Ability Quote by George Lucas

Kurosawa was one of film's true greats... His ability to transform a vision into a powerful work of art is unparalleled. So it seemed…

— George Lucas

I think Kurosawa was one of the first storytelling geniuses who began to change the narrative structure of films.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Even if I were to try to imitate Kurosawa I know that it's absolutely impossible. That era of film was just something else, including…

— Takashi Miike

I admire Akira Kurosawa. I have a deep admiration for him and I would love to make films like that.

— Takashi Miike

Most directors have one masterpiece by which they are known. Kurosawa has at least eight or nine.

— Francis Ford Coppola

Kurosawa is my hero, and I've taught courses on his films, and I love what he does, and 'Rashomon' is, I think, his second…

— Scott Derrickson

“For the casual viewer, Kurosawa’s films can be an exercise in endurance.”

— Jerry White

For many years, my favorite director has been the Japanese giant Akira Kurosawa.

— Henry Rollins

Peter Kubelka is the perfectionist of the film medium; and, as I honor that quality above all others at this time finding such a…

— Stan Brakhage

The great Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa said that to be an artist means never to avert your eyes. And that's the hardest thing,…

— Robert Olen Butler

I'm a huge fan of Akira Kurosawa, a big Hitchcock fan.

— Jennifer Lynch

“In response to a plea in early 1941 from his colleague and friend, the writer Marietta Shaginyan, who was newly infatuated with the Piano…

— Dmitri Shostakovich