Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning over five decades. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in film history.

Criticism of Akira Kurosawa

The films of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa have had a far-reaching impact on cinema and how it is produced, both within Japan and intrernationally. As a result of his influence, Kurosawa's work, as well as his personal character, have been subject to a

List of awards and honors bestowed upon Akira Kurosawa

The following table is a selected list of awards and honors given to the Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa

Kinji Fukasaku

Kinji Fukasaku was a Japanese film director and screenwriter who rose to prominence with a series of yakuza films. He directed the Japanese portion of the Hollywood war film Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), yakuza films including Battles Without Honor and

Stray Dog (film)

Stray Dog is a 1949 Japanese film noir crime drama directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura. It was Kurosawa's second film of 1949 produced by the Film Art Association and released by Shintoho. It is also considered a

Horse (1941 film)

Horse is a 1941 black-and-white Japanese drama film directed by Kajirō Yamamoto and starring Hideko Takamine

Filmmaking technique of Akira Kurosawa

The legacy of filmmaking technique left by Akira Kurosawa for subsequent generations of filmmakers has been diverse and of international influence. The legacy of influence has ranged from working methods, influence on style, and selection and adaptation

I Live in Fear

I Live In Fear is a 1955 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, produced by Sōjirō Motoki, and written by Kurosawa with Shinobu Hashimoto, Fumio Hayasaka, and Hideo Oguni. The film stars Toshiro Mifune as an elderly factory owner so terrified

Seven Samurai

Seven Samurai , released in the United States initially as The Magnificent Seven, is a 1954 Japanese epic samurai drama film co-written, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The story takes place in 1586 during the Sengoku period of Japanese history

Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu and starring Chishū Ryū and Chieko Higashiyama about an aging couple who travel to Tokyo to visit their grown children. Upon initial release, it did not immediately gain international

Margaret Leshikar-Denton

Margaret E. "Peggy" Leshikar-Denton is an archaeologist specialising in underwater archaeology, and director of the Cayman Islands National Museum