Akira Kurosawa

**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 57 years. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential film-makers 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 the then little-known actor Toshiro Mifune in a starring role, cemented the director's reputation as one of the most important young film-makers in Japan. The two men would go on to collaborate on another fifteen 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 film-makers. 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 receive great acclaim, 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. films..

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## Films

### Writer

* " Tsubasa no gaika " ( Director Satsuo Yamamoto , 1942 )
* " Toba Festival " (1944, Santaro Marune )[1] directed )
* " Tensei Isshin Tasuke " (1945, directed by Kiyoshi Saeki )
* " Four Love Stories Episode 1" First Love "" (1947, directed by Shiro Toyoda )
* " The End of the Snow Trail " (1947, directed by Senkichi Taniguchi )
* " Portrait " (1948, Keisuke Kinoshita Director )
* "Lady from Hell" (1949, Motoyoshi Oda directed )
* " Jacoman and Iron " (1949, directed by Senkichi Taniguchi)
* " Akatsuki no Destroy " (1950, directed by Senkichi Taniguchi)
* " Fencing Master Danpei " (1950, Masahiro Makino directed by ) --Adaptation
* " Beyond love and hatred " (1951, directed by Senkichi Taniguchi, Toho)
* " Beast Inn " (1951, Tatsuo Osone directed by )
* " Mataemon Araki Battle Key Shop Tsuji " (1952, Kazuo Mori directed by )
* " Sword for Hire " (1952, Hiroshi Inagaki Director )
* " Fukeyo Harukaze " (1953, directed by Senkichi Taniguchi)
* " Operation Soman Border No. 2 Disappeared Squadron " (1955, directed by Akira Mimura )
* " Asunaro Monogatari " (1955, directed by Hiromichi Horikawa )
* " The secret history of the victory of the Japan-Russia war, 300 ri across the enemy " (1957, directed by Kazuo Mori)
* " Saga of the Vaga " ( Director Toshio Sugie , 1959 ) --Juniro
* " Fencing Master Danpei " (1962, directed by Shunkai Mizuho )
* " Jakoman to Tetsu " (1964, Kinji Fukasaku Director )
* " Sanshiro Sugata " (1965, Seiichiro Uchikawa Director ) \* Also in charge of production
* " Tora Tora Tora! " (1970, Richard Fleischer , Toshio Masuda directed by , Kinji Fukasaku) \* Non-credit
* "After the Rain " (2000, Takashi Koizumi directed by )
* " Playboy " (2000, directed by Kon Ichikawa )
* "The Sea Is Watching " (2002, directed by Kei Kumai )
* " Akahige " (2002, Fuji TV ) \* TV drama
* " Tsubaki Sanjuro " (2007, directed by Yoshimitsu Morita )
* " Hidden Fortress THE LAST PRINCESS " (2008, directed by Shinji Higuchi ) --Original script

### Other

* " Fujijuro no Koi " (1938, directed by Kajiro Yamamoto , Toho ) --Chief Production
* " Tsuzurikata Kyoshitsu " (1938, directed by Kajiro Yamamoto, Toho) --Chief Production
* " Uma " (Director Kajiro Yamamoto, 1941) --Chief Production
* "The Magnificent Seven " (1960, directed by John Sturges ) --Original
* " Assault " (1963, directed by Martin Ritt ) --Original
* " Horse Poetry " (1971, NTV ) -Supervised and composed \* TV documentary
* " Stray Dog " (1973, directed by Azuma Morisaki ) --Original
* " Runaway Train " (1985, A Ndorei-Konchalovsky Director) - draft
* " Document Akira Kurosawa AK " (1985, directed by Chris Marker ) -Performance
* "Fly-I had a dream like this" (1999, directed by Shinji Higuchi) --Original \* Short digital animation movie
* " SAMURAI 7 " (2004, Perfect Choice ) --Original \* TV animation

### Lyrics

* Jungle Boogie ( composed by Ryoichi Hattori , sung by Shizuko Kasagi )
* Seven Samurai ( composed by Fumio Hayasaka , sung by Yoshiko Yamaguchi)

## References

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