Akira Kurosawa
Directing
30
Acting Credits
32
Directed
Biography
Akira Kurosawa (黒澤 明) was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. He displayed a bold, dynamic style, strongly influenced by Western cinema yet distinct from it; he was involved with all aspects of film production. Kurosawa entered the Japanese film industry in 1936, following a brief stint as a painter. After years of working on numero...
Known For
Filmography
Searching For Kurosawa
2025
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
as Self (archive footage)
What Is Cinema?
2013
as Self
The World of Kazuo Miyagawa
2012
as Self
Kurosawa's Way
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Drunken Angel'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard'
2002
as Self
Kurosawa
2000
as Self
A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies
2000
as Self
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
1993
as Self
In Love With and Living Within Movies - Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki
1993
as Self
Making of 'Dreams'
1990
as Self
Making of Ran
1985
as Self
A. K.
1985
as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self