Kurosawa

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1. Kurosawa - Noun

2. Kurosawa - Proper noun

Meaning

Japanese filmmaker noted for blending Japanese folklore with western styles of acting (1910-1998)

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Academy Award winning Japanese director Akira Kurosawa produced Yojimbo (1961), and Sanjuro (1962), which both starred Toshiro Mifune as a mysterious Samurai swordsman for hire. Source: Internet

Actress Cate Blanchett, who headed the jury, told a news conference that selection of the Silver Lion winner had been a “difficult decision to make” but that the choice of Kurosawa was “undeniable in that final assessment.” Source: Internet

Akira was the eighth and youngest child of the moderately wealthy family, with two of his siblings already grown up at the time of his birth and one deceased, leaving Kurosawa to grow up with three sisters and a brother. Source: Internet

After the war, the critically acclaimed Drunken Angel (1948), in which Kurosawa cast then-unknown actor Toshiro Mifune in a starring role, cemented the director's reputation as one of the most important young filmmakers in Japan. Source: Internet

Although the studio protested the increased production costs, Kurosawa was adamant that "the quality of the set influences the quality of the actors' performances.. Source: Internet

Akira Kurosawa 's 1957 adaptation Throne of Blood makes the character into Capitan Miki (played by Minoru Chiaki ), slain by Macbeth's equivalent (Captain Washizu) when his wife explains that she is with child. Source: Internet

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