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Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

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23 Mar 1910
06 Sept 1998
Shinagawa, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Biography

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 numero...

Also Known As

أكيرا كوروساوا, อะกิระ คุโระซะวะ, 黑澤明, Kurosawa Akira, 아키라 구로사와

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