Kurosawa Akira

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(From left) Mifune Toshirō as Tajōmaru and Kyō Machiko as Kanazawa Masako in Kurosawa Akira's 1950 film version of Akutagawa Ryūnosuke's Rashōmon.

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Born	March 23, 1910 • Tokyo • Japan
Died	September 6, 1998 (aged 88) • Tokyo • Japan
Awards And Honors	Praemium Imperiale (1992)
Notable Works	“Dersu Uzala” • “Dodeskaden” • “Drunken Angel” • “Ikiru” • “Ran” • “Rashomon” • “Record of a Living Being” • “Sanjuro” • “Seven Samurai” • “The Hidden Fortress” • “The Idiot” • “The Lower Depths” • “Throne of Blood” • “Yojimbo”

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(From left) Mifune Toshirō as Tajōmaru and Kyō Machiko as Kanazawa Masako in Kurosawa Akira's 1950 film version of Akutagawa Ryūnosuke's Rashōmon.

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