Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) was born to an old samurai family. He received many awards for his work including the 1980 Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for Kagemusha.
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The distinguished filmmaker chronicles his life from his birth in 1910 to the worldwide success in 1950 of his film Rashomon and provides a provocative account of the Japanese film industry.