Akira Kurosawa

As the maestro of Japanese cinema, he was born in Tokyo in 1910 and joined P.C.L studio when he was 26, starting his work as a production team member for Kajiro Yamamoto. He built his own cinematic world after World War II: describing the story of the people who lead individual loves, rejecting the group in the dark and hopeless atmosphere of the defeat. He led technical revolutions building up his own style, i.e. stylized mise-en-scene, excellent sense of editing,… (more)