Akira Kurosawa’s contribution to the Japanese culture industry is nonpareil. He is undoubtedly the most celebrated of all Japanese filmmakers, and the one most known to the West.
He was born on March 23 in 1910. That means, he experienced the First World War as a child.
He is someone who has lived through the two great world wars, and this devastating effect of the war is reflected in his creations.
He is best known for samurai epics like Seven Samurai and Yojimbo.
He also created intimate, contemporary-set dramas, such as Ikiru and High and Low.
His career started to take off after the Second World War with films such as Drunken Angel and Stray Dog, hailed as gothic-dark films that became his trademark.
Akira Kurosawa has a long career spanning nearly 60 years, in which he has directed more than 30 films.
It also marked the beginning of his long-running collaboration with leading man Toshiro Mifune.
On September 6, 1998, Akira Kurosawa
died at the age of 88 in Tokyo, Japan’s capital. His legacy of noir-films still strike a chord in the hearts of audiences from both the East and West.
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