Akira Kurosawa
Directing • AGE 88
Akira Kurosawa (黒澤 明) was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmaker...
Filmography
Highest 2 Lowest
Original Film Writer
2025
The Draft!
Thanks
2023
Living
Original Film Writer
2022
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
2020
The Magnificent Seven
Original Film Writer
2016
What Is Cinema?
Self
2013
At the Gate of the Ghost
Original Story
2011
Kurosawa's Way
Self (archive footage)
2011
The Last Princess
Original Story
2008
Tsubaki Sanjuro
Writer
2007
Ikiru
Screenplay
2007
High and Low
Original Film Writer
2007
Samurai 7
Original Concept
2004
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'
Self
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
Self
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
Self
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
Self
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
Self
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'
Self
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
Self
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
Self
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
Self
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den'
Self
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
Self
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
Self
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Drunken Angel'
Self
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
Self
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard'
Self
2002
The Sea Is Watching
Screenplay
2002
Kurosawa
Self
2000
Dora-heita
Screenplay
2000
A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies
Self
2000
After the Rain
Title Designer
2000
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Thanks
1999
Last Man Standing
Original Film Writer
1996
In Love With and Living Within Movies - Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki
Self
1993
Madadayo
Director
1993
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
Self
1993
Rhapsody in August
Director
1991
Making of 'Dreams'
Self
1990
Dreams
Director
1990
Runaway Train
Original Film Writer
1985
Ran
Screenplay
1985
A. K.
Self
1985
Making of Ran
Self
1985
Battle Beyond the Stars
Original Story
1980
Kagemusha
Screenplay
1980
Dersu Uzala
Director
1975
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Stray Dog
Original Story
1973
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
Original Concept
1972
Dodes'ka-den
Screenplay
1970
Song of the Horse
Director
1970
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Original Concept
1970
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Original Concept
1969
The Last Day of Hsianyang
Original Film Writer
1968
Return of the Seven
Original Concept
1966
Sanshiro Sugata
Writer
1965
Red Beard
Director
1965
The Outrage
Original Story
1964
A Fistful of Dollars
Original Story
1964
Jakoman and Tetsu
Screenplay
1964
Legacy of the 500,000
Editor
1963
High and Low
Director
1963
The Fencing Master
Screenplay
1962
Sanjuro
Director
1962
Yojimbo
Director
1961
Play of the Week: Rashomon
Original Film Writer
1960
The Magnificent Seven
Original Film Writer
1960
The Bad Sleep Well
Writer
1960
Saga of the Vagabonds
Writer
1959
The Hidden Fortress
Director
1958
Advance Patrol
Screenplay
1957
The Lower Depths
Producer
1957
Throne of Blood
Producer
1957
I Live in Fear
Director
1955
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Screenplay
1955
Vanished Enlisted Man
Screenplay
1955
Seven Samurai
Screenplay
1954
My Wonderful Yellow Car
Screenplay
1953
Ikiru
Screenplay
1952
Sword for Hire
Screenplay
1952
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
Writer
1952
Vendetta of a Samurai
Writer
1952
The Den of Beasts
Screenplay
1951
The Idiot
Director
1951
Beyond Love and Hate
Screenplay
1951
Rashomon
Editor
1950
Fencing Master
Adaptation
1950
Jiruba no Tetsu
Screenplay
1950
Scandal
Director
1950
Escape at Dawn
Screenplay
1950
Stray Dog
Writer
1949
Jakoman and Tetsu
Writer
1949
Flirtation in Spring
Producer
1949
The Quiet Duel
Writer
1949
Lady From Hell
Writer
1949
The Portrait
Screenplay
1948
Drunken Angel
Director
1948
Snow Trail
Screenplay
1947
One Wonderful Sunday
Director
1947
Four Love Stories
Screenplay
1947
No Regrets for Our Youth
Editor
1946
Those Who Make Tomorrow
Director
1946
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Director
1945
The Admirable Isshin Tasuke!
Screenplay
1945
The Most Beautiful
Director
1944
Wrestling-Ring Festival
Writer
1944
World of Love
Writer
1943
Sanshiro Sugata
Director
1943
Wings of Victory
Writer
1942
Currents of Youth
Story
1942
Horse
Assistant Director
1941
The Monkey King
Assistant Director
1940
Roppa's Honeymoon
Assistant Director
1940
Easy Alley
Assistant Director
1939
Enoken’s Shrewd Period
Assistant Director
1939
Enoken's Surprising Life
Assistant Director
1938
Composition Class
Assistant Director
1938
Tojuro's Love
Assistant Director
1938
Subterranean Heat
Assistant Director
1938
The Beautiful Hawk
Assistant Director
1937
Enoken's Chikiri Kinta Part 2 – Returning Is Scary, but the Weather Will Clear If You Wait
Third Assistant Director
1937
Enoken's Chikiri Kinta Part 1 – Momma, the Hat: The Nice Way
Third Assistant Director
1937
Avalanche
Second Unit
1937
Japanese Women's Textbook
Third Assistant Director
1937
A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again
Third Assistant Director
1937
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
Third Assistant Director
1937
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes
Third Assistant Director
1937
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
Third Assistant Director
1937
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part One: Tiger and Wolf
Third Assistant Director
1937
Tokyo Rhapsody
Third Assistant Director
1936
Enoken’s Ten Millions Sequel
Third Assistant Director
1936
Enoken’s Ten Millions
Third Assistant Director
1936
Paradise of the Virgin Flowers
Assistant Director
1936
Searching For Kurosawa