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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.
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]
It was voted the greatest foreign-language film of all time in BBC's 2018 poll of 209 critics in 43 countries. [10] In 2019, when Time Out polled film critics, directors, actors and stunt actors, Seven Samurai was voted the second-best action film of all time. [69] In 2021, the film was ranked at number 7 on Time Out magazine's list of "The 100 ...
1978.10.28 Kagemusha: Akira Kurosawa 1980.04.26 Nominated for a best foreign film Oscar. The Bushido Blade: Tsugunobu Kotani 1981 Legend of the Eight Samurai: Kinji Fukasaku 1983.12.10 Ran: Akira Kurosawa 1985.06.01 A Japanese version of King Lear. Won Oscar for Best Costume Design; won 25 other awards and 15 nominations. Zatoichi: Darkness Is ...
22nd – Empire's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010. [106] 26th - Critics top ten poll, 100 Greatest Films of All Time, Sight & Sound (2012) 18th - Director's top ten poll, 100 Greatest Films of All Time, Sight & Sound (2012) Woody Allen included it among his top ten films. [107] 4th - BBC's list of "100 greatest foreign language ...
[35] In 2009, the film was voted at No. 13 on the list of "The Greatest Japanese Films of All Time" by Japanese film magazine Kinema Junpo. [36] In 2010 Ikiru was included on Time ' s All-Time 100 best movies list. [37] In 2012 the film ranked 127th and 132nd on critic's and director's poll respectively in Sight & Sound Top 250 Films list. [38]
THE COUNTDOWN: In honour of Brady Corbet’s 215-minute epic ‘The Brutalist’ receiving 10 Oscar nods, The Independent’s culture team selects 11 other movies with mammoth runtimes that are ...
The Night of Counting the Years (1969) was voted the best Arab film of all time (i.e. the best film made in an Arab country) in a 2013 poll of 475 film critics, writers, novelists, academics, and other arts professionals organized by the Dubai International Film Festival. [132] [133]