About
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...
Known for
High and LowMovie • 1963
IkiruMovie • 1952
Seven SamuraiMovie • 1954
Samurai 7Anime • 2004
RanMovie • 1985
The Magnificent SevenMovie • 2016
Kaze no YojimboAnime • 2001
The Magnificent SevenMovie • 1960
KagemushaMovie • 1980
A Fistful of DollarsMovie • 1964
Highest 2 LowestMovie • 2025
DreamsMovie • 1990
Red BeardMovie • 1965
RashomonMovie • 1950
Last Man StandingMovie • 1996
Ghost Dog: The Way of the SamuraiMovie • 1999
Runaway TrainMovie • 1985
YojimboMovie • 1961
SanjuroMovie • 1962
Rhapsody in AugustMovie • 1991
Throne of BloodMovie • 1957
The Magnificent Seven Ride!Movie • 1972
Drunken AngelMovie • 1948
Guns of the Magnificent SevenMovie • 1969