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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.
Pages in category "Films directed by Akira Kurosawa" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Ikiru (生きる, "To Live") is a 1952 Japanese tragedy film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay co-written with Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni.The film examines the struggles of a terminally ill Tokyo bureaucrat (played by Takashi Shimura) and his final quest for meaning.
Pages in category "Films based on works by Akira Kurosawa" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Idiot (Japanese: 白痴, Hepburn: Hakuchi) is a 1951 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay co-written with Eijirō Hisaita . It is based on the 1869 novel The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky. [3] The original 265-minute version of the film, faithful to the novel, has been long lost.
In 1957, Akira Kurosawa — the godfather of Japanese cinema — directed "Throne of Blood," an adaptation of "Macbeth." In 1960, Kurosawa made "The Bad Sleep Well," his take on "Hamlet."
Prior to the publication of this book, there was only one other scholarly book work, The Films of Akira Kurosawa, chronicling the whole collection of Kurosawa's works. [1] An updated version detailing Kurosawa's late period making films was released after the director's death in 2005.
The film is inspired by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller “High and Low,” he said, adding that Kurosawa has been a key inspiration for his career – from “She’s ...