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 numero…
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Filmography
Acting (27)
Movies (26)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020as Self (archive footage)
What Is Cinema?
2013as Self
The World of Kazuo Miyagawa
2012as Self
Kurosawa's Way
2011as Self (Archive Footage)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
2002as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
2002as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
2002as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
2002as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
2002as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Drunken Angel'
2002as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'
2002as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
2002as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
2002as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
2002as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
2002as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den'
2002as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'
2002as Self
Kurosawa
2000as Self
A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies
2000as Self
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
1993as Self
In Love With and Living Within Movies - Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki
1993as Self
Making of 'Dreams'
1990as Self
Making of Ran
1985as Self
A. K.
1985as Self
Searching For Kurosawa
Television (1)
Crew (181)
Movies (179)
Highest 2 Lowest
2025Original Film Writer
The Draft!
2023Thanks
Living
2022Original Film Writer
The Magnificent Seven
2016Original Film Writer
At the Gate of the Ghost
2011Original Story
The Last Princess
2008Original Story
Tsubaki Sanjuro
2007Writer
High and Low
2007Original Film Writer
Ikiru
2007Screenplay
Image: Kurosawa's Continuity
2005Concept Artist
The Sea Is Watching
2002Screenplay
After the Rain
2000Screenplay
After the Rain
2000Title Designer
Dora-heita
2000Screenplay
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999Thanks
Last Man Standing
1996Original Film Writer
Madadayo
1993Director
Madadayo
1993Editor
Madadayo
1993Screenplay
Madadayo
1993Storyboard Artist
Rhapsody in August
1991Director
Rhapsody in August
1991Editor
Rhapsody in August
1991Screenplay
Dreams
1990Director
Dreams
1990Storyboard Artist
Dreams
1990Writer
Ran
1985Director
Ran
1985Editor
Ran
1985Screenplay
Ran
1985Storyboard Artist
Runaway Train
1985Original Film Writer
Runaway Train
1985Story
Kagemusha
1980Director
Kagemusha
1980Editor
Kagemusha
1980Producer
Kagemusha
1980Screenplay
Kagemusha
1980Storyboard Artist
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980Original Story
Dersu Uzala
1975Director
Dersu Uzala
1975Screenplay
Stray Dog
1973Original Story
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
1972Original Concept
Dodes'ka-den
1970Director
Dodes'ka-den
1970Executive Producer
Dodes'ka-den
1970Screenplay
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
1970Original Concept
Song of the Horse
1970Director
Song of the Horse
1970Writer
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969Original Concept
The Last Day of Hsianyang
1968Original Film Writer
Return of the Seven
1966Original Concept
Red Beard
1965Director
Red Beard
1965Editor
Red Beard
1965Screenplay
Sanshiro Sugata
1965Writer
A Fistful of Dollars
1964Original Story
The Outrage
1964Original Story
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964Screenplay
High and Low
1963Associate Producer
High and Low
1963Director
High and Low
1963Editor
High and Low
1963Screenplay
Legacy of the 500,000
1963Editor
Sanjuro
1962Director
Sanjuro
1962Editor
Sanjuro
1962Screenplay
The Fencing Master
1962Screenplay
Yojimbo
1961Director
Yojimbo
1961Editor
Yojimbo
1961Producer
Yojimbo
1961Screenplay
The Magnificent Seven
1960Original Film Writer
The Bad Sleep Well
1960Director
The Bad Sleep Well
1960Editor
The Bad Sleep Well
1960Producer
The Bad Sleep Well
1960Writer
Play of the Week: Rashomon
1960Original Film Writer
Saga of the Vagabonds
1959Script
Saga of the Vagabonds
1959Writer
The Hidden Fortress
1958Director
The Hidden Fortress
1958Editor
The Hidden Fortress
1958Producer
The Hidden Fortress
1958Screenplay
Throne of Blood
1957Director
Throne of Blood
1957Editor
Throne of Blood
1957Producer
Throne of Blood
1957Screenplay
The Lower Depths
1957Director
The Lower Depths
1957Editor
The Lower Depths
1957Producer
The Lower Depths
1957Screenplay
Advance Patrol
1957Screenplay
I Live in Fear
1955Director
I Live in Fear
1955Story
Vanished Enlisted Man
1955Screenplay
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955Screenplay
Seven Samurai
1954Director
Seven Samurai
1954Editor
Seven Samurai
1954Screenplay
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953Screenplay
Ikiru
1952Director
Ikiru
1952Editor
Ikiru
1952Screenplay
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952Writer
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952Director
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952Screenplay
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952Writer
Sword for Hire
1952Screenplay
The Idiot
1951Director
The Idiot
1951Editor
The Idiot
1951Screenplay
The Den of Beasts
1951Screenplay
Beyond Love and Hate
1951Screenplay
Scandal
1950Director
Scandal
1950Screenplay
Rashomon
1950Director
Rashomon
1950Editor
Rashomon
1950Screenplay
Fencing Master
1950Adaptation
Escape at Dawn
1950Screenplay
Jiruba no Tetsu
1950Screenplay
Stray Dog
1949Associate Producer
Stray Dog
1949Director
Stray Dog
1949Writer
The Quiet Duel
1949Director
The Quiet Duel
1949Writer
Lady From Hell
1949Writer
Flirtation in Spring
1949Producer
Jakoman and Tetsu
1949Writer
Drunken Angel
1948Director
Drunken Angel
1948Writer
The Portrait
1948Screenplay
One Wonderful Sunday
1947Director
One Wonderful Sunday
1947Screenplay
Four Love Stories
1947Screenplay
Snow Trail
1947Screenplay
Those Who Make Tomorrow
1946Director
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946Director
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946Editor
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946Writer
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945Director
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945Screenplay
The Admirable Isshin Tasuke!
1945Screenplay
The Most Beautiful
1944Director
The Most Beautiful
1944Writer
Wrestling-Ring Festival
1944Writer
Sanshiro Sugata
1943Director
Sanshiro Sugata
1943Editor
Sanshiro Sugata
1943Screenplay
World of Love
1943Writer
Currents of Youth
1942Story
Wings of Victory
1942Writer
Horse
1941Assistant Director
Horse
1941Writer
The Monkey King
1940Assistant Director
Roppa's Honeymoon
1940Assistant Director
Enoken's Cropped Hair
1940Assistant Director
Enoken’s Shrewd Period
1939Assistant Director
Easy Alley
1939Assistant Director
Tojuro's Love
1938Assistant Director
Enoken's Surprising Life
1938Assistant Director
Composition Class
1938Assistant Director
Subterranean Heat
1938Assistant Director
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
1937Third Assistant Director
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part One: Tiger and Wolf
1937Third Assistant Director
Enoken's Chikiri Kinta Part 2 – Returning Is Scary, but the Weather Will Clear If You Wait
1937Third Assistant Director
A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again
1937Third Assistant Director
Avalanche
1937Assistant Director
Avalanche
1937Second Unit
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes
1937Third Assistant Director
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
1937Third Assistant Director
The Beautiful Hawk
1937Assistant Director
Japanese Women's Textbook
1937Third Assistant Director
Enoken's Chikiri Kinta Part 1 – Momma, the Hat: The Nice Way
1937Third Assistant Director
Tokyo Rhapsody
1936Third Assistant Director
Enoken’s Ten Millions
1936Third Assistant Director
Paradise of the Virgin Flowers
1936Assistant Director
Enoken’s Ten Millions Sequel
1936Third Assistant Director
A Fistful of Dollars Remake
Original Film Writer
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