posted by: tdc | May 17, 2006 9:59:36 PM

I've heard that Kurosawa's son and his business partners set up new company and hired former crew as teachers. Kurosawa Academy managed by others, seemed a sort of business rather than education at their starting point.

Posted by: ordinary Japanese | May 17, 2006 11:18:11 PM

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