%0 Journal Article %T Sustainability in the Cinema: Akira Kurosawa¡¯s looks %A Rodrigo Avila Colla %A Miriam de Souza Rossini %J Verso e Reverso %D 2011 %I Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos %X From the thematic context of sustainability, this article analyzes, based on thematic and esthetic-narrative elements, two fictional films directed by Akira Kurosawa: Dersu Uzala, 1975, and Dreams, 1990 For this, some authors from the fields of cinema and, specially, of the environment are used. It seeks to understand, in light of concepts concerning the issue of sustainability, such as Japanese artist expressed the relationship between man and nature in both movies. Over fifteen years, during which separated the release of this two films, can be perceived a development of ecological thinking director. %K Akira Kurosawa %K cinema %K environmentalism %K sustainability %U http://www.unisinos.br/_diversos/revistas/ojs/index.php/versoereverso/article/view/ver.2011.25.60.02