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Kurosawa Akira: Quick Facts

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Born March 23, 1910 • Tokyo • Japan
Died September 6, 1998 (aged 88) • Tokyo • Japan
Awards And Honors Praemium Imperiale (1992)
Notable Works “Dersu Uzala” • “Dodeskaden” • “Drunken Angel” • “Ikiru” • “Ran” • “Rashomon” • “Record of a Living Being” • “Sanjuro” • “Seven Samurai” • “The Hidden Fortress” • “The Idiot” • “The Lower Depths” • “Throne of Blood” • “Yojimbo”

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Akira Kurosawa wearing sunglasses and a cap stands beside a film camera on the set of Kagemusha, with crew members and camera equipment visible in the background.
Toshiro Mifune stands menacingly over Machiko Kyo, who sits on the ground holding a dagger, in a forest scene from the film Rashomon (1951), directed by Akira Kurosawa.
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