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Akira Kurosawa

Autor, Regie, Schnitt, Produzent, Darsteller

23. März 1910 — 6. September 1998 (88 Jahre)
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.

Filme & Serien auf plex.tv

  • Die sieben Samurai
    Die sieben Samurai1954
  • Rashomon - Das Lustwäldchen
    Rashomon - Das Lustwäldchen1950
  • Ran
    Ran1985
  • Die glorreichen Sieben
    Die glorreichen Sieben1960
  • Zwischen Himmel und Hölle
    Zwischen Himmel und Hölle1963
  • Das Schloss im Spinnwebwald
    Das Schloss im Spinnwebwald1957
  • Die verborgene Festung
    Die verborgene Festung1958
  • Ein streunender Hund
    Ein streunender Hund1949
  • Engel der Verlorenen
    Engel der Verlorenen1948
  • Sador - Herrscher im Weltraum
    Sador - Herrscher im Weltraum1980
  • Judo Saga - Die Legende vom großen Judo
    Judo Saga - Die Legende vom großen Judo1943
  • Skandal
    Skandal1950
  • Die Männer, die dem Tiger auf den Schwanz traten
    Die Männer, die dem Tiger auf den Schwanz traten1945
  • Kein Bedauern für meine Jugend
    Kein Bedauern für meine Jugend1946
  • Das stumme Duell
    Das stumme Duell1949
  • Ein wunderschöner Sonntag
    Ein wunderschöner Sonntag1947
  • Sugata Sanshiro Fortsetzung
    Sugata Sanshiro Fortsetzung1945
  • Am allerschönsten
    Am allerschönsten1944
  • At the Gate of the Ghost
    At the Gate of the Ghost2011
  • The Last Day of Hsianyang
    The Last Day of Hsianyang1968

Bekannt aus

  • Die sieben Samurai
    Die sieben Samurai1954
  • Rashomon - Das Lustwäldchen
    Rashomon - Das Lustwäldchen1950
  • Ran
    Ran1985
  • Yojimbo - Der Leibwächter
    Yojimbo - Der Leibwächter1961
  • Ikiru - Einmal wirklich leben
    Ikiru - Einmal wirklich leben1952
  • Die verborgene Festung
    Die verborgene Festung1958
  • Zwischen Himmel und Hölle
    Zwischen Himmel und Hölle1963
  • Kagemusha - Der Schatten des Kriegers
    Kagemusha - Der Schatten des Kriegers1980
  • Das Schloss im Spinnwebwald
    Das Schloss im Spinnwebwald1957
  • Die glorreichen Sieben
    Die glorreichen Sieben2016
  • Rotbart
    Rotbart1965
  • Sanjuro
    Sanjuro1962
  • Living - Einmal wirklich leben
    Living - Einmal wirklich leben2022
  • Uzala, der Kirgise
    Uzala, der Kirgise1975
  • Akira Kurosawas Träume
    Akira Kurosawas Träume1990
  • Die glorreichen Sieben
    Die glorreichen Sieben1960
  • Last Man Standing
    Last Man Standing1996
  • Ein streunender Hund
    Ein streunender Hund1949
  • Die Bösen schlafen gut
    Die Bösen schlafen gut1960
  • Engel der Verlorenen
    Engel der Verlorenen1948

Filmografie

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 Screenplayauf plex.tv
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 Writerauf plex.tv
1965
Sanshiro Sugata
1965
Red Beard · as Screenplay
1964
Jakoman and Tetsu · as Screenplay
1963
High and Low · as Screenplayauf plex.tv
1962
Fencing Master · as Screenplay
1962
Sanjuro · as Screenplay
1961
Yojimbo · as Screenplay
1960
The Magnificent Seven · as Original Film Writerauf plex.tv
1960
The Bad Sleep Well
1959
Sengoku gunto-den
1958
The Hidden Fortress · as Screenplayauf plex.tv
1957
Nichiro senso shori no hishi: Tekichu odan sanbyaku-ri · as Screenplay
1957
The Lower Depths · as Screenplay
1957
Throne of Blood · as Screenplayauf plex.tv
1955
Soman kokkyô 2-gô sakusen: Kieta chûtai · as Screenplay
1955
Sanshiro Sugata
1954
Seven Samurai · as Screenplayauf plex.tv
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 Screenplayauf plex.tv
1950
Scandal · as Screenplayauf plex.tv
1950
Desertion at Dawn · as Screenplay
1949
Stray Dogauf plex.tv
1949
Jakoman and Tetsu
1949
The Quiet Duelauf plex.tv
1948
The Portrait · as Screenplay
1948
Drunken Angelauf plex.tv
1947
Snow Trail · as Screenplay
1947
One Wonderful Sunday · as Screenplayauf plex.tv
1946
No Regrets for Our Youthauf plex.tv
1945
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tailauf plex.tv
1945
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two · as Screenplayauf plex.tv
1944
The Most Beautifulauf plex.tv
1943
Sanshiro Sugata · as Screenplayauf plex.tv
1942
Tsubasa no gaika
1941
Uma