Akira Kurosawa
Directing
Born: Mar 23, 1910 — Died: Sep 06, 1998
From: Shinagawa, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Credits: 28 titles
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 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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morceaux de Cannes | 2021 | 2.0 | |
| Babenco: Tell Me When I Die | Self (archive footage) | 2020 | 7.206 |
| What Is Cinema? | Self | 2013 | 6.5 |
| The World of Kazuo Miyagawa | Self | 2012 | — |
| Kurosawa's Way | Self (Archive Footage) | 2011 | 5.769 |
| Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran' | Self | 2002 | — |
| Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood' | Self | 2002 | — |
| Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress' | Self | 2002 | 8.0 |
| Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha' | Self | 2002 | 7.0 |
| Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' | Self | 2002 | — |
| Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo' | Self | 2002 | — |
| Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' | Self | 2002 | — |
| Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low' | Self | 2002 | — |
| Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai' | Self | 2002 | 10.0 |
| Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den' | Self | 2002 | — |
| Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog' | Self | 2002 | — |
| Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well' | Self | 2002 | — |
| Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Drunken Angel' | Self | 2002 | — |
| Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru' | Self | 2002 | — |
| Kurosawa | Self | 2000 | 7.0 |
| A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies | Self | 2000 | 7.0 |
| Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema | Self | 1993 | 7.7 |
| In Love With and Living Within Movies - Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki | Self | 1993 | 10.0 |
| Making of 'Dreams' | Self | 1990 | 8.0 |
| Making of Ran | Self | 1985 | — |
| A. K. | Self | 1985 | 6.368 |
| Spécial cinéma TV | Self | 1974 | 10.0 |
| Searching For Kurosawa | — | ||
| Known for | Directing |
| Credits | 28 |
| Born | 1910 |
| From | Shinagawa, Tokyo Prefecture, … |