Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

WriterDirectorSecond Unit or Assistant Director
Born
March 23, 1910
Died
September 6, 1998

After training as a painter (he storyboards his films as full-scale paintings), Kurosawa entered the film industry in 1936 as an assistant director, eventually making his directorial debut with Sanshiro Sugata (1943). Within a few years, Kurosawa had achieved sufficient stature to allow him greater…

Writer

Nioh 3(2026)
Highest 2 Lowest(2025)
Living(2022)
Nioh 2(2020)
Her Spirit(2018)

Editor

Madadayo(1993)
Rhapsody in August(1991)
Ran(1985)
500,000(1963)
High and Low(1963)

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Uma(1941)
Songoku 1(1940)
Enoken's Sun Wukong(1940)
Enoken no zangiri Kinta(1940)
Roppa no shinkon ryoko(1940)

Sound Department

The Loves of a Kabuki Actor(1938)

Additional Crew

Arena(1975)

Archive Footage

Vremya(1968)as Self - Film director
The Moviemakers: Spielberg(2023)as Self - Filmmaker
Life Work of Akira Kurosawa(2023)as Self
Movie Night Extravaganza(2021)as Self
Hollywood Insider(2018)as Self