Tearful farewell for Kurosawa

Tokyo - Emotions ran deep as 35,000 fans and invited guests bade farewell to the Japanese filmmaker, Akira Kurosawa, at a memorial…

Tokyo - Emotions ran deep as 35,000 fans and invited guests bade farewell to the Japanese filmmaker, Akira Kurosawa, at a memorial service yesterday. Fans, some wiping tears from their eyes, lined the streets outside Kurosawa's studio in Yokohama as 4,000 invited guests attended the memorial service.

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