10.0
10.0
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa
Also known as: Kurosawa Akira, Kurosawa
Directing
Born:March 23, 1910
Died:September 6, 1998(aged 88)
Birthplace:Shinagawa, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Nationality:Empire of Japan
Height:5'12" (182 cm)
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CommunityBiography
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 acclaimed Drunken Angel (1948), in which Kurosawa cast the then little-known actor Toshiro Mifune in a starring role, cemented the director's reputation as one of the most important young filmmakers in Japan. The two men would go on to collaborate on another fifteen films. Rashomon (1950), which premiered in Tokyo, became the surprise winner of the Golden Lion at the 1951 Venice Film Festival. The commercial and critical success of that film opened up Western film markets for the first time to the products of the Japanese film industry, which in turn led to international recognition for other Japanese filmmakers. Kurosawa directed approximately one film per year throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, including a number of highly regarded (and often adapted) films, such as Ikiru (1952), Seven Samurai (1954), Throne of Blood (1957), Yojimbo (1961) and High and Low (1963). After the 1960s he became much less prolific; even so, his later work—including two of his final films, Kagemusha (1980) and Ran (1985)—continued to receive great acclaim. In 1990, he accepted the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement. Posthumously, he was named Asian of the Century in the Arts, Literature, and Culture category by AsianWeek magazine and CNN, cited there as being among the five people who most prominently contributed to the improvement of Asia in the 20th century. His career has been honored by many retrospectives, critical studies and biographies in both print and video, and by releases in many consumer media.
Notable Works
The Hidden FortressRashomonSeven SamuraiDreamsYojimboRanIkiruThrone of Blood
Filmography (86 movies)
10.0
10.0
In Love With and Living Within Movies - Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki
1993
as Self
8.4
8.4
High and Low
1963
Director
8.4
8.4
Seven Samurai
1954
Screenplay
8.3
8.3
Ikiru
1952
Director
8.2
8.2
Red Beard
1965
Screenplay
8.1
8.1
Yojimbo
1961
Screenplay
8.0
8.0
Ran
1985
Director
8.0
8.0
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
2002
as Self
8.0
8.0
Making of 'Dreams'
1990
as Self
8.0
8.0
Rashomon
1950
Director
8.0
8.0
The Hidden Fortress
1958
Screenplay
8.0
8.0
Sanjuro
1962
Director
7.9
7.9
Dersu Uzala
1975
Screenplay
7.9
7.9
Throne of Blood
1957
Screenplay
7.8
7.8
Kagemusha
1980
Screenplay
7.7
7.7
Dreams
1990
Director
7.7
7.7
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
Director
7.6
7.6
Drunken Angel
1948
Writer
7.5
7.5
Stray Dog
1949
Writer
7.3
7.3
The Quiet Duel
1949
Writer
7.3
7.3
Madadayo
1993
Director
7.3
7.3
I Live in Fear
1955
Director
7.3
7.3
After the Rain
2000
Writer
7.2
7.2
One Wonderful Sunday
1947
Director
7.2
7.2
Rhapsody in August
1991
Screenplay
7.1
7.1
A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies
2000
as Self
7.1
7.1
The Lower Depths
1957
Director
7.0
7.0
The Idiot
1951
Director
7.0
7.0
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
2002
as Self
7.0
7.0
Dodes'ka-den
1970
Executive Producer
7.0
7.0
Sanshiro Sugata
1965
Writer
7.0
7.0
Sword for Hire
1952
Screenplay
7.0
7.0
Snow Trail
1947
Screenplay
6.9
6.9
Scandal
1950
Director
6.9
6.9
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
Director
6.8
6.8
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952
Writer
6.7
6.7
Kurosawa
2000
as Self
6.7
6.7
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952
Writer
6.5
6.5
Sanshiro Sugata
1943
Director
6.5
6.5
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
1993
as Self
6.4
6.4
What Is Cinema?
2013
as Self
6.4
6.4
Tsubaki Sanjuro
2007
Writer
6.3
6.3
A. K.
1985
as Self
6.3
6.3
Wings of Victory
1942
Writer
6.3
6.3
Saga of the Vagabonds
1959
Writer
6.1
6.1
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
1945
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
The Portrait
1948
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964
Screenplay
5.9
5.9
Song of the Horse
1970
Director
5.8
5.8
Horse
1941
Writer
5.8
5.8
Four Love Stories
1947
Screenplay
5.7
5.7
The Sea Is Watching
2002
Screenplay
5.7
5.7
Escape at Dawn
1950
Screenplay
5.6
5.6
The Most Beautiful
1944
Director
5.5
5.5
The Fencing Master
1962
Screenplay
5.5
5.5
Advance Patrol
1957
Screenplay
5.1
5.1
Dora-heita
2000
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'
2002
as Self
The World of Kazuo Miyagawa
2012
as Self
Making of Ran
1985
as Self
Searching For Kurosawa
TBA
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Drunken Angel'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
2002
as Self
Beyond Love and Hate
1951
Screenplay
Lady From Hell
1949
Writer
Jakoman and Tetsu
1949
Writer
Wrestling-Ring Festival
1944
Writer
Vanished Enlisted Man
1955
Screenplay
Ikiru
2007
Screenplay
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
Screenplay
The Admirable Isshin Tasuke!
1945
Screenplay
Flirtation in Spring
1949
Producer
Jiruba no Tetsu
1950
Screenplay
The Den of Beasts
1951
Screenplay
Those Who Make Tomorrow
1946
Director
World of Love
1943
Writer
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