Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
AKIRA KUROSAWAOne of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to germinate, to sprout, and it is this, which I take and work with.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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He is still my favourite author, and he is the one – I still think – who writes most honestly about human existence.
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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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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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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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It is to make it nurture and grow that I write my script- it is directing it that makes my tree blossom and bear fruit.
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The truth is in the mystery.
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