Different level Quote by Takashi Miike

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

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

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

— George Lucas

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

— Takashi Miike

I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film.

— Ted Demme

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

— Jerry White

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

— Francis Ford Coppola

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

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

I wasn't really sure about the kind of films I wanted to be a part of. That's when I saw 'Aaranya Kaandam.' I was…

— Fahadh Faasil

You know the movie "Rashomon" from [Takeshi] Kurosawa, when all the people in the forest see something different? Each performance was like that.

— Marina Abramovic

I have done performance-based roles earlier, films which revolved around me. 'Kshatriya' was one such solid role. And, at that time, people had written…

— Raveena Tandon

Akira Kurosawa, David Lean and Alfred Hitchcock were the main inspirations for 'Samurai Jack,' along with a lot of '70s cinema.

— Genndy Tartakovsky