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  1. The following is a list of works, both in film and other media, for which the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa made some documented creative contribution. 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.

  2. Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) Akira Kurosawa. 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). Within a few years, Kurosawa had achieved sufficient stature to allow him greater ...

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    • Tokyo, Japan
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    • Tokyo, Japan
  3. PG | 110 min | Drama. 7.1. Rate. The daughter of a politically disgraced university professor struggles to find a place for herself in love and life, in the uncertain world of Japan leading into WWII. Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Susumu Fujita, Denjirô Ôkôchi, Haruko Sugimura. Votes: 3,954.

  4. Akira Kurosawa [note 1] (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. Kurosawa displayed a bold, dynamic style ...

    • 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
    • Hisao (b. 1945–) and Kazuko (b. 1954–)
    • 1936–1993
    • September 6, 1998 (aged 88), Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
  5. Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery. The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter. Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Seven Samurai (1954) Not Rated | 207 min | Action, Drama. Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him. Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki. Votes: 363,078 | Gross: $0.27M.

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