| Share

Arts and Entertainment > Entertainment Biographies > K

Akira Kurosawa

director, writer, producer
Born: 3/23/1910
Birthplace: Toyko, Japan

Academy Award-winning Japanese film director, writer and producer responsible for bringing Japanese film to the West. His films include Rashomon (1950), The Seven Samurai (1954), which saw several Western imitations, and the Shakespeare adaptations Ran (King Lear) (1986) and Throne of Blood (Macbeth) (1957).

Died: 9/6/1998

Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

More on Akira Kurosawa from Infoplease:

Akira Kurosawa - Infoplease Memorial: Akira Kurosawa 1910—1998, Japanese film director, scriptwriter, and ...
Kurosawa: meaning and definitions - Kurosawa: Definition and Pronunciation
Akira Kurosawa - Kurosawa, Akira Kurosawa, Akira , 1910–98, Japanese film director, scriptwriter, and ...
Akira Kurosawa - Biography of Akira Kurosawa, Legendary Japanese movie director
Akira Kurosawa - Akira Kurosawa Age: 88 world-renowned Japanese director whose acclaimed films included Rashomon ...

Premium Partner Content

HighBeam Research

Related content from HighBeam Research on: Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa.(filmmaker, age 88)(Obituary)(Brief Article) (The Economist (US))

Dynamic duo; Japanese cinema.(Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune)(Brief Article) (The Economist (US))

Akira Kurosawa und seine Zeit (Film - Dienst)

Venice Film Festival cues Kurosawa tribute.(World News)(Akira Kurosawa )(Brief article) (Daily Variety)

The Good, the Bad, and the Japanese: The Brilliant Director Akira Kurosawa, of 'Seven Samurai' Fame, Helped Bring a New Kind of Hero to the American Movie Screen, Writes James Bowman. Not So Much Film Noir as Film Gris (The American (Washington, DC))

Personal Transformation through an Encounter with Death: A Study of Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru on Its Fiftieth Anniversary (Journal of Transpersonal Psychology)

Sony to distribute Kurosawa film.(Sony Pictures Entertainment to distribute Akira Kurosawa's Umiwa Mite-ita)(Brief Article) (Asia Image)

Akira Kurosawa (Film - Dienst)

Serge Silberman.(Obituaries)(producer of Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" dies)(Brief Article) (Daily Variety)

INVOLUNTARY VISION: After Akira Kurosawa's Dream (Tikkun)

Additional search results provided by HighBeam Research, LLC. © Copyright 2005. All rights reserved.

24 X 7

Private Tutor

	24 x 7 Tutor Availability
	Unlimited Online Tutoring
	1-on-1 Tutoring

Explore Algebra Questions , Math

Popular Areas

Infoplease Tools

The Family Education Network

About Infoplease,
Part of Family Education Network

© 2000–2013 Pearson Education, publishing as Infoplease