What is Akira Kurosawa?
{{Infobox person | name = Akira Kurosawa<br />黒澤 明 | image = Akirakurosawa-onthesetof7samurai-1953-page88.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|3|23}} | birth_place = [[Shinagawa, Tokyo]], [[Japan]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1998|9|6|1910|3|23}} | death_place = [[Setagaya, Tokyo]], Japan | occupation = [[Film director|Director]], [[screenwriter]], [[film producer|producer]], [[Film editing|editor]] | years_active = [[1936 in film|1936]]–[[1993 in film|1993]] | spouse = [[Yōko Yaguchi]] (m. 1945–1985, her death); two children }} '''Akira Kurosawa''' (March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998)<ref>{{imdb name|0000041}}</ref> was a [[Japan]]ese [[movie director]]. Kurosawa's [[movies]] are [[Popularity|liked]] in Japan. Kurosawa's movies are also liked by people in other [[country|countries]]. He made 30 movies in 50 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/kurosawa/filmography.html |title=BFI Features, Akira Kurosawa, a filmography |publisher=www.bfi.org.uk |access-date=2010-02-22 |archive-date=2010-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421121326/http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/kurosawa/filmography.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is thought to be one of the most important movie directors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmsite.org/directors3.html |title=Greatest Film Directors and Their Best Films |publisher=www.filmsite.org |access-date=2010-02-22 }}</ref> In many of his famous movies, including ''[[Rashomon]]'' and ''[[The Seven Samurai]]'', he worked with the actor [[Toshiro Mifune]]. Kurosawa started in the Japanese movie industry in 1936. Before he worked a little bit as a painter. After years of working on many movies as an [[assistant director]] and scriptwriter, he became a director in 1943. This was during [[World War II]] with the popular [[action movie]] ''[[Sanshiro Sugata]]'' (a.k.a. ''Judo Saga''). ''[[Rashomon]]'', was first shown in [[Tokyo]] in August 1950. On September 10, 1951 it was the surprise winner of th