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
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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