Akira Kurosawa was born in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan on March 23, 1910 and died September 6, 1998 at the age of 88 of a stroke. Kurosawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, who to this day is regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema.
Kurosawa began his journey in the Japanese film industry in 1936, after a brief pursuit of painting. Kurosawa debut as a directer after many years of working on films as an assistant director and scriptwriter, with his film Sanshiro Sugata (a.k.a. Judo Saga) during World War II. After the war, Kurosawa cast the then-unknown actor Toshiro Mifune as starring role, in his stunning success Drunken Angel (1948). This furthered the director's reputation as one of the most
Kurosawa began his journey in the Japanese film industry in 1936, after a brief pursuit of painting. Kurosawa debut as a directer after many years of working on films as an assistant director and scriptwriter, with his film Sanshiro Sugata (a.k.a. Judo Saga) during World War II. After the war, Kurosawa cast the then-unknown actor Toshiro Mifune as starring role, in his stunning success Drunken Angel (1948). This furthered the director's reputation as one of the most