These are just a few full-text articles available on the Web about Kurosawa. You can find many more by accessing the Electronic Journals page of the Gumberg Library Web site.
Here are a few:
Harper, Dan. "Akira Kurosawa." Senses of Cinema. July 2002.
15 March 2004 (http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/02/kurosawa.html)
Crogan, Patrick. "Translating Kurosawa." Senses of Cinema. 2000
15 March 2004 (http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/00/9/cteq/kurosawa.html)
Sato,Tadao. "Tradition in a Time of Transition." Cinemaya 42 (1998): 28-32.
15 March 2004 (http://www.asianfilms.org/japan/kuro-trad.html)