{"product_id":"9781939130587","title":"Compound Cinematics: Akira Kurosawa and I","description":"Any list of Japan's greatest screenplay writers would feature Shinobu  Hashimoto at or near the top. This memoir, focusing on his  collaborations with Akira Kurosawa, a gifted scenarist in his own right,  offers indispenable insider account for fans and students of the  director's oeuvre and invaluable insights into the unique process that  is writing for the screen. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe vast majority of Kurosawa works  were filmed from screenplays that the director co-wrote with a stable of  steller writers, many of whom he discovered himself with his sharp eye  for all things cinematic. Among these was Hashimoto, who caught the  filmmaker's attention with a script that eventually turned into  Roshamon. Thus joining Team Kurosawa the debutant immediately went on to  paly an integral part in developing and writing two of the  grandmaster's most impressive achievements, Ikiru and Seven Samurai.","brand":"Kodansha USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154396496112,"sku":"9781939130587","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781939130587_p0.jpg?v=1763668603","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781939130587","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}