Akira குரோசவா - கிரேட் பிலிம் DIRECTOR

Akira Kurosawa (March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998) was a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Kurosawa directed 30 filmsin a career spanning 57 years.
Kurosawa entered the Japanese film industry in 1936, following a brief stint as a painter. After years of working on numerous films as an assistant director and scriptwriter, he made his debut as a director in 1943, during World War II with the popular action film Sanshiro Sugata (a.k.a. Judo Saga). After the war, the critically acclaimed Drunken Angel (1948), in which Kurosawa cast then-unknown actor Toshirō Mifune in a starring role, cemented the director’s reputation as one of the most important young filmmakers in Japan. The two men would go on to collaborate on another fifteen films.
Rashomon, which premiered in Tokyo in August 1950, and which also starred Mifune, became, on September 10, 1951, the surprise winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and was subsequently released in Europe and North America. The commercial and critical success of this film opened up Western film markets for the first time to the products of the Japanese film industry, which in turn led to international recognition for other Japanese film artists. Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, Kurosawa directed approximately a film a year, including a number of highly regarded films such as Ikiru (1952), Seven Samurai (1954) and Yojimbo (1961). After the mid-1960s, he became much less prolific, but his later work—including his final two epics, Kagemusha (1980) and Ran (1985)—continued to win awards, including the Palme d'Or for Kagemusha, though more often abroad than in Japan.
In 1990, he accepted the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement Posthumously, he was named "Asian of the Century" in the "Arts, Literature, and Culture" category by AsianWeek magazine and CNN, cited as "one of the [five] people who contributed most to the betterment of Asia in the past 100 years".

MOVIES:

As a Director
Madadayo

1991 Rhapsody in August

1990 Dreams

1985 Ran

1980 Kagemusha

1975 Dersu Uzala

1970 Dodes'ka-den

1965 Red Beard

1963 High and Low

1962 Sanjuro

1961 Yojimbo

1960 The Bad Sleep Well

1958 The Hidden Fortress

1957 The Lower Depths

1957 Throne of Blood

1955 I Live in Fear

1954 Seven Samurai

1952 Ikiru

1951 The Idiot

1950 Rashomon

1950 Scandal

1949 Stray Dog

1949 The Quiet Duel

1948 Drunken Angel

1947 One Wonderful Sunday

1946 No Regrets for Our Youth

1946 Those Who Make Tomorrow

1945 Sanshiro Sugata Part Two

1945 The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

1944 The Most Beautiful

1943 Sanshiro Sugata

1941 Uma (some scenes - uncredited)

As a WRITER

Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess (original screenplay)

2007 Tsubaki Sanjûrô (screenplay)

2004 Samurai 7 (TV series)
– Ochiru! (2004) (film "Shichinin no samurai")
– Ueru! (2004) (film "Shichinin no samurai")
– Chigiru! (2004) (film "Shichinin no samurai")
– Usotsuki! (2004) (film "Shichinin no samurai")
– Hippataku! (2004) (film "Shichinin no samurai")
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2002 The Sea Is Watching (original screenplay)

2000 Dora-heita (screenplay)

1999 After the Rain (screenplay)

1996/I Last Man Standing (story)

1993 Madadayo (writer)

1991 Rhapsody in August (writer)

1990 Dreams (written by)

1985 Runaway Train (based on a screenplay by)

1985 Ran (screenplay)

1980 Kagemusha (writer)

1975 Dersu Uzala (writer)

1973 Nora inu (1949 screenplay)

1970 Dodes'ka-den (screenplay)

1970 Tora! Tora! Tora! (Japanese sequences - uncredited)

1968 The Last Day of Hsianyang (screenplay)

1965 Sanshiro Sugata (1943 screenplay "Sugata Sanshiro" and 1945 screenplay "Zoku Sugata Sanshiro")

1965 Red Beard (screenplay)

1964 The Outrage (screenplay "Rashomon")

1964 A Fistful of Dollars (screenplay "Yojimbo" - uncredited)

1964 Jakoman to Tetsu (and earlier screenplay)

1963 High and Low (screenplay)

1962 Fencing Master (1950 screenplay Tateshi danpei)

1962 Sanjuro (screenplay)

1961 Yojimbo (screenplay / story)

1960 Play of the Week (TV series)
– Rashomon (1960) (teleplay)

1960 The Magnificent Seven (screenplay "Shichinin no samurai" - uncredited)

1960 The Bad Sleep Well (written by)

1959 Sengoku gunto-den (writer)

1958 The Hidden Fortress (written by)

1957 Nichiro sensô shôri no hishi: Tekichû ôdan sanbyaku-ri (earlier screenplay "Techiku odan sanbyaku ri" / screenplay)

1957 The Lower Depths (writer)

1957 Throne of Blood (screenplay)

1955 I Live in Fear (story)

1955 Asunaro monogatari (screenplay)

1955 Kieta chutai (writer)

1955 Sanshiro Sugata (writer)

1954 Seven Samurai (written by)

1953 Fukeyo haru kaze (writer)

1952 Ikiru (written by)

1952 Sengoku burai (writer)

1952 Vendetta of a Samurai (writer)

1951 Kedamono no yado (writer)

1951 The Idiot (writer)

1951 Ai to nikushimi no kanata e (writer)

1950 Tateshi Danpei (writer)

1950 Rashomon (writer)

1950 Jiruba Tetsu (writer)

1950 Scandal (writer)

1950 Desertion at Dawn (writer)

1949 Stray Dog (writer)

1949 Jakoman to Tetsu (writer)

1949 Jigoku no kifujin (writer)

1949 The Quiet Duel (writer)

1948 Shozo (writer)

1948 Drunken Angel (written by)

1947 Snow Trail (writer)

1947 One Wonderful Sunday (writer)

1947 Yottsu no koi no monogatari (segment "Hatsukoi")

1946 No Regrets for Our Youth (writer)

1945 Sanshiro Sugata Part Two (writer)

1945 Appare Isshin Tasuke (writer)

1945 The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (writer)

1944 The Most Beautiful (writer)

1944 Dohyosai (writer)

1943 Sanshiro Sugata (writer)

1942 Tsubasa no gaika (writer)

1942 Currents of Youth (writer)

1941 Uma (uncredited)

As a PRODUCER
Kagemusha (executive producer, producer)

1970 Dodes'ka-den (planner, producer)

1965 Sanshiro Sugata (producer)

1963 High and Low (associate producer)

1961 Yojimbo (producer)

1960 The Bad Sleep Well (producer)

1958 The Hidden Fortress (producer)

1957 The Lower Depths (producer)

1957 Throne of Blood (producer)

1949 Stray Dog (associate producer)

1949 Haru no tawamure (associate producer)