Friday, June 4 – Sunday, August 29
at Pacific Film Archive

VIZ Cinema is not the only one celebrating Kurosawa’s 100th birth year! Pacific Film Archive of Berkeley has an amazing line-up all summer to blow you away with Kurosawa after Kurosawa!

To celebrate the centenary of the birth of Akira Kurosawa, the Criterion Collection has created the gorgeous DVD collector’s set AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa. For a limited time, you can save money on your purchase while supporting the Pacific Film Archive. Buy AK 100 at criterion.com, enter code AKPFA at the prompt, and you’ll save 25 percent off the retail price of $399.95—plus, the Criterion Collection will make a $25 donation to PFA on your behalf.

“A master by any measure, Kurosawa exploited the epic possibilities of the big screen while remaining grounded in a fundamental humanism. This three-month retrospective is a chance to explore the full range of his fifty-year career.”