Akira Kurosawa - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	23-March-1910
Place of Birth	Shinagawa (Kantō region, Tokyo, Japan)
Nationality	Japan
Also know as	Kurosawa, Akira, The Emperor, Wind Man, Akira Kurosava
Profession	Screenwriter, Film Producer, Film director, Film Editor
Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, producer, and editor. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Kurosawa directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years. Kurosawa entered the Japanese film industry in 1936, following a brief stint as a painter. After years of working on numerous films as an assistant director and scriptwriter, he made his debut as a director in 1943, during World War II, with the popular action film Sanshiro Sugata. After the war, the critically acclaimed Drunken Angel, in which Kurosawa cast then-unknown actor Toshiro Mifune in a starring role, cemented the director's reputation as one of the most important young filmmakers in Japan. The two men would go on to collaborate on another 15 films. His wife Yōko Yaguchi was also an actress in one of his films. Rashomon, which premiered in Tokyo in August 1950, and which also starred Mifune, became, on September 10, 1951, the surprise winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and was subsequently released in Europe and North America.

Awards by Akira Kurosawa

Check all the awards nominated and won by Akira Kurosawa.

2013

Writers Guild of America The Jean Renoir Award

2001

Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year

Honored for : After the Rain

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year	After the Rain

1992

DGA Lifetime Achievement Award

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year	Rhapsody in August
Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year	Rhapsody in August
Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year	Rhapsody in August

1991

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year	Dreams
Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year	Dreams

1989

Academy Honorary Award	(for cinematic accomplishments that have inspired, delighted, enriched and entertained worldwide audiences and influenced filmmakers throughout the world)

1987

DGA Golden Jubilee Special Award

BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Honored for : Ran

Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted	Ran
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film	Ran

1986

David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director

Honored for : Ran

London Film Critics Circle Award for Director of the Year

Honored for : Ran

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film	Ran Country: Japan
David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director	Ran
César Award for Best Foreign Film	Ran

1985

National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Honored for : Ran

(Japan)

National Board of Review Award for Best Director

Honored for : Ran

Mainichi Eiga Concours Award for Best Film

Honored for : Ran

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Honored for : Ran

(Japan | France)

Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Director	Ran
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director	Ran

1981

David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director

Honored for : Kagemusha

César Award for Best Foreign Film

Honored for : Kagemusha

BAFTA Award for Best Direction

Honored for : Kagemusha

Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Film	Kagemusha
BAFTA Award for Best Direction	Kagemusha
David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director	Kagemusha
César Award for Best Foreign Film	Kagemusha

1980

Mainichi Eiga Concours Award for Best Film

Honored for : Kagemusha

Palme d'Or

Honored for : Kagemusha

Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film	Kagemusha Country: Japan; in Japanese

1977

David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director	Honored for : Dersu Uzala

1975

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Honored for : Dersu Uzala

(Country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; in Russian)

Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film	Dersu Uzala Country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; in Russian

1971

Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film	Dodes'ka-den Country: Japan; in Japanese

1965

Mainichi Eiga Concours Award for Best Film	Honored for : Red Beard

1964

Nominations 1964 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Foreign Film	High and Low

1963

Mainichi Eiga Concours Award for Best Film	Honored for : High and Low

1956

Nominations 1956 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Film	Seven Samurai

1953

Nominations 1953 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Film	Rashomon

1952

Mainichi Eiga Concours Award for Best Film

Honored for : Ikiru

Nominations 1952 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film	Rashomon

1951

Golden Lion	Honored for : Rashomon

1948

Mainichi Eiga Concours Award for Best Film	Honored for : Drunken Angel

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