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Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 30 feature films in a career spanning six decades. With a bold and dynamic style strongly influenced by Western cinema yet distinct from it, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Known as a hands-on filmmaker, he was heavily involved with all aspects of production as a director,…

Born 1910 · Japan · Active 1940–1993 · 32 films

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Rashomon (1950) on Amazon — 4K, Blu-ray, DVD or digital
Throne of Blood (1957) on Amazon — 4K, Blu-ray, DVD or digital
The Hidden Fortress (1958) on Amazon — 4K, Blu-ray, DVD or digital
Yojimbo (1961) on Amazon — 4K, Blu-ray, DVD or digital
Kagemusha (1980) on Amazon — 4K, Blu-ray, DVD or digital

Filmography

Horse — 1940
Sanshiro Sugata — 1943
The Most Beautiful — 1944 · shot by Jōji Ohara
Sanshiro Sugata Part II — 1945 · shot by Takeo Itō
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail — 1945 · shot by Takeo Itō
No Regrets for Our Youth — 1946 · shot by Asakazu Nakai
Those Who Make Tomorrow — 1946 · shot by Takeo Itō
One Wonderful Sunday — 1947 · shot by Asakazu Nakai
Drunken Angel — 1948 · shot by Takeo Itō
The Quiet Duel — 1949
Stray Dog — 1949 · shot by Asakazu Nakai
Rashomon — 1950 · shot by Kazuo Miyagawa
Scandal — 1950
The Idiot — 1951
Ikiru — 1952 · shot by Asakazu Nakai
Seven Samurai — 1954 · shot by Asakazu Nakai
I Live in Fear — 1955 · shot by Asakazu Nakai
Throne of Blood — 1957 · shot by Asakazu Nakai
The Lower Depths — 1957
The Hidden Fortress — 1958 · shot by Ichio Yamazaki
The Bad Sleep Well — 1960
Yojimbo — 1961 · shot by Takao Saito
Sanjuro — 1962
High and Low — 1963 · shot by Takao Saito
Red Beard — 1965 · shot by Takao Saito
Dodes'ka-den — 1970 · shot by Takao Saito
Dersu Uzala — 1976 · shot by Yury Gantman
Kagemusha — 1980 · shot by Takao Saito
Ran — 1985 · shot by Takao Saito
Dreams — 1990 · shot by Takao Saito
Rhapsody in August — 1991 · shot by Takao Saito
Madadayo — 1993 · shot by Takao Saito

Source

Akira Kurosawa on Wikipedia

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