But I prefer to think of my brother as a negative strip of film that led to my own development as a positive image.
— Something Like an Autobiography
Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 30 feature films in a career spanning six decades. With a bold and dynamic style strongly influenced by Western cinema yet distinct from it, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. A hands-on filmmaker, he was closely involved in every part of production as director, writer, producer and editor.
After a brief period as a painter, he entered the Japanese film industry in 1936 and worked for years as an assistant director and screenwriter. He made his directing debut during World War II with the popular action film Sanshiro Sugata, released when he was 33. After the war, the acclaimed Drunken Angel established him as one of Japan's most important young filmmakers. Something Like an Autobiography is his most quoted work in our library.
After a brief period as a painter, he entered the Japanese film industry in 1936 and worked for years as an assistant director and screenwriter. He made his directing debut during World War II with the popular action film Sanshiro Sugata, released when he was 33. After the war, the acclaimed Drunken Angel established him as one of Japan's most important young filmmakers. Something Like an Autobiography is his most quoted work in our library.
Most quoted works
- Something Like an Autobiography 5
Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people. They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
— Something Like an Autobiography
To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes.
IT IS QUITE ENOUGH IF A HUMAN BEING HAS BUT ONE FIELD WHERE HE OR SHE IS STRONG. IF A HUMAN BEING WERE STRONG IN EVERY FIELD, IT WOULDN'T BE NICE FOR OTHER PEOPLE, WOULD IT?
Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
In a mad world, only the mad are sane.