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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

Other testimony comes from the Belgian Luc Dardenne, the Japanese Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the Taiwanese Tsai Ming-liang and the memoirs of Ozu associates including screenwriter Kogo Noda.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

“It’s hard to put it into words, but John Ford’s works all kind of radiate with the warmth that must have been a part of the set,” Kurosawa says.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 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

They landed the Kurosawa next to an instance of the white house that was still deserted.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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