In the aftermath of the Second World War, Japan's international standing had sunk to an all-time low. What reversed this trend and reawakened people's interest in the country was not economics or trade, but the films of Akira Kurosawa.
日本在二次大戰後，國際聲望曾降到低點，然而，讓它的地位與形象由剝轉復、令人刮目相看的，不是經濟或貿易，而是黑澤明的電影。