Akira Kurosawa

The truth is in the mystery.

— Akira Kurosawa

The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.

— Akira Kurosawa

Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.

— Akira Kurosawa

“IT IS QUITE ENOUGH IF A HUMAN BEING HAS BUT ONE FIELD WHERE HE OR SHE IS STRONG. IF A HUMAN BEING…

— Akira Kurosawa

I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.

— Akira Kurosawa

Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.

— Akira Kurosawa

If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.

— Akira Kurosawa

It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.

— Akira Kurosawa

I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think…

— Akira Kurosawa

During the shooting of a scene the director’s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring…

— Akira Kurosawa

Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one... ...I had wanted to make The Idiot long before Rashomon.…

— Akira Kurosawa

If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.

— Akira Kurosawa

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

A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.

— Akira Kurosawa

Man is a genius when he is dreaming.

— Akira Kurosawa

“There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself. [Pg.189]”

— Akira Kurosawa

There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present…

— Akira Kurosawa

In a mad world, only the mad are sane.

— Akira Kurosawa

Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.

— Akira Kurosawa

When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to…

— Akira Kurosawa

If I were to write anything at all, it would turn out to be nothing but talk about movies. In other words,…

— Akira Kurosawa

“As if Japan weren't small enough to begin with, I fail to understand why it is necessary to think of it in…

— Akira Kurosawa

To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes.

— Akira Kurosawa

Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages. Adding explanation…

— Akira Kurosawa

The role of the artist is to not look away.

— Akira Kurosawa