Akira Kurosawa’s hand-painted storyboards
The Criterion Collection has most if not all of Kurosawa's movies available.
Kurosawa associates strongly with his black-and-white early work, so I was surprised at the strong use of color and contrasting hues in these. It reminds me of post-Impressionist Pierre Bonnard.
Also really enjoyed Satyajit Ray's storyboards for the Apu Trilogy. Sketchier than Kurasawa's, but thrilling nonetheless and greatly increasing the pleasure of watching or rewatching the films.
Unfortuately I can't can't seem to find them online aside from a few thumbnails. They were published in book form a few years ago; maybe that's why.
That looks more like concept art than story board
Probably like most film school students I had a Kurosawa obsession. These are incredible to see. Would love a framed reprint of some.
This is so awesome for someone like me. I have been a Kurasawa fan and almost went through all his movies except for Dreams which I so wanted to see. To get more understanding into the process and imagination, to me is like a treasure land now.
More modern example, Bong Joon Ho apparently storyboards the entire film before shooting.
Parasite's storyboards: https://www.indiewire.com/2020/05/parasite-bong-joon-ho-stor...
On the flip side, Terence Malick gives you an index card with an aphorism and lets you improvise: https://www.businessinsider.com/thomas-lennon-terrence-malic...