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A number of Akira Kurosawa's films have been remade.. Note: This list includes full remakes only; it does not include films whose narratives have been loosely inspired by the basic plot of one or more of the director's films – as A Bug's Life (1998) references both Seven Samurai (1954) and its Hollywood remake The Magnificent Seven (1960) – nor movies that adopt, adapt, or parody ...
Order of Culture (1985) Academy Award (1990) Signature. Akira Kurosawa[ note 1] (黒澤 明 or 黒沢 明, Kurosawa Akira, March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998) was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed 30 films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the ...
The following is a list of works, both in film and other media, for which the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa made some documented creative contribution. This includes a complete list of films with which he was involved (including the films on which he worked as assistant director before becoming a full director), as well as his little-known contributions to theater, television and literature.
Japanese. Budget. $11–12 million. Box office. $19 million ( est.) Ran ( Japanese: 乱, lit. 'chaos or tumult') is a 1985 epic historical action drama film directed, edited and co-written by Akira Kurosawa. The plot derives from William Shakespeare 's King Lear and includes segments based on legends of the daimyō Mōri Motonari.
Throne of Blood ( Japanese: 蜘蛛巣城, Hepburn: Kumonosu-jō, lit. 'The Spider Web Castle') is a 1957 Japanese jidaigeki film co-written, produced, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film transposes the plot of English dramatist William Shakespeare 's play Macbeth (1606) from Medieval Scotland ...
Dreams. (1990 film) Dreams ( 夢, Yume)[ b] is a 1990 magical realist anthology film of eight vignettes written and directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Akira Terao, Martin Scorsese, Chishū Ryū, Mieko Harada and Mitsuko Baisho. It was inspired by actual recurring dreams that Kurosawa said he had repeatedly. [ 6]
Drunken Angel (醉いどれ天使, Yoidore Tenshi) is a 1948 Japanese yakuza film noir directed by Akira Kurosawa, who also co-wrote the screenplay.It is notable for being the first of sixteen film collaborations between director Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune.
The Lower Depths (1957 film) The Lower Depths. (1957 film) The Lower Depths (どん底, Donzoko) is a 1957 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, the screenplay by Hideo Oguni and Akira Kurosawa, based on the 1902 play The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky. [1] The setting was changed for the film from late 19th-century Russia to Edo period Japan.