Akira Kurosawa (1910–1998) |
After training as a painter (he storyboards his films as full-scale paintings), Kurosawa entered the film industry in 1936 as an assistant director, eventually making his directorial debut with Sanshiro Sugata (1943). Within a few years, Kurosawa had achieved sufficient stature to allow him greater creative freedom. Drunken Angel (1948) was the ...
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Born:in Tokyo, JapanDied:(age 88) in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan |