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Akira Kurosawa

Highest Rated: 100% The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Lowest Rated: 57% The Sea Watches (2002)

Birthday: Mar 23, 1910

Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan

Akira Kurosawa is unquestionably the best known Japanese filmmaker in the West. This can perhaps be best explained by the fact that he is not so much a Japanese or a Western filmmaker, but that he is a "modern" filmmaker. Like postwar Japan itself, he combines the ancient traditions with a distinctly modern, Western twist.

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Highest rated movies

100% 97% Seven Samurai Watchlist
100% 92% The Bad Sleep Well
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100% 73% No Regrets for Our Youth
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100% 91% Stray Dog
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100% 95% Sanjuro
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98% 93% Rashomon
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98% 97% Ikiru
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96% 95% High and Low
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96% 96% Yojimbo
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96% 95% Ran
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Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA'S DREAMS, (aka YUME), director Akira Kurosawa, on set, 1990. ©Warner Bros. YOJIMBO, (aka YOJINBO), from left: Toshiro Mifune, director Akira Kurosawa, on set, 1961 SANJURO, Director Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, 1962 SEVEN SAMURAI, (aka SHICHININ NO SAMURAI), from left: Toshiro Mifune, director Akira Kurosawa, on set, 1954 YOJIMBO, (aka YOJINBO), from left: Toshiro Mifune, director Akira Kuroswa, on set, 1961 RED BEARD, (aka AKAHIGE), from left: director Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune, on set, 1965 YOJIMBO, (aka YOJINBO), from left: Toshiro Mifune, director Akira Kurosawa, on set, 1961 View more photos

Filmography

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess Writer - 2008
57% 71% The Sea Watches Writer - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Doraheita Writer - 2000
No Score Yet 86% After the Rain Writer - 1999
87% 81% Madadayo Director,
Screenwriter 		$48.9K 1993
60% 73% Rhapsody in August Director - 1991
67% 86% Akira Kurosawa's Dreams Director,
Screenwriter 		$1.7M 1990
96% 95% Ran Director,
Writer,
Film Editing 		$454.0K 1985
89% 92% Kagemusha Director,
Writer,
Producer 		- 1980
73% 94% Dersu Uzala Director,
Writer 		- 1975
73% 77% Dodes 'Ka-Den Director,
Writer,
Executive Producer,
Producer 		- 1970
73% 95% Red Beard Director,
Writer 		- 1965
96% 95% High and Low Director,
Writer,
Producer 		- 1963
100% 95% Sanjuro Director,
Writer,
Film Editing 		- 1962
96% 96% Yojimbo Director,
Writer,
Producer,
Film Editing 		- 1961
100% 92% The Bad Sleep Well Director,
Writer,
Producer,
Film Editing 		- 1960
96% 92% The Hidden Fortress Director,
Writer,
Producer,
Film Editing 		- 1958
96% 93% Throne of Blood Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer,
Film Editing 		- 1957
83% 79% The Lower Depths Director - 1957
73% 76% I Live in Fear Director,
Writer 		- 1955
100% 97% Seven Samurai Director,
Writer,
Film Editing 		$487.3K 1954
98% 97% Ikiru Director,
Screenwriter 		$55.2K 1952
No Score Yet 60% Vendetta of a Samurai Screenwriter - 1952
60% 73% The Idiot Director,
Screenwriter,
Film Editing 		- 1951
86% 72% Scandal Director - 1950
98% 93% Rashomon Director,
Screenwriter,
Film Editing 		- 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet In The Woods Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1950
100% 91% Stray Dog Director,
Writer,
Associate Producer 		- 1949
No Score Yet 73% The Quiet Duel Director,
Writer 		- 1949
94% 89% Drunken Angel Director,
Writer 		- 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Portrait Screenwriter - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet Yoidore Tenshi Director - 1948
88% 75% One Wonderful Sunday Director - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Snow Trail Screenwriter - 1947
100% 73% No Regrets for Our Youth Director,
Screenwriter,
Film Editing 		- 1946
No Score Yet 39% Judo Saga II Director,
Screenwriter,
Film Editing 		- 1945
86% 58% The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail Director,
Writer 		- 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sanshiro Sugata II Director,
Writer 		- 1945
No Score Yet 28% The Most Beautiful Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1944
80% 65% Sanshiro Sugata Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Horse Film Editing - 1941