黒 澤 明(くろさわあきら)

くろさわあきら

noun (proper)

Kurosawa Akira (1910-1998), film director

1. Kurosawa Akira, film director

A film director whose Rashomon (1950) won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival and opened Western eyes to Japanese cinema. Seven Samurai (1954) and his other period dramas influenced directors around the world.

黒澤明(くろさわあきら)の映画(えいが)を見(み)た。

I watched a Kurosawa Akira film.

黒澤明(くろさわあきら)は「世界(せかい)のクロサワ」と呼(よ)ばれた。

Kurosawa Akira was called "Kurosawa of the world."

『七人(しちにん)の侍(さむらい)』は黒澤明(くろさわあきら)の代表作(だいひょうさく)で、今(いま)も多(おお)くの映画(えいが)に影響(えいきょう)を与(あた)えている。

Seven Samurai is Kurosawa Akira's best-known film, and it still influences many films today.

Writing

澤(さわ) is the traditional form of 沢(さわ), and the name is also written 黒沢明(くろさわあきら).

Common expressions

世界(せかい)のクロサワ: "Kurosawa of the world," the name the Japanese press gave him
羅生門(らしょうもん): Rashomon (1950), whose title gave English the "Rashomon effect"
七人(しちにん)の侍(さむらい): Seven Samurai (1954), remade in Hollywood as The Magnificent Seven

general

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