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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]
Yōko Yaguchi (矢口 陽子, Yaguchi Yōko, born Kiyo Katō, 27 August 1921 in British Hong Kong [1] – 1 February 1985 in Fukuoka) was a Japanese actress, and the wife of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa for 39 years. She had two children with Kurosawa: a son named Hisao and a daughter named Kazuko. [2]
Something Like an Autobiography (Japanese: 蝦蟇の油 自伝のようなもの, Hepburn: Gama no Abura: Jiden no Yō na Mono) is the memoir of Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa. It was published by Iwanami Shoten in 1981, and translated into English by Audie E. Bock the following year.
Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai” is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. Just as swiftly as Kambei Shimada (Takashi Shimura), the noble samurai leader of the seven, sprints this way ...
The film is inspired by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller … Spike Lee Talks Upcoming Film ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ and How Akira Kurosawa Is a Key Inspiration for His Career ...
Mifune in 1939. Toshiro Mifune was born on April 1, 1920, in Seitō, Japanese-occupied Shandong (present-day Qingdao, China), the eldest son of Tokuzo and Sen Mifune. [12] His father Tokuzo was a trade merchant and photographer who ran a photography business in Qingdao and Yingkou, and was originally the son of a medical doctor from Kawauchi, Akita Prefecture. [13]
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’s 1954 period film (or jidaigeki) tells the story of 16th-century villagers who reluctantly enlist the help of mercenaries (can you guess how many?) to protect them from invading ...