Kurosawa

i guess many people didn't like the movie "throne of blood" from last week, then i saw a review saying, "I was somewhat creeped out by the old man spirit and Isuzu Yamada's black teeth." haha.
the married women were supposed to paint their teeth black since very old time period. the teeth of some Haniwa (sculptures to protect the spirit of the dead kings in Kofun Period) were black. this custom remained until the Meiji Period.
anyway this movie and its director, Kurosawa are highly rated in the movie fans in the world.
but actually many young japanese people have no interest in kurosawa movies. sometimes it's funny that the people who are famous worldwide are not too famous in their native countries. a friend of mine traveled to England and tried to talk about an English mystery novelist, Agatha Christie. The British people she met didn't know very much about Christie. Also, I saw one of the greatest athletes in the Olympics, Carlton Lewis saying on TV that he is treated as a hero in Japan, but few people recognize who he is in America.
i wonder why?