Kurosawa
Americannoun
noun
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Uchiyama, who loved Japanese horror when she was young, now relishes the opportunity to work with genre masters like Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
“All my friends in Tokyo are like, why the heck are you buying that piece of crap?” said Kurosawa.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
We should be grateful for filmmakers who have a special artistic relationship with an actor: Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune, Martin Scorsese with Robert De Niro and, by all indications, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2025
Caton-Jones said he looked to legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa for inspiration, as well as sword master Bill Hobbs.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025
They’d have late-night conversations about Chomsky and Sartre and Kraftwerk and Kurosawa and the Givenchy spring line.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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