Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) studied at the Doshusha School of Western Painting, hoping to make a living as a painter. Unable to earn much money, he answered a newspaper ad for assistant directors at P.C.L. Studios. According to his mentor, Kajiro Yamamoto, "From the very beginning, Kurosawa was completely engrossed in separating what is real from what is false." In the preface to Donald Richie's book, The Films of Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune says: "He is an artist, and he is demanding; a man more full, more whole ... than most men are. It is from this understanding, this tact with life, that he draws his films...." Visit Art2u DVDs: International Film & Television for a comprehensive selection of Akira Kurosawa's greatest movies on DVD!   11 min 26 sec; Aug 11, 2006 Akira Kurosawa Filmography Isuzu Yamada in a scene from Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood (1957) (Toho) Akira Kurosawa directed the following movies: Rhapsody in August (1992) Starring: Sachiko Murase, Richard Gere Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990) Starring: Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baisho Ran (1985) Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao Kagemusha (1980) Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki Dersu Uzala (1975) Starring: Maxim Munzuk, Yuri Solomin Dodes'ka-den (1970) Starring: Yoshitaka Zushi, Tomoko Yamazaki Red Beard (1965) Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama High & Low (1962) Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Mihashi Sanjuro (1962) Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai Yojimbo (1961) Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Eijiro Tono The Bad Sleep Well (1960) Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Kato The Hidden Fortress (1958) Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara Throne of Blood (1957) Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada The Lower Depths (1957) Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada I Live In Fear (1955) Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura Seven Samurai (1954) Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura Ikiru (1952) Starring: Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko Rashomon (1951) Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo The Idiot (1951) Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori Stray Dog (1949) Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura Drunken Angel (1948) Starring: Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune No Regrets For Our Youth (1946) Starring: Setsuko Hara, Takashi Shimura Men Who Tread On The Tiger's Tail (1945) Starring: Denjiro Okochi, Susumu Fujita Sanshiro Sugata (1943 Starring: Susumu Fujita, Denjiro Okochi Return to TOP.