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Akira Kurosawa

Male 1910 - 1998  (88 years)


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  • Name Akira Kurosawa  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Born 23 Mar 1910  Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As 黒沢 明  [1] 
    Also Known As 黒澤 明  [1] 
    Education Bunkyo City, Tokyo, Japan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Keika High School 
    Education Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Kuroda Primary School 
    Education 1927  [2] 
    Doshusha School of Western Painting 
    Occupation 1936  [5] 
    assistant director in the PCL cinema studio 
    Fact 1950  [7] 
    director of the film Rashomon 
    Fact 1952  [7] 
    director of the film Ikiru 
    Fact 1954  [7] 
    director of the film Seven Samurai 
    Occupation film director  [1, 4] 
    Occupation illustrator  [2] 
    Occupation painter  [1, 5] 
    Occupation screenwriter  [1, 4] 
    Died 6 Sep 1998  Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 7] 
    Buried An'yō-in Temple, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Person ID I1  Kurosawa Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2019 

    Father Isamu Kurosawa,   b. 1864, Akita Prefecture, Japan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1948  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Shima 
    Family ID F4  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Yōko Yaguchi,   b. 27 Aug 1921, Shanghai, Shanghai Shiqu, Shanghai, China Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1985, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 21 May 1945  [1, 2, 5, 8] 
    Children 
    +1. Hisao Kurosawa
    +2. Kazuko Kurosawa
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos

    An'yō-in Temple, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

    Akira Kurosawa on the set of Seven Samurai in 1953

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] "Akira Kurosawa.", (Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Kurosawa, 3 Jul 2019).

    2. [S4] "KUROSAWA, Akira.", International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, (Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/film-and-television-biographies/akira-kurosawa, ).

    3. [S5] Something Like An Autobiography: First Vintage Books Edition, Akira Kurosawa, (New York: Vintage Books, 1983).

    4. [S6] "黒澤明.", (Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BB%92%E6%BE%A4%E6%98%8E, 20 Jul 2019).

    5. [S10] "Akira Kurosawa.", (IMDb, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000041/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm).

    6. [S14] "The Life of Akira Kurosawa – Part 1: Growing up (1910–1935).", (Akira Kurosawa info, https://akirakurosawa.info/biography-part-1/).

    7. [S15] "Kurosawa Akira: Japanese Film Director.", Tadao Sato, (Encyclopaedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kurosawa-Akira/Later-works).

    8. [S7] "Yōko Yaguchi.", (Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dko_Yaguchi, 26 Mar 2019).