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Akira Kurosawa

Sceneggiatore, Regista, Montatore, Produttore, Attore

23 marzo 1910 — 6 settembre 1998 (88 anni)
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 numerous films as an assistant director and scriptwriter, he made his debut as a director during World War II with the popular action film Sanshiro Sugata (1943). After the war, the critically acclaimed Drunken Angel (1948), in which Kurosawa cast the then little-known actor Toshiro 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 (1950), which premiered in Tokyo, became the surprise winner of the Golden Lion at the 1951 Venice Film Festival. The commercial and critical success of that 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 filmmakers. Kurosawa directed approximately one film per year throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, including a number of highly regarded (and often adapted) films, such as Ikiru (1952), Seven Samurai (1954), Throne of Blood (1957), Yojimbo (1961) and High and Low (1963). After the 1960s he became much less prolific; even so, his later work—including two of his final films, Kagemusha (1980) and Ran (1985)—continued to receive great acclaim. 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 there as being among the five people who most prominently contributed to the improvement of Asia in the 20th century. His career has been honored by many retrospectives, critical studies and biographies in both print and video, and by releases in many consumer media.

Film e Serie su Plex

  • I sette samurai
    I sette samurai1954
  • Rashomon
    Rashomon1950
  • Ran
    Ran1985
  • I magnifici sette
    I magnifici sette1960
  • Anatomia di un rapimento
    Anatomia di un rapimento1963
  • Il trono di sangue
    Il trono di sangue1957
  • La fortezza nascosta
    La fortezza nascosta1958
  • Cane randagio
    Cane randagio1949
  • L'angelo ubriaco
    L'angelo ubriaco1948
  • I magnifici sette nello spazio
    I magnifici sette nello spazio1980
  • Sanshiro sugata
    Sanshiro sugata1943
  • Scandalo
    Scandalo1950
  • Gli uomini che mettono il piede sulla coda della tigre
    Gli uomini che mettono il piede sulla coda della tigre1945
  • Non rimpiango la mia giovinezza
    Non rimpiango la mia giovinezza1946
  • Il duello silenzioso
    Il duello silenzioso1949
  • Una meravigliosa domenica
    Una meravigliosa domenica1947
  • Sanshiro Sugata 2
    Sanshiro Sugata 21945
  • Lo spirito più elevato
    Lo spirito più elevato1944
  • The Outrage
    The Outrage2011
  • The Last Day of Hsianyang
    The Last Day of Hsianyang1968

Famoso per

  • I sette samurai
    I sette samurai1954
  • Rashomon
    Rashomon1950
  • Ran
    Ran1985
  • La sfida del samurai
    La sfida del samurai1961
  • Vivere
    Vivere1952
  • La fortezza nascosta
    La fortezza nascosta1958
  • Anatomia di un rapimento
    Anatomia di un rapimento1963
  • Kagemusha - L'ombra del guerriero
    Kagemusha - L'ombra del guerriero1980
  • Il trono di sangue
    Il trono di sangue1957
  • I magnifici sette
    I magnifici sette2016
  • Barbarossa
    Barbarossa1965
  • Sanjuro
    Sanjuro1962
  • Living
    Living2022
  • Dersu Uzala - Il piccolo uomo delle grandi pianure
    Dersu Uzala - Il piccolo uomo delle grandi pianure1975
  • Sogni
    Sogni1990
  • I magnifici sette
    I magnifici sette1960
  • Ancora vivo
    Ancora vivo1996
  • Cane randagio
    Cane randagio1949
  • I cattivi dormono in pace
    I cattivi dormono in pace1960
  • L'angelo ubriaco
    L'angelo ubriaco1948

Filmografia

2025
Highest 2 Lowest · as Original Film Writer
2022
Living · as Original Film Writer
2016
The Magnificent Seven · as Original Film Writer
2007
Tsubaki Sanjûrô
2002
The Sea Is Watching · as Screenplay
2000
I Went To · as Screenplay
1999
After the Rain · as Screenplay
1996
Last Man Standing · as Original Film Writer
1993
Madadayo · as Screenplay
1991
Rhapsody in August · as Screenplay
1990
Dreams
1985
Runaway Train · as Original Film Writer
1985
Ran · as ScreenplaySu Plex
1980
Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior · as Screenplay
1975
Dersu Uzala · as Screenplay
1970
Dodes'ka-den · as Screenplay
1970
Song of the Horse
1968
The Last Day of Hsianyang · as Original Film WriterSu Plex
1965
Sanshiro Sugata
1965
Red Beard · as Screenplay
1964
Jakoman and Tetsu · as Screenplay
1963
High and Low · as ScreenplaySu Plex
1962
Fencing Master · as Screenplay
1962
Sanjuro · as Screenplay
1961
Yojimbo · as Screenplay
1960
The Magnificent Seven · as Original Film WriterSu Plex
1960
The Bad Sleep Well
1959
Sengoku gunto-den
1958
The Hidden Fortress · as ScreenplaySu Plex
1957
Nichiro senso shori no hishi: Tekichu odan sanbyaku-ri · as Screenplay
1957
The Lower Depths · as Screenplay
1957
Throne of Blood · as ScreenplaySu Plex
1955
Soman kokkyô 2-gô sakusen: Kieta chûtai · as Screenplay
1955
Sanshiro Sugata
1954
Seven Samurai · as ScreenplaySu Plex
1953
My Wonderful Yellow Car · as Screenplay
1952
Ikiru · as Screenplay
1952
Sword for Hire · as Screenplay
1952
Vendetta of a Samurai
1951
The Idiot · as Screenplay
1951
Beyond Love and Hate · as Screenplay
1950
Rashomon · as ScreenplaySu Plex
1950
Scandal · as ScreenplaySu Plex
1950
Desertion at Dawn · as Screenplay
1949
Stray DogSu Plex
1949
Jakoman and Tetsu
1949
The Quiet DuelSu Plex
1948
The Portrait · as Screenplay
1948
Drunken AngelSu Plex
1947
Snow Trail · as Screenplay
1947
One Wonderful Sunday · as ScreenplaySu Plex
1946
No Regrets for Our YouthSu Plex
1945
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's TailSu Plex
1945
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two · as ScreenplaySu Plex
1944
The Most BeautifulSu Plex
1943
Sanshiro Sugata · as ScreenplaySu Plex
1942
Tsubasa no gaika
1941
Uma