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Kurosawa

American  
[koor-uh-sah-wuh, koo-raw-sah-wah] / ˌkʊər əˈsɑ wə, ˈku rɔˈsɑ wɑ /

noun

  1. Akira 1910–1998, Japanese film director.


Kurosawa British  
/ ˌkʊərəˈsɑːwə /

noun

  1. Akira (əˈkɪərə). 1910–99, Japanese film director. His works include Rashomon (1950), The Seven Samurai (1954), The Throne of Blood (1957), Kagemusha (1980), Ran (1985), and Madadayo (1993)

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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

Friends Take Kurosawa and Joey Stockermans saw an akiya as a path to owning property when they felt priced out of their home countries of the U.S. and Canada.

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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