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A ranking of all thirty films directed by Akira Kurosawa, presented in order of best to worst.
Akira Kurosawa. Writer: The Hidden Fortress. After training as a painter (he storyboards his films as full-scale paintings), Kurosawa entered the film industry in 1936 as an assistant director, eventually making his directorial debut with Sanshiro Sugata (1943).
All of Akira Kurosawa's movies in chronological order. Note: Only includes films directed by Akira Kurosawa.
This includes a complete list of films with which he was involved (including the films on which he worked as assistant director before becoming a full director ), as well as his little-known contributions to theater, television and literature.
Akira Kurosawa (黒澤明 or 黒沢明, 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.
Vote: 1999 Movie Showdown. Bad Boys: Ride or Die. Hit Man. Akira Kurosawa. Highest Rated: 100% The Bad Sleep Well (1960) Lowest Rated: 57% The Sea Watches (2002) Birthday: Mar 23, 1910....
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).
