I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied... That's why they… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
but ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
“No matter where I go in the world, although I can't speak any foreign language, I don't feel out of place. I… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they've been given. I believe you… — 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… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending… — 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.… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
People today have forgotten they're really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present… — 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
