Akira Kurosawa

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Akira Kurosawa

Born 1910-03-23 Shinagawa, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan 29 films

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 p…

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Filmography

29 films
Kurosawa's Way poster

Eleven major film makers from Europe, America and Asia talk about Akira Kurosawa and discover surpr…

Kurosawa's Way

★ 5.8 2011