Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa( or or" Kurosawa Akira"; March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, who directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years.
He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema.
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"( a.k.a." Judo Saga").
After the war, the critically acclaimed" Drunken Angel"( 1948), in which Kurosawa cast then- unknown 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 15 films.
" Rashomon", 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) and" Yojimbo"( 1961).
After the 1960s he became much less prolific; even so, his later work—including his final two epics," Kagemusha"( 1980) and" Ran"( 1985) —continued to win awards, though more often abroad than in Japan.
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 formats.
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Sanshiro Sugata
The film is seen as an early example of Kurosawa's immediate grasp of the film- making process, and includes many of his directorial trademarks, such as the use of wipes, weather patterns as reflections of character moods, and abruptly changing camera speeds.
The film itself was quite influential at the time, and has been remade on no fewer than five occasions.
It spawned a sequel," Sanshiro Sugata Part II", which was released in 1945 and also directed by Kurosawa.
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Thalai Koduthaan Thambi
Thalai Koduthaan
Thambi( தமிழ்: தலைகொடுத்தான ் தம்பி, English: Younger brother gave his head) is 1959 Tamil Historical Action film, directed and produced by T. R. Sundaram under his productions, Modern Theatres.
The film script was written by Murasoli Maran.
Music was by Viswanathan- Ramamoorthy.
It stars S. S. Rajendran, R. S. Manohar and Malini playing lead roles.
T. R. Sundaram
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He was the founder of the Salem- based film production company Modern Theatres.
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Question: Which film has the director born later, Sanshiro Sugata or Thalai Koduthaan Thambi?
Answer: Sanshiro Sugata