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Akira Kurosawa is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Co-Director, Editor, Storyboard Artist and Second Unit Japonais born on 23 march 1910 at Shinagawa-ku (Japon)

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa participated to 55 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 7 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Scriptwriter

The Magnificent Seven, 2h13
Directed by Antoine Fuqua
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Crime, Western
Actors Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jason Momoa, Luke Grimes
Roles Original Film Writer
Rating68% 3.444233.444233.444233.444233.44423
1879, à Rose Creek. L’industriel Bartholomew « Bart » Bogue arrive avec l'intention d'acheter aux habitants leurs terres à bas prix et d'exploiter la mine d'or proche de la ville. Aidé de ses hommes de main, Bogue terrorise les habitants en abattant quelques uns d'entre eux, dont Matthew Cullen, et en faisant incendier l'église. L’homme d’affaires sans scrupule se retire ensuite à Sacramento, durant trois semaines, le temps que les habitants se décident. Alors que la veuve Emma Cullen rencontre le chasseur de primes Sam Chisolm dans une ville voisine, elle lui réclame son aide. Ce dernier accepte. Afin de fonder une équipe, il recrute aussitôt six hommes de divers horizons : Josh Faraday, Goodnight Robicheaux, Jack Horne, Billy Rocks, Manuel Vasquez et Red Harvest. Après avoir éliminé la garde de Bogue laissée à Rose Creek, les sept mercenaires décident d'entraîner les habitants pour les préparer à résister au retour de Bogue et ses hommes.
Tora! Tora! Tora!, 2h24
Directed by Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Sō Yamamura, E. G. Marshall, James Whitmore, Jason Robards
Rating74% 3.747653.747653.747653.747653.74765
In 1941, the newly appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (Sō Yamamura) and his predecessor, Zengo Yoshida (Junya Usami), discuss America's embargo that starves Japan of raw materials. While both agree that a war with the United States would be a complete disaster, army hotheads and politicians push through an alliance with Germany and start planning for war. With the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Yamamoto orders the planning of a preventive strike, believing Japan's only hope is to annihilate the American Pacific fleet at the outset of hostilities.
A Fistful of Dollars, 1h40
Directed by Tonino Valerii, Sergio Leone, Mario Caiano
Origin Italie
Genres Action, Western, Spaghetti Western
Actors Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, Gian Maria Volonté, José Calvo, Joseph Egger, Antonio Prieto
Roles Original Story
Rating78% 3.949443.949443.949443.949443.94944
A stranger arrives at the little Mexican border town of San Miguel. Silvanito, the town's innkeeper, tells the Stranger about a feud between two families vying to gain control of the town: on the one side, the Rojo brothers: Don Miguel, Esteban and Ramón; on the other, the family of the town sheriff, John Baxter. The Stranger decides to play each family against the other in order to make money, and proves his speed and accuracy with his gun to both sides by shooting the four men who teased him as he entered town with ease.

Director

Ran
Ran (1985)
, 2h42
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Films about families, Seafaring films, Sports films, Théâtre, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Mieko Harada, Hisashi Igawa, Kenji Kodama
Rating81% 4.099324.099324.099324.099324.09932
Hidetora Ichimonji, a powerful warlord, experiences a dream reminding him that he's showing his age and decides to divide his kingdom among his three sons: Taro, Jiro, and Saburo. Taro, the eldest, will receive the prestigious First Castle and become leader of the Ichimonji clan, while Jiro and Saburo will be given the Second and Third Castles. Hidetora will retain the title of Great Lord and Jiro and Saburo are to support Taro.

Scriptwriter

Runaway Train, 1h51
Directed by Andreï Kontchalovski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Prison films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Évasion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay, Danny Trejo, Kyle T. Heffner, John P. Ryan
Roles Original Film Writer
Rating71% 3.5976453.5976453.5976453.5976453.597645
The story follows the escape of two men from an Alaska prison, the efforts of a railroad dispatch office to safely stop the out-of-control train they are on, and the hunt by their warden to recapture them. Oscar "Manny" Manheim is a ruthless bank robber and hero to the convicts of Stonehaven Maximum Security Prison. After two previous escape attempts the doors to Manny's cell have been welded shut for three years. A court order compels Manny's nemesis, the vindictive and sadistic Associate Warden Ranken, to release him back into the general prison population. Manny intends to break out a third time with his older brother Jonah Manheim, but is forced to set his escape plan into action in the middle of winter. Ranken employs a serial killer to give Manny the incentive, by stabbing him grievously through his left hand. Jonah fatally stabs the serial killer to death in retaliation, and in turn is severely beaten by the prison guard, leaving him in a high-security hospital wing.
The Magnificent Seven, 2h8
Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn, Charles Bronson
Roles Original Film Writer
Rating76% 3.8482353.8482353.8482353.8482353.848235
A Mexican village is periodically raided for food and supplies by Calvera (Eli Wallach) and his bandits. As he and his men ride away from their latest visit, Calvera promises to return to loot the village again. Taking what meager goods they have, the village leaders ride to a town just inside the American border hoping to barter for weapons to defend themselves. While there, they encounter Chris Adams (Yul Brynner), a veteran Cajun gunslinger. After listening to their tale, Chris suggests that the village hire gunfighters, which would be cheaper than guns and ammunition. The village men relentlessly try to convince him to be their gunman. At first he agrees only to help them find men, but later he decides to recruit six other men to help him defend the village, despite the poor pay offered.

Director

Seven Samurai, 3h27
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Alternate history films
Actors Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Isao Kimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yoshio Inaba, Daisuke Katō
Rating85% 4.299244.299244.299244.299244.29924
Marauding bandits approach a rural mountain village, but their chief decides to spare it until after the harvest because they had raided it before. The plan is overheard by a farmer who tells the rest of village. Lamenting their fate, three farmers ask Gisaku, the village elder and miller, for advice. He declares they should hire samurai to defend the village. Since they have no money to offer, Gisaku tells them to find hungry samurai.