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Akira Kurosawa

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Director

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Film and Media Atlas. "Akira Kurosawa." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://media.interactiveatlas.org/figures/akira-kurosawa.

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Film and Media Atlas. (n.d.). Akira Kurosawa. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://media.interactiveatlas.org/figures/akira-kurosawa

BibTeX

@misc{filmandmediaatlas-akira-kurosawa,
  author = {Film and Media Atlas},
  title = {Akira Kurosawa},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://media.interactiveatlas.org/figures/akira-kurosawa},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Japanese director whose Rashomon, taking the top prize at Venice in 1951, opened Japanese cinema to world audiences. Across Seven Samurai, Ikiru, Throne of Blood and Ran, his dynamic staging and cutting influenced filmmakers everywhere, and his samurai films were openly remade as Westerns.

Facts

Birth Year

1910 1

Death Year

1998 1

Nationality

Japanese 1

Defining Contribution

Rashomon, 1950, and the opening of Japanese cinema to the world; Seven Samurai 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Works Created

Rashomon

Source Encyclopedia Britannica

Seven Samurai

Sources

1. Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.View the Source

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