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Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa headshot

IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000041/

Date of Birth:23 March 1910, Tokyo, Japan

Date of Death:6 September 1998, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan (stroke)

Height:5' 11½" (1.82 m)

Trademarks:Frequently uses the "wipe effect" to fade from one scene to another. This effect later became famous due to its usage in the Star Wars trilogy. Likes to do Shakespearan plays in Feudal Japanese settings Often casts Toshirô Mifune , Takashi Shimura, & Tatsuya Nakadai Painterly compositions Use of weather to heighten mood, most obviously rain Female characters that are usually either sweet but weak and submissive or are deceitful, evil and conniving Driven characters who frequently end up failing in the goals but ultimately learn hard won life lessons His signature look on set: dark clothes, floppy hat and sunglasses Revolutionary action sequences Reoccurring cynical distrust of memories and nostalgia. In his color films, use of bold, painterly visuals The (often demented) elderly or deceased are frequently misrepresented or unfairly maligned by those remembering them.

Source:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000041/

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The Magnificent Seven

Directed By: Antoine Fuqua Starring: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke...
Released in UK cinemas Friday 23rd September 2016 Age Rating: 12A Runtime: 130 mins Language: English Next Showing: Unknown

Seven Samurai

Directed By: Akira Kurosawa Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura...
Released in UK cinemas Friday 1st May 2020 Age Rating: PG Runtime: 190 mins Language: Japanese Next Showing: Unknown

Living

Directed By: Oliver Hermanus Starring: Alex Sharp, Adrian Rawlins, Hubert Burton...
Released in UK cinemas Friday 4th November 2022 Age Rating: 12A Runtime: 102 mins Language: English Next Showing: Unknown
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