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Akira Kurosawa

director, writer, producerBorn: 3/23/1910Birthplace: Toyko, Japan Academy Award-winning Japanese film director, writer and producer responsible for bringing Japanese film to the West. His films…

Kurosawa, Akira

(Encyclopedia) Kurosawa, AkiraKurosawa, Akiraäkēˈrä k&oomacr;rōˈsäwä [key], 1910–98, Japanese film director, scriptwriter, and producer, b. Tokyo. He is regarded as one of the world's greatest…

Suzuki, Akira

(Encyclopedia) Suzuki, Akira, 1930–, Japanese chemist, Ph.D. Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, 1959. He was a professor at Hokkaido from 1963 until his retirement in 1994. Since then, he has taught for short…

Yoshino, Akira

(Encyclopedia) Yoshino, Akira, 1948–, Japanese chemist, Ph.D. Osaka Univ., 2005. He was a researcher at Asahi Kasei Corp. from 1972 to 2017, when he became a professor at Meijo Univ., Nagoya, Japan.…

Toshiro Mifune

actorBorn: 4/1/1920Birthplace: Tsingtao, China This Japanese actor's career was first shaped by his roles in several films directed by Akira Kurosawa, including Rashomon (1950), Seven Samurai (1954…

Juzo Itami

(Yoshihiro Ikeuchi)director, screenwriterBorn: 5/15/1933Birthplace: Kyoto, Japan Widely considered the finest Japanese filmmaker since Akira Kurosawa, Juzo Itami was a boxer, commercial designer,…

Tomoyuki Tanaka

producerBorn: 4/26/1910Birthplace: Osaka, Japan Tanaka produced more than 200 films and is best known as the creator of Godzilla, the towering embodiment of post-World War II anxiety. The classic…

Mifune, Toshiro

(Encyclopedia) Mifune, ToshiroMifune, Toshirotəshērˈō mĭf&oomacr;ˈnē [key], 1920–97, Japanese actor, b. Qingdao, China. Mifune was a versatile actor, noted for a wide range of roles in more than…