Akira Kurosawa was born on 23 March 1910 in Ōi. A Japanese film director, screenwriter and producer, Kurosawa is among the most influential figures in the history of cinema. His film Rashomon won the Golden Lion at Venice in 1951 and introduced Japanese film to Western audiences. He followed it with Ikiru, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, Yojimbo and later Dersu Uzala and Ran, often working with the actor Toshiro Mifune. His films combine dramatic action with humanist themes, and he drew on Shakespeare and Russian literature as well as Japanese history. Directors such as George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese have acknowledged his influence, and he received an honorary Oscar in 1990.
Before and after
- c. 1910sRise of Dada
- from 1910 to 1917Battles of the Isonzo
- 12 January 1910Discovery of Great January comet of 1910
- 19 February 1910Construction of Old Trafford
- 23 March 1910Birth of Akira Kurosawa
- 21 April 1910Death of Mark Twain
- 11 May 1910Establishment of Glacier National Park
- 12 May 1910Birth of Dorothy Hodgkin
- 15 May 1910First match of the Italy men's national association football team
More in Art, literature & culture
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- 1830Publication of Book of Mormon
- 1890Rise of Art Nouveau
- 28 December 1895The Lumiere brothers hold the first public film screening
- c. 1900sRise of Expressionism
- 1909Rise of Futurism
The era
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