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Akira Kurosawa was a seismic force, the kind of artist who makes other artists question their craft. Spielberg, Scorsese, Lucas, Tarantino—you name it, they all bow, one way or another, to the man who ...

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It’s thought that former Japanese Emperor Uda was the first person to seek enlightenment by hiking through these mountains in 906. Since then, everyone from peasants to samurai have followed in his ...