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Academy all set to pay tribute to Akira Kurosawa by showcasing his digitally remastered landmark film Roshomon. It is going to be part of a three month showcase of the Japanese director’s work at the Academy.

This tribute will coincide with the 10 th Anniversary of Kurosawa’s death on September 6 th 1998.

The film’s restoration was undertaken by the Academy Film Archive, the Film Foundation and the Kadokawa Culture Promotion Foundation. Starring Toshiro Mifune and released in Japan in 1950, “Rashomon” is the first Japanese pic to be restored by the Academy and Film Foundation.

Along with the movie there will be exhibitions of many of the director’s original art work rarely seen outside Japan.

“Akira Kurosawa: Film Artist” will be unveiled in the Academy galleries following the Sept. 18 screening of “Rashomon” at Acad’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The event will include a panel discussion with the director’s collaborators, friends and family, including son Hisao Kurosawa.

Other pictures that will be part of this showcase are Seven Samurai, Ran and Yojimbo. It will run from September 18 th to October 4 th.