Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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Yet pleasure in the work can’t be achieved unless you know you have put all of your strength into it and have done your best to make it come alive.
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means never to look away.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away.
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I believe this is what the medieval Noh playwright and theorist Zeami meant by ‘watching with a detached gaze.’
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My films come from my need to say a particular thing at a particular time. The beginning of any film for me is this need to express something.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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I’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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I had wanted to make The Idiot long before Rashomon. Since I was little I’ve liked Russian literature, but I find that I like Dostoevsky the best and had long thought that this book would make a wonderful film.
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I simply do not like to show my weakness, and I hate to lose, so I am a person who tries hard. That’s all there is to me.
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