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The following is a list of works, both in film and other media, for which the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa made some documented creative contribution. This includes a complete list of films with which he was involved (including the films on which he worked as assistant director before becoming a full director), as well as his little-known contributions to theater, television and literature.
Akira Kurosawa directing Seiji Miyaguchi (far right side) Long before it was released, the film had already become a topic of wide discussion. [ 21 ] After three months of pre-production, it had 148 shooting days spread out over a year—four times the span covered in the original budget, which eventually came to almost half a million dollars.
Kurosawa was born on March 23, 1910, [3] in Ōimachi in the Ōmori district of Tokyo. His father Isamu (1864–1948), a member of a samurai family from Akita Prefecture, worked as the director of the Army's Physical Education Institute's lower secondary school, while his mother Shima (1870–1952) came from a merchant's family living in Osaka. [4]
Best Screenplay: Akira Kurosawa Shinobu Hashimoto: Won British Academy Film Awards: March 5, 1953: Best Film: Rashomon: Nominated Directors Guild of America Awards: February 1, 1953: Outstanding Directing – Feature Film: Akira Kurosawa Foreign Language Press Film Critics Circle (via WNYC) c. April 1952 Best Foreign Film Rashomon (Robert ...
The information in the table is derived from the IMDb Akira Kurosawa awards page [1] and the IMDb awards pages for the individual films, supplemented by the filmography by Kurosawa’s biographer, Stuart Galbraith IV, [2] unless otherwise noted. Key: (NK) = Not known; (P) = Posthumous award
The influence of Yojimbo in particular (and Kurosawa films in general) on the animated series has been noted by Matthew Millheiser at DVDtalk. [42] Inferno (1999) (aka Desert Heat) is a remake and an homage to Yojimbo. [citation needed] Stan Sakai's comic-book series Usagi Yojimbo (since 1984) is inspired by Kurosawa's movies. [citation needed]
Kagemusha (影武者, Shadow Warrior) is a 1980 epic jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa.It is set in the Sengoku period of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class criminal who is taught to impersonate the dying daimyō Takeda Shingen to dissuade opposing lords from attacking the newly vulnerable clan.
A theatrical poster for Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon, which was voted the best foreign language film released in the United States in 1951, and received an Honorary Award. Every year, each country is invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to submit its best film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.