(Akira Kurosawa: active 1943-1993)
Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) was a Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter of movies. He is
Japan's best-known filmmaker. His films were influential on later filmmakers worldwide. His first film
was released in 1941; his last in 1999 (posthumously). Few filmmakers have had a career so long or so
acclaimed.
Kurosawa was born 23 March 1910 in Omori, Tokyo. During his lifetime he saw Japan change from an
undeveloped country with military ambitions to a peaceful economic power. Although he is most
remembered for his films of the 1950s and 1960s, he continued to direct and write films until his
death. He died 6 September 1998 in Setagaya, Tokyo.
Kurosawa's best-known films are set in Japan's feudal period (about 13th century--17th century). Many
of his plots are adaptations of William Shakespeare's works, for example, Ran (based on King Lear)
and Throne of Blood) (based on Macbeth). The Hidden Fortress (1958, Japanese name Kakushi toride no
san akunin), the tale of a princess, her general, and two buffoon farmers, is credited by George Lucas
as an influence on his Star Wars films. Other films include Rashomon,
The Seven Samurai (later remade as the Western (The Magnificent Seven) and Yojimbo (the basis for
the Clint Eastwood western, A Fistful of Dollars). Kurosawa also directed film adaptations of Russian
novels: (Dersu Uzala); and United States crime fiction High and Low (based on an Ed McBain novel).
We have below, the complete Akira Movies List:
| 2011 The Big Year 2009 It's Complicated 2009 The Pink Panther 2 2008 Baby Mama 2006 The Pink Panther 2005 Cheaper by the Dozen 2 2005 Shopgirl 2003 Cheaper by the Dozen 2003 Looney Tunes: Back in Action 2003 Bringing Down the House 2001 Novocaine 2000 Joe Gould's Secret 1999 Bowfinger 1999 The Out-of-Towners 1998 The Prince of Egypt |
1997 The Spanish Prisoner 1996 Sgt. Bilko 1995 Father of the Bride Part II 1994 Mixed Nuts 1994 A Simple Twist of Fate 1993 And the Band Played On(TV) 1992 Leap of Faith 1992 HouseSitter 1991 Grand Canyon 1991 Father of the Bride 1991 L.A. Story 1990 My Blue Heaven 1989) Parenthood 1988 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 1987 Planes, Trains & Automobiles |
1987 Roxanne 1986 Little Shop of Horrors 1986 ¡Three Amigos! 1985 Movers & Shakers 1984 All of Me 1984 The Lonely Guy 1983 The Man with Two Brains 1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 1981 Pennies from Heaven 1979 The Jerk 1979 The Muppet Movie 1978 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1977 The Absent-Minded Waiter |
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