Akira Kurosawa
Name
Akira Kurosawa
Birthplace
Shinagawa, Tokyo, Empire of Japan
Birth date
March 23, 1910
Death place
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Death date
September 6, 1998 (aged 88)
Occupation
Director, screenwriter, producer, editor
Active Years
1936–1993
Notable Films
Seven Samurai (1954)
Akira Kurosawa (黒沢 明) was a Japanese filmmaker best known for his many samurai films and period pieces. Kurosawa was one of the most important and influential filmmakers in history, and influenced directors like George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, Sergio Leone, and Quentin Tarantino.
Early life[]
Kurosawa was born on March 23, 1910, in Ōimachi in the Ōmori district of Tokyo, being the eighth and youngest child to his father Isamu (1864–1948), who worked as the director of the Army's Physical Education Institute's lower secondary school and his mother Shima (1870–1952), who came from a merchant's family living in Osaka.
Career[]
Filmography[]
- Sanshiro Sugata (1943) - Director, screenwriter
- The Most Beautiful (1944) - Director, writer
- Sanshiro Sugata Part II (1945) - Director, screenwriter
- The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1945) - Director, screenwriter
- No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) - Director, writer
- One Wonderful Sunday (1947) - Director, writer
- Drunken Angel (1948) - Director, screenwriter
- The Quiet Duel (1949) - Director, screenwriter
- Stray Dog (1949) - Director, screenwriter
- Scandal (1950) - Director, writer
- Rashomon (1950) - Director, screenwriter
- The Idiot (1951) - Director, screenwriter
- Ikiru (1952) - Director, screenwriter
- Seven Samurai (1954) - Director, screenwriter
- I Live in Fear (1955) - Director, writer
- Throne of Blood (1957) - Director, screenwriter, producer
- The Lower Depths (1957) - Director, screenwriter, producer
- The Hidden Fortress (1958) - Director, screenwriter, producer
- The Bad Sleep Well (1960) - Director, writer, producer
- Yojimbo (1961) - Director, screenwriter, producer
- Sanjuro (1962) - Director, screenwriter
- High and Low (1963) - Director, screenwriter, producer
- Red Beard (1965) - Director, screenwriter
- Dodes'ka-den (1970) - Director, screenwriter, producer
- Dersu Uzala (1975) - Director, screenwriter
- Kagemusha (1980) - Director, screenwriter, producer
- Ran (1985) - Director, screenwriter
- Dreams (1990) - Director, writer
- Rhapsody in August (1991) - Director, screenwriter
- Madadayo (1993) - Director, screenwriter
External links[]
- Akira Kurosawa on Wikipedia
