Kurosawa

American  

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

noun

1. Akira 1910–1998, Japanese film director.

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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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Kurosawa

In the U.S., at least, Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a director forever dogged by a question: “Any relation?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

But Kurosawa isn’t exactly precious about his filmography.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Mr. Kurosawa, among our most contemporary-minded auteurs, has never been one to venture so far into the past, but here he brings it to vivid and complicated life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

To play the wily Kanbei, Kurosawa enlisted his young “Cloud” star Suda, whom he calls a genius.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

A woman named Yukari Kurosawa was working at a hospital in Otsuchi when the quake struck.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland