Directing
Akira Kurosawa
EN, ID, JA, FR cinema · 148 credits
Born
23 March 1910
Died
6 September 1998 (aged 88)
Birthplace
Shinagawa, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Also known as أكيرا كوروساوا · อะกิระ คุโระซะวะ · 黑澤明 · Kurosawa Akira · 아키라 구로사와 · 쿠로사와 아키라
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 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), Throne of Blood (1957), Yojimbo (1961) and High and Low (1963). After the 1960s he became much less prolific; even so, his later work—including two of his final films, Kagemusha (1980) and Ran (1985)—continued to receive great acclaim. 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.
Known for
Filmography
A Fistful of Dollars Remake
A Fistful of Dollars Remake
Original Film Writer
The Draft!
Thanks
Highest 2 Lowest
Original Film Writer
Living
Original Film Writer
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
The Magnificent Seven
Original Film Writer
What Is Cinema?
as Self
Kurosawa's Way
as Self (archive footage)
At the Gate of the Ghost
Original Story
The Last Princess
Original Story
Ikiru
Screenplay
High and Low
Original Film Writer
The Sea Is Watching
Screenplay
Kurosawa
as Self
Dora-heita
Screenplay
After the Rain
Title Designer, Screenplay
Inferno
Original Film Writer
Misty
Original Film Writer
Last Man Standing
Original Film Writer
Madadayo
Director, Editor, Screenplay
画像: 黒澤の連続性
1993
Image: Kurosawa's Continuity: 'Kagemusha'
Concept Artist, Original Story
画像: 黒澤の連続性
1993
Image: Kurosawa's Continuity: 'Ran'
Original Story, Storyboard
Rhapsody in August
Director, Editor, Screenplay
Dreams
Director, Storyboard Artist, Writer
Seven Warriors
Original Film Writer
A. K.
as Self
Ran
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Storyboard Artist
Runaway Train
Original Film Writer
The Warrior and the Sorceress
Original Film Writer
The Seven Magnificent Gladiators
Original Film Writer
Kagemusha
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Storyboard Artist, Editor
Battle Beyond the Stars
Original Story
The Last Round
Original Film Writer
Dersu Uzala
Director, Screenplay
Stray Dog
Original Story
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
Original Concept
Dodes'ka-den
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Song of the Horse
Director, Writer
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Original Concept
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Original Concept
The Last Day of Hsianyang
Original Film Writer
Return of the Seven
Original Concept
Django
Original Film Writer
Red Beard
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Sanshiro Sugata
Writer, Producer
Jakoman and Tetsu
Screenplay
The Outrage
Original Story
A Fistful of Dollars
Original Story
High and Low
Director, Screenplay, Associate Producer, Editor
Sanjuro
Director, Screenplay, Editor
The Fencing Master
Screenplay
Yojimbo
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
The Bad Sleep Well
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
The Magnificent Seven
Original Film Writer
Play of the Week: Rashomon
Original Film Writer
Saga of the Vagabonds
Writer, Script
The Hidden Fortress
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Editor
Throne of Blood
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
The Lower Depths
Director, Producer, Editor, Screenplay
Advance Patrol
Screenplay
I Live in Fear
Director, Story
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Screenplay, Editor
Vanished Enlisted Man
Screenplay
Seven Samurai
Director, Screenplay, Editor
My Wonderful Yellow Car
Screenplay
Ikiru
Director, Editor, Screenplay
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
Director, Writer, Screenplay
Sword for Hire
Screenplay
The Idiot
Director, Editor, Screenplay
Beyond Love and Hate
Screenplay
The Den of Beasts
Screenplay
Rashomon
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Scandal
Director, Screenplay
Fencing Master
Adaptation
Jiruba no Tetsu
Screenplay
Escape at Dawn
Screenplay
Stray Dog
Director, Writer, Associate Producer
The Quiet Duel
Director, Writer
Lady From Hell
Screenplay
Drunken Angel
Director, Writer
The Portrait
Screenplay
One Wonderful Sunday
Director, Screenplay
Snow Trail
Screenplay, Editor
Four Love Stories
Screenplay
No Regrets for Our Youth
Director, Writer, Editor
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Director, Screenplay
The Admirable Isshin Tasuke!
Screenplay
The Most Beautiful
Director, Writer
Sanshiro Sugata
Director, Editor, Screenplay
Horse
Assistant Director, Writer
Roppa's Honeymoon
Assistant Director
エノケンのざんぎり金太
1940
Enoken's Cropped Hair
Assistant Director
The Monkey King
Assistant Director
Easy Alley
Assistant Director
Enoken’s Shrewd Period
Assistant Director
Composition Class
Assistant Director
Tojuro's Love
Assistant Director
Enoken's Surprising Life
Assistant Director
Subterranean Heat
Assistant Director
Avalanche
Second Unit, Assistant Director
Japanese Women's Textbook
Third Assistant Director
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
Third Assistant Director
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part One: Tiger and Wolf
Third Assistant Director
The Beautiful Hawk
Assistant Director
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
Third Assistant Director
Enoken's Chikiri Kinta Part 2 – Returning Is Scary, but the Weather Will Clear If You Wait
Third Assistant Director
Enoken's Chikiri Kinta Part 1 – Momma, the Hat: The Nice Way
Third Assistant Director
A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again
Third Assistant Director
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes
Third Assistant Director
Enoken’s Ten Millions
Third Assistant Director
Enoken’s Ten Millions Sequel
Third Assistant Director
Paradise of the Virgin Flowers
Assistant Director
Tokyo Rhapsody
Third Assistant Director