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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.
As of 2003, there are markets in over 90 countries where films from India are screened. [3] During the first decade of the 21st century, there was a steady rise in the ticket price, a tripling in the number of theaters and an increase in the number of prints of a film being released, which led to a large increase in box office collections for ...
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]
The film appeared on many critics' top lists of the best films. 10th – Directors' Top Ten Poll in 1992, Sight & Sound [95] 10th - 100 Greatest Films list in 2000 The Village Voice [96] 76th - "Top 100 Essential Films of All Time" by the National Society of Film Critics in 2002. [97] [98] 9th – Directors' Top Ten Poll in 2002, Sight & Sound [99]
A number of Akira Kurosawa's films have been remade.. Note: This list includes full remakes only; it does not include films whose narratives have been loosely inspired by the basic plot of one or more of the director's films – as A Bug's Life (1998) references both Seven Samurai (1954) and its Hollywood remake The Magnificent Seven (1960) – nor movies that adopt, adapt, or parody ...
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 films are made primarily in the Hindi-language. [142] It is often known as Bollywood and is one of the largest film producers in India as well as a major centre of film production worldwide. [143] [144] The following table lists the top 10 highest-grossing Hindi films produced in the Hindi film industry.
The Films of Akira Kurosawa is a 1965 academic book by Donald Richie, published by University of California Press. It discusses the films of Akira Kurosawa . This was the first English-language academic book about a Japanese film director's works, and about Kurosawa's in particular.