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Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), the Japanese film director

person, actor, male person, author, musician, musical act, film director, director, screenwriter, award winner, film producer, film editor, person that is is a creator of a TV Show, person that was nominated for an award, honour or prize, aries person

Born: ▶
1910; March 1910; March 23rd 1910; Japan; Tōkyō Prefecture; …
Tokyo; Asia; the world; east Asia; the Far East; Honshū; Ota, Tokyo; Ota, Tokyo; Ota, Tokyo; Eurasia; Africa-Eurasia; the G8; US postal Group 3; the UK 'rest of the world' postal zone
Died: ▶
1998, September 1998, September 6th 1998, Japan, Tōkyō Prefecture, …
Tokyo, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the world, east Asia, the Northern Hemisphere, the Far East, Honshū, Setagaya, Africa-Eurasia, Eurasia, the G8, US postal Group 3, the UK 'rest of the world' postal zone, stroke, cardiovascular disease
Starred in: Dreams, Pictures, A.K., A.K.
Spouse: Yôko Yaguchi
Directed: ▶
Seven Samurai, Rashomon, Yojimbo, Ran, The Hidden Fortress, …
Kagemusha, Dreams, Throne of Blood, Ikiru, Red Beard, Dersu Uzala, Sanjuro, Stray Dog, High and Low, Sanshiro Sugata, Rhapsody in August, Madadayo, Drunken Angel, The Bad Sleep Well, Scandal, The Lower Depths, The Most Beautiful, I Live in Fear, No Regrets for Our Youth, The Quiet Duel, The Idiot, The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail, Sanshiro Sugata Part II, One Wonderful Sunday, Those Who Make Tomorrow, Gendai no Noh, High and Low, Rashamon (1950), Dodesukaden
Wrote for Screen: ▶
Seven Samurai, Rashomon, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Yojimbo, Ran, …
Last Man Standing, The Hidden Fortress, Kagemusha, Runaway Train, Dreams, Throne of Blood, Ikiru, Red Beard, Dersu Uzala, Sanjuro, Stray Dog, High and Low, Sanshiro Sugata, Rhapsody in August, Madadayo, Drunken Angel, The Outrage, Kakushi Toride no San-Akunin: The Last Princess, Scandal, The Lower Depths, The Most Beautiful, I Live in Fear, No Regrets for Our Youth, After the Rain, The Idiot, The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail, Sanshiro Sugata Part II, One Wonderful Sunday, Escape at Dawn, Ahen senso, Snow Trail, Dora-Heita, The Sea is Watching, Dodesukaden
Producer of: ▶
The Hidden Fortress, Kagemusha, High and Low, Yojimbo, Throne of Blood, …
The Bad Sleep Well, The Lower Depths
Editor of: ▶
Ran, The Hidden Fortress, Dreams, Throne of Blood, Rhapsody in August, …
Madadayo, The Bad Sleep Well
Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Kurosawa
Gender: male, female
Nationality: japanese
Residence: Tokyo
Last Name: "Kurosawa"
First Name: Akira
Main Occupation: film producer, film director, film editor, Screenwriter
Age at Death: 88 years, 5 months and 14 days old
Class: ▶
musician; person; actor; film producer; film director; …
film editor; person that is is a creator of a TV Show; aries person; musical act; author; award winner; person that was nominated for an award, honour or prize; screenwriter; male person; director
Did: die (1998)
Theme of: A.K.
Featured in: Kurosawa
Born During: 1910s
Died During: the 1990s
Attributes: male; japanese; pertaining to Shinagawa, Tokyo; dead
Related Websites: ▶
http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/02/kurosawa.html, http://www.criterion.com/explore/3-akira-kurosawa, http://akira-kurosawa.com, http://www.afc.ryukoku.ac.jp/Komon/kurosawa/index.html, http://www.kurosawa-foundation.com/eng/index.html, …
http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/cine_director_query.pl?6724, http://www.horror-house.jp/cat2/19101998.html, http://www.akirakurosawa.com, http://www.anaheim.edu/content/view/748/718, http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/kuros.htm, http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/kurosawa, http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/akira_kurosawa, http://akirakurosawa.info, http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/asian-studies/projects/kurosawa, http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/kurosawa/kurosawa.html, http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/02/kurosawa.html
Freebase ID: "/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000000045b9"
DBPedia URI: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Akira_Kurosawa
Rare Terms: "黒澤明", "akira", "kurasawa"
Birthday: the 23rd of March
Quotes: "Man is a genius when he is dreaming."; "In a mad world, only the mad are sane."
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