Akira Kurosawa

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film director film editor human producer screenwriter

Akira Kurosawa was a pioneering Japanese film director and screenwriter renowned for his influential samurai epics and innovative cinematic techniques that shaped world cinema.

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Hisao Kurosawa 1
Kurosawa 1
黒澤 明 1

Statements (83)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film director ⓘ
film editor ⓘ
human ⓘ
producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1990s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930s ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best International Feature Film ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Honorary Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Honorary Award

Golden Lion ⓘ
Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: Legion of Honour

Order of Culture ⓘ
Palme d’Or ⓘ
surface form: Palme d'Or
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
child Akira Kurosawa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hisao Kurosawa
countryOfCitizenship Japan ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1910-03-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1998-09-06 ⓘ
employer Toho ⓘ
ethnicGroup Japanese ⓘ
familyName Akira Kurosawa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kurosawa
fieldOfWork cinema ⓘ
screenwriting ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
jidaigeki ⓘ
samurai film ⓘ
givenName Akira ⓘ
influenced Andrei Tarkovsky ⓘ
Francis Ford Coppola ⓘ
George Lucas ⓘ
Martin Scorsese ⓘ
Roman Polanski ⓘ
Sergio Leone ⓘ
Steven Spielberg ⓘ
influencedBy D. W. Griffith ⓘ
John Ford ⓘ
Sergei Eisenstein ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Japanese ⓘ
movement Japanese cinema ⓘ
name Akira Kurosawa self-link ⓘ
nativeName Akira Kurosawa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 黒澤 明
notableIdea multi-camera action shooting ⓘ
use of weather as dramatic device ⓘ
wiping transitions ⓘ
notableWork Dersu Uzala ⓘ
Dodes'ka-den ⓘ
Dreams ⓘ
Drunken Angel ⓘ
High and Low ⓘ
I Live in Fear ⓘ
Ikiru ⓘ
Kagemusha ⓘ
Madadayo ⓘ
No Regrets for Our Youth ⓘ
One Wonderful Sunday ⓘ
Ran ⓘ
Rashōmon ⓘ
surface form: Rashomon

Red Beard ⓘ
Rhapsody in August ⓘ
Sanjuro ⓘ
Scandal ⓘ
Seven Samurai ⓘ
Stray Dog ⓘ
The Bad Sleep Well ⓘ
The Hidden Fortress ⓘ
The Idiot ⓘ
The Lower Depths ⓘ
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail ⓘ
The Quiet Duel ⓘ
Throne of Blood ⓘ
Yojimbo ⓘ
occupation film director ⓘ
film editor ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Japan ⓘ
Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Heigo Kurosawa ⓘ
spouse Yōko Yaguchi ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Lower Depths → adaptedBy → Akira Kurosawa ⓘ
The Magnificent Seven → basedOnWorkBy → Akira Kurosawa ⓘ
subject surface form: The Magnificent Seven (1960 film)
Akira Kurosawa → child → Akira Kurosawa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hisao Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa → familyName → Akira Kurosawa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurosawa
John Ford → influenced → Akira Kurosawa ⓘ
Jack Ford → influenced → Akira Kurosawa ⓘ
subject surface form: John Ford
Sergio Leone → influencedBy → Akira Kurosawa ⓘ
Spike Lee → influencedBy → Akira Kurosawa ⓘ
Akira Kurosawa → name → Akira Kurosawa self-link ⓘ
Akira Kurosawa → nativeName → Akira Kurosawa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 黒澤 明
BAFTA Fellowship → notableRecipient → Akira Kurosawa ⓘ