The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
AKIRA KUROSAWAWith a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director can’t possibly make a good film.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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In order to find reality, each must search for his own universe, look for the details that contribute to this reality7 that one feels under the surface of things.
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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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Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.
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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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The truth is in the mystery.
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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but ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane.
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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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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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