The great English writer Shakespeare
Shakespeare was a world-renowned writer with a global reputation for his works, including four tragedies, four comedies and many others. Many well-known writers are his fans, and his works have influenced many readers at home and abroad. Churchill once said, "It is better to lose an India than to lose a Shakespeare." This shows shakespeare's great influence. And we often say that a thousand readers have a thousand Hamlets in their hearts. Hamlet is one of the most famous of Shakespeare's many works. You can see Shakespeare's influence on the human world. In the film industry, there is such a person, known as the "Shakespeare of the film industry". And he is the emperor of Japanese cinema , Akira Kurosawa.
Movie Emperor Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa (黑泽 Akira, born March 23, 1910 in Tokyo) is a famous Japanese director and screenwriter. In 1943, he directed his debut "Zi Sansilang", which broke the box office record after the release of the film, which received widespread attention. After that, step by step, deeply cultivating the film world, attacking the city and slightly pooling along the way, hanging the seal, reaching the top, and finally becoming a generation of film masters.
Movie Rashomon
In 1950, Rashomon was filmed, which tells the story of four people who tell a big lie in order to cover up their crimes after a murder. It reveals the evil human nature of man's untrustworthiness. The film won the 16th Venice Golden Lion Awards and the 24th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
Movie Seven Samurai
In 1954, he directed Seven Samurai, which tells the story of the Poor People who joined forces with seven hired samurai to fight off bandits during the Sengoku period in Japan to defend their homeland. The film showcased creative fight scenes and won the 19th Venice Silver Lion Award.
Movie Del Sue. Uzara
In 1972, at the invitation of the Soviet Union, he went to the Soviet Union to shoot the Russian-language feature film "Del Su. Uzara". Released in 1975, the film won the Gold Medal at the 9th Moscow State Film Festival and the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards. Making films for other countries not only won the gold medal of the national film festival, but also conquered the Oscars, and there was no other way but to worship.
Movie Shadow Warrior, also known as Shadow Warrior
1980's "Shadow Warrior" tells the story of Takeda Shingen in the Sengoku period of Japan, when he defeated the alliance of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu, but died in the army, and at the first moment of crisis, several courtiers secretly found a thief with a face that resembled Shingen and pretended to be Shingen to stabilize the hearts of the army, and maintained the story for three years. The film was the first of japan's top ten high-grossing films of the year and won the 33rd Cannes Palme d'Or.
Movies are messy
1985's Chaos, inspired by Shakespeare's King Lear, is taken from a fable from Japan's Sengoku period. The film is a historical picture of Japan's Sengoku period, and the temperament is fully visible.
Akira Kurosawa with his work
Akira Kurosawa is known as the "Shakespeare of the Film Industry", and his admirers are all over the world, including George W. Lucas, Zhang Yimou, Du Qifeng, Xu Ke and other famous directors. Lucas's famous "Star Wars" refers to Akira Kurosawa's "Warring States Heroes", Zhang Yimou's "Shadow" released in 2018 is influenced by "Shadow Warrior", Du Qifeng made a "Judo Dragon and Tiger List" to pay tribute to idols, and Xu Ke's "Seven Swords Under the Heavenly Mountain" has the shadow of "Seven Samurai". Akira Kurosawa's early films were influenced by Hollywood films, and the style of his later works was unique but fed back to Hollywood films. Hollywood even made a film "Heroic Seven Dragons", which is a remake of "Seven Samurai".
Akira Kurosawa received the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement
In 1990, at the age of 80, he won the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement, becoming the first Asian filmmaker to receive the award. Akira Kurosawa, who has countless awards and honors, seems to have had a smooth ride, but in fact, he has also tried to commit suicide because of the box office failure of the movie. The road to success is always full of thorns, where there is a horse flat river. Endure temporary failure, success will come. In 1998, a generation of movie emperors passed away at the age of 88. The Scythians are gone, but the light and shadow are eternal. The world is just a big fight, and then leave in a dashing manner.