When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to germinate, to sprout, and it is this, which I take and work with. My films come from my… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do. I end up writing not from my own will, but from theirs-they come alive as I write and make me do… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life. — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
“IT IS QUITE ENOUGH IF A HUMAN BEING HAS BUT ONE FIELD WHERE HE OR SHE IS STRONG. IF A HUMAN BEING WERE STRONG… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself. — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing. — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of. — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination. — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
During the shooting of a scene the director’s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring concentratedly at… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one... ...I had wanted to make The Idiot long before Rashomon. Since I… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
