Emperor Kurosawa.
Akira Kurosawa is a legend in the film industry and is known as the "Shakespeare of cinema". Steven Spielberg once called him a "master of cinema." Francisco Bra said that if given the opportunity, he would be willing to become Kurosawa's assistant and follow in his footsteps all his life. Kurosawa's influence was enough to influence many well-known directors and even form a reinforced platoon. He is a "master of masters".
Kurosawa was born in Japan, but his works are not limited to Japanese national characteristics, but have considerable human common values, enough to influence the history of world cinema. Kurosawa's work is called "Kurosawa of the world" and has been remade many times.
Akira Kurosawa was born in 1910 to a samurai family. His parents had 8 children, of which Kurosawa was the youngest. His father is a movie fan who loves to watch action movies the most, often taking his children to watch movies together. As a teenager, Akira Kurosawa witnessed the Great Kanto Earthquake and saw mountains of corpses, experiences that had a profound impact on his work.
Death is a theme that Kurosawa often explores. Kurosawa was interested in painting from an early age, but at the time, painting was not considered a formal profession. His older brother committed suicide due to unemployment, and Kurosawa had to take on the responsibility of supporting the family.
In 1935, Kurosawa chose a newly established film company, PCL (the predecessor of Toho Film Company), to apply. During his six-decade-long film career, Kurosawa wrote and directed dozens of works that had a huge impact on the history of world cinema. Kurosawa's life was full of thrills and setbacks, but he was always able to get back on his feet and reach the pinnacle of his artistic career. His works were not only popular in Japan, but also widely spread around the world.
In Jin Yong's "The Condor Heroes", when Yang Guo said goodbye without saying goodbye, Cheng Ying comforted the sad Lu Wushuang and said: "You see these white clouds gathered and scattered, scattered and gathered, and life is also the same." Kurosawa, 83, was quick-witted and clear-headed, and two years later he wrote two plays.
In 1995, he planned to shoot a new costume film, but accidentally fell during the preparations, resulting in a spinal injury. He had to abandon the shooting plan. Kurosawa lay in bed for three years before eventually dying of a stroke at the age of 88. It is no exaggeration to say that without Kurosawa's great works, film history would be different.
