Akira Kurosawa
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1910-03-23 (88 years old)
Deathday
1998-09-06
Place of Birth
Shinagawa, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Also known As
أكيرا كوروساوا
อะกิระ คุโระซะวะ
黑澤明
Kurosawa Akira
아키라 구로사와
쿠로사와 아키라
아키라 쿠로사와
آکیرا کوروساوا
Akira Kurosawa
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 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 (...
Acting
2000
as Self
2002
as Self (archive footage)
2020
as Self (archive footage)
2022
as Self
1985
as Self
1985
as Self
1990
as Self
1993
2012
as Self
2014
as Self (archive footage)
2013
as Self
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1954
as Screenplay
1958
as Director
1958
as Screenplay
1954
as Director
1958
as Producer
1958
as Editor
1950
as Editor
1950
as Screenplay
1950
as Director
1949
as Writer
1949
as Director
1955
as Director
1955
as Story
1957
as Producer
1957
as Editor
1952
as Screenplay
1957
as Director
1952
as Editor
1952
as Director
1965
as Director
1957
as Screenplay
1991
as Director
1991
as Editor
1985
as Screenplay
1985
as Editor
1985
as Director
1961
as Director
1961
as Editor
1961
as Screenplay
1961
as Producer
1980
as Screenplay
1962
as Director
1980
as Producer
1980
as Executive Producer
1962
as Screenplay
1980
as Director
1962
as Editor
1951
as Director
1951
as Editor
1948
as Director
1960
as Writer
1948
as Writer
1960
as Producer
1960
as Director
1960
as Editor
1950
as Director
1963
as Director
1963
as Screenplay
1957
as Producer
1957
as Director
1957
as Editor
1990
as Director
1990
as Screenplay
1975
as Director
1970
as Screenplay
1970
as Director
1943
as Director
1993
as Director
2002
as Screenplay
1952
1952
as Director
1946
as Editor
1946
as Director
1946
as Writer
2000
as Writer
1949
as Writer
1949
as Director
1947
as Director
1945
as Director
1944
as Director
2008
as Original Story
1952
as Writer
1944
as Writer
1937
as Second Unit
1959
as Writer
2007
as Writer
1965
as Writer
1941
as Assistant Director
1938
as Assistant Director
1938
as Assistant Director
1957
as Screenplay
1955
as Screenplay
1955
as Editor
1938
as Assistant Director
1939
as Assistant Director
1942
as Story
1939
as Assistant Director
1938
as Assistant Director
1945
as Screenplay
1937
as Third Assistant Director
1985
as Original Film Writer
2000
as Screenplay
1970
as Director
1955
as Screenplay
1954
as Editor
2022
as Original Film Writer
1947
as Screenplay
1950
as Adaptation
1943
as Writer
1962
as Screenplay
2025
as Original Film Writer
1999
as Thanks
1948
as Screenplay
1937
as Third Assistant Director
1950
as Screenplay
1990
as Storyboard Artist
1980
as Storyboard Artist
1985
as Storyboard Artist
1993
as Storyboard Artist
2007
as Screenplay
2016
as Original Film Writer
1965
as Screenplay
1942
as Writer
1951
as Screenplay
1943
as Editor
1952
as Screenplay
1980
as Editor
1996
as Original Film Writer
2007
as Original Film Writer
1960
as Original Film Writer
1973
as Original Story
1964
as Screenplay
1949
as Associate Producer
1963
as Associate Producer
1993
as Editor
1968
as Original Film Writer
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as Original Film Writer
1963
as Editor
1965
as Editor
1950
as Screenplay
1944
as Writer
1943
as Screenplay
1960
as Original Film Writer
1991
as Screenplay
1951
as Screenplay
1945
as Screenplay
1964
as Original Story
1970
as Executive Producer
1937
as Third Assistant Director
1957
as Screenplay
1947
as Screenplay
1959
as Script
1993
as Screenplay
1964
as Original Story
1950
as Screenplay
1951
as Screenplay
1975
as Screenplay
1947
as Screenplay
1949
as Writer
1953
as Screenplay
1936
as Third Assistant Director
1936
as Third Assistant Director
1965
as Producer
1949
as Writer
1936
as Assistant Director
1940
as Assistant Director
2001
as Original Film Writer
1941
as Writer
1937
as Assistant Director
1946
as Director
1952
as Screenplay
1937
as Assistant Director
1970
as Original Concept
1936
as Third Assistant Director
1937
as Third Assistant Director
1937
as Third Assistant Director
1937
as Third Assistant Director
1937
as Third Assistant Director
1937
as Third Assistant Director
1949
as Producer
1963
as Editor
2011
as Original Story
1940
as Assistant Director
1940
as Assistant Director
1985
as Story
2005
as Concept Artist
2005
as Original Story
1966
as Original Concept
1969
as Original Concept
1972
as Original Concept
1980
as Original Story
1970
as Writer
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