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Akira Kurosawa

Highest Rated: 100% Seven Samurai (1954)

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% 95% Sanjuro
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100% 91% Stray Dog
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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% 93% Throne of Blood
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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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Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess 2008 Writer The Sea Watches 57% 71% 2002 Writer Doraheita 2000 Writer After the Rain 86% 1999 Writer Madadayo 87% 81% 1993 Director, Screenwriter Rhapsody in August 60% 73% 1991 Director Akira Kurosawa's Dreams 67% 86% 1990 Director, Screenwriter Ran 96% 95% 1985 Director, Writer, Film Editing Kagemusha 89% 92% 1980 Director, Writer, Producer Dersu Uzala 73% 94% 1975 Director, Writer Dodes 'Ka-Den 73% 77% 1970 Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Producer Red Beard 73% 95% 1965 Director, Writer High and Low 96% 95% 1963 Director, Writer, Producer Sanjuro 100% 95% 1962 Director, Writer, Film Editing Yojimbo 96% 96% 1961 Director, Writer, Producer, Film Editing The Bad Sleep Well 100% 92% 1960 Director, Writer, Producer, Film Editing The Hidden Fortress 96% 92% 1958 Director, Writer, Producer, Film Editing Throne of Blood 96% 93% 1957 Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Film Editing The Lower Depths 83% 79% 1957 Director I Live in Fear 73% 76% 1955 Director, Writer Seven Samurai 100% 97% 1954 Director, Writer, Film Editing Ikiru 98% 97% 1952 Director, Screenwriter Vendetta of a Samurai 60% 1952 Screenwriter The Idiot 60% 73% 1951 Director, Screenwriter, Film Editing Scandal 86% 72% 1950 Director
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