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Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa
  • Name: Akira Kurosawa
  • Birthday: 1910-03-23
  • Also known as: أكيرا كوروساوا,อะกิระ คุโระซะวะ,黑澤明,Kurosawa Akira,아키라 구로사와,쿠로사와 아키라,아키라 쿠로사와
  • Place of birth: Shinagawa, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
  • Popularity: 27.506
Biography: Akira Kurosawa (黒澤 明) was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. He displayed a bold, dynamic style, strongly influenced by Western cinema yet distinct from it; he was involved with all aspects of film production. Kurosawa entered the Japanese film industry in 1936, following a brief stint as a painter. After years of working on numerous films as an assistant director and scriptwriter, he made his debut as a director during World War II with the popular action film Sanshiro Sugata (1943). After the war, the critically... Read More

Movies:

Title Release date
Life Work of Akira Kurosawa   as  Self 2022-11-25
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die   as  Self (archive footage) 2020-11-26
Dersu Uzala. Russian Dreams of Kurosawa   as  Self (archive footage) 2020-09-04
And the Oscar Goes To...   as  Self (archive footage) 2014-02-01
What Is Cinema?   as  Self 2013-09-06
The World of Kazuo Miyagawa   as  Self 2012-01-01
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'   as  Self 2002-10-25
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'   as  Self 2002-10-25
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'   as  Self 2002-10-25
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'   as  Self 2002-10-25
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'   as  Self 2002-10-25
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'   as  Self 2002-10-25
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'   as  Self 2002-10-25
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'   as  Self 2002-10-25
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den'   as  Self 2002-10-25
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'   as  Self 2002-10-25
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'   as  Self 2002-10-25
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Drunken Angel'   as  Self 2002-10-25
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'   as  Self 2002-10-25
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'   as  Self 2002-10-25
Chris on Chris   as  Self (archive footage) 2002-01-01
Kurosawa   as  Self 2000-12-24
A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies   as  Self 2000-04-01
In Love With and Living Within Movies - Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki   as  Self 1993-12-31
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema   as  Self 1993-01-01
Making of 'Dreams'   as  Self 1990-11-02
A. K.   as  Self 1985-05-20
Making of Ran   as  Self 1985-01-01