Biography
Akira Kurosawa (Japanese: 黒澤 明, Hepburn: Kurosawa Akira, March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998) was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed 30 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. Kurosawa 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.
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Filmography
all 123
Movies 121
Director 44
Writer 41
self 30
Screenplay 2
TV Shows 2
Creator 1
Producer 1
Life work of Akira Kurosawa (2022)
Living (2022)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2020)
Citizen Kitano (2020)
Dersu Uzala. Russian Dreams of Kurosawa (2020)
The Magnificent Seven (2016)
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film (2016)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
What Is Cinema? (2013)
The World of Kazuo Miyagawa (2012)
At the Gate of the Ghost (2011)
The Last Princess (2008)
Tsubaki Sanjuro (2007)
Ikiru (2007)
High and Low (2007)
Samurai 7 (2004)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: Stray Dog (2002)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' (2002)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha' (2002)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low' (2002)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: Ran (2002)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: Dodes'ka-den (2002)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Lower Depths (2002)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress' (2002)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: Drunken Angel (2002)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Bad Sleep Well (2002)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood' (2002)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo' (2002)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai' (2002)
The Sea Is Watching (2002)
Chris on Chris (2002)
Kurosawa (2000)
Dora-heita (2000)
A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies (2000)
After the Rain (2000)
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Last Man Standing (1996)
In Love With and Living Within Movies - Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki (1993)
Madadayo (1993)
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema (1993)
Rhapsody in August (1991)
Making of 'Dreams' (1990)
Dreams (1990)
Runaway Train (1985)
Ran (1985)
A. K. (1985)
Making of Ran (1985)
Kagemusha (1980)
Dersu Uzala (1975)
Spécial cinéma (1974)
Stray Dog (1973)
Song of the Horse (1971)
Dodes'ka-den (1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
The Last Day of Hsianyang (1968)
Sanshiro Sugata (1965)
Red Beard (1965)
The Outrage (1964)
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Jakoman and Tetsu (1964)
High and Low (1963)
The Fencing Master (1962)
Sanjuro (1962)
Yojimbo (1961)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Saga of the Vagabonds (1959)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Advance Patrol (1957)
The Lower Depths (1957)
Throne of Blood (1957)
I Live in Fear (1955)
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree (1955)
Vanished Enlisted Man (1955)
Seven Samurai (1954)
My Wonderful Yellow Car (1953)
Ikiru (1952)
Sword for Hire (1952)
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1952)
Vendetta of a Samurai (1952)
Kemono no yado (1951)
The Idiot (1951)
Beyond Love and Hate (1951)
Fencing Master (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
Jiruba no Tetsu (1950)
Scandal (1950)
Escape at Dawn (1950)
Stray Dog (1949)
Jakoman and Tetsu (1949)
The Quiet Duel (1949)
Lady From Hell (1949)
The Portrait (1948)
Drunken Angel (1948)
Snow Trail (1947)
One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
Four Love Stories (1947)
No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
Those Who Make Tomorrow (1946)
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two (1945)
天晴れ一心太助 (1945)
The Most Beautiful (1944)
Wrestling-Ring Festival (1944)
World of Love (1943)
Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Wings of Victory (1942)
Currents of Youth (1942)
Horse (1941)
Easy Alley (1939)
Enoken’s Shrewd Period (1939)
Enoken's Surprising Life (1938)
Composition Class (1938)
Tojuro's Love (1938)
Subterranean Heat (1938)
The Beautiful Hawk (1937)
Avalanche (1937)
Japanese Women's Textbook (1937)
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn (1937)
A Tale of Thieves in War Time: Part 1 - Tiger and Wolf (1937)
Enoken's The Millionaire, Part 2 (1936)
Enoken's The Millionaire, Part 1 (1936)
Paradise of the Virgin Flowers (1936)
High and Low
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1910-03-23
Deathday1998-09-06 (88 years old)
Birth PlaceShinagawa-ku, Japan
Height182-centimeter
RelationshipsYōko Yaguchi (1945-01-01 - 1985-02-01)
ChildrenKazuko Kurosawa, Hisao Kurosawa
CitizenshipsJapan
ResidencesJapan, Japan
Also Known As黒澤明, أكيرا كوروساوا, อะกิระ คุโระซะวะ, Акира Куросава, 黑澤明, 구로사와 아키라, אקירה קורוסאווה, Kurosawa Akira, 黑泽明, 아키라 구로사와, 쿠로사와 아키라, 아키라 쿠로사와
AwardsOrder of Culture, Order of Friendship of Peoples, Academy Honorary Award, Asahi Prize, Silver Bear for Best Director, Praemium Imperiale, Golden Lion, Palme d'Or, Legion of Honour, Ramon Magsaysay Award, BAFTA Award for Best Direction, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film, Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film of the Year, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Film, César Award for Best Foreign Film, People's Honour Award, Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize, Silver Lion, Mainichi Film Award for Best Director, Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Screenplay, Hōchi Film Award for Best Picture, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Silver Ribbon for best foreign film director, Person of Cultural Merit, BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language, FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes, Mainichi Film Award for Best Film, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director, National Board of Review Awards 1951, Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy, Kinema Junpo award, Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
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