Kurosawa, Akira b. March 23, 1910 d. September 6, 1998 Legendary Film Director, also Screenwriter and Producer. Kurosawa is probably the most well-known of all Japanese directors, and ironically is far more popular outside of Japan than within. He first studied art before turning to film. He worked under director Kajiro Yamamoto before he began his own directorial career with "Sanshiro Sugata,"(1943), a film about the 19th century struggle for supremacy between adherents of judo and jujitsu that so impressed the military government, he was...[Read More] (Bio by: Warrick L. Barrett) Cause of death: Stroke Anyo-ji Temple Cemetery, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
b. March 23, 1910 d. September 6, 1998