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*** ,1910
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September 6, 1998 (88 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Aries
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Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa is a Japanese director, screenwriter and producer who has directed 30 films over 57 years of his career. He is considered one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Kurosawa entered the Japanese film industry in 1936, after a brief stint as an artist. After many years working on films as an assistant director and screenwriter, he achieved his first world war with the popular action film Sanshiro Sugata. After the war, critically acclaimed Drunken Angel, with Kurosawa in the cast of little-known actor Toshiro Mifune, cemented the director's reputation as one of Japan's most important young filmmakers. The two will continue to collaborate in 15 more films. Rashomon, which premiered in Tokyo, unexpectedly became the winner of the Golden Lion Award at the 1951 Venice Film Festival.
BornMarch 23, 1910, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
DiedSeptember 6, 1998, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Resting placeAn'yō-in, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
OccupationFilm director, screenwriter, producer, editor
Years active1936–1993
ChildrenHisao (b. 1945–) and Kazuko (b. 1954–)

About Akira Kurosawa

Director Akira Kurosawa was born in Tokyo, Japan on March 23, 1910. He dies at the age of 88, on September 6, 1998.

Iconic Japanese director of 30 films, including the classic influential features Rashomon (1950) and Seven Samurai (1954). He is acknowledged as one of the most influential filmmakers in history.

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Akira Kurosawa before becoming famous

Akira Kurosawa was born in the Zodiac sign Aries (The Ram), and 1910 is also the year of Dog (狗) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He learned calligraphy and Kendo swordsmanship as a child.

Achievement of Akira Kurosawa

His 1958 film Hidden Fortress was a key influence on Director George Lucas' Star Wars saga. The characters R2D2 and C3PO were straight adaptations of his film's two clumsy actors.

Akira Kurosawa's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

On May 21, 1945, he married Yoko Yaguchi, with whom he had two children.

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Movie Actor Toshiro Mifune, who appeared in the majority of his films, was his favorite actor.

Toshiro Mifune (1920 - 1997) (Movie Actor)
Toshiro Mifune (1920 - 1997)

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Akira Kurosawa Income & Net worth

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