Kurosawa Akira
Selected Filmography:
1943: Sanshiro Sugata (Judo Saga)
1948: Drunken Angel
1949: Stray Dog
1950: Rashomon
1954: Seven Samourai
1956: I Live in Fear (Record of a Living Being)
1957: The Lower Depths
1957: Throne of Blood
1960: The Bad Sleep Well
1962: Sanjuro
1963: High and Low
1965: Red Beard
1975: Dersu Uzala
1980: Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior)
1985: Ran
1989: Dreams (Akira Kurosawa's Dreams)
1993: Madadayo
Selection:
Kurosawa Akira was born in 1910 in Tokyo. An average student, he first got interested in drawing through his elementary school teacher, before his father and – most overall – his brother brought him to cinema. After failing the entrance examination to a traditional art school, he joined the Proletarian Artists’ League in 1929 and studied drawing. In 1935, he becomes Yamamoto Kajiro’s assistant director. Kurosawa started writings scripts, but was very suspicious about censorship. This marked the beginning of his incredible career and the many top prizes awaiting him in world’s biggest film festivals. Kurosawa Akira died in 1998 in Tokyo.
