Akira Kurosawa

Directing

1943 — 1993 · 29 films

Lived

23 March 1910 — d. 1998

From

Shinagawa, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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.