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Name: Akira Kurosawa
Date of Birth: Wednesday March 23 1910
Born: Omori, Tokyo (Japan)
Partial Biography: Akira Kurosawa is unquestionably the best known Japanese filmmaker in the West. This can perhaps be best explained by the fact that he is not so much a Japanese or a Western filmmaker, but that he is…Full Akira Kurosawa Biography…

Directors Guild of America D W Griffith Award (1992)
Association of Asian Pacific American Artists Lifetime Achievement Award (1991)
Honorary Oscar (1989)
Directors Guild of America Golden Jubilee Special Award (1986)
National Society of Film Critics Award (1985) Best Foreign Film - "Ran"