Akira Kurosawa: The emperor of Japanese cinema

Akira Kurosawa (1910–1998), the man who ruled Japanese cinema for five decades, was born to a samurai family, in Tokyo. Young Kurosawa was introduced to cinema by his father, who took his eight children to the movies to familiarize them with Western culture. In his school days, he was attracted to art and painting, after being motivated by his teacher Mr Tachikawa.

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Megamovie ‘Sholay’ was inspired by Hollywood

The blockbuster Indian movie Sholay was inspired by two movies Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven. The Magnificent Seven was directed by John Sturges. The Hollywood film revolves around the seven men who are brought in from different parts of the world to save a village from the clutches of a bandit group. This film, in turn, was inspired by Seven Samurai directed by Akira Kurosawa.

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