“IT IS QUITE ENOUGH IF A HUMAN BEING HAS BUT ONE FIELD WHERE HE OR SHE IS STRONG. IF A HUMAN BEING WERE STRONG IN EVERY FIELD, IT WOULDN'T BE NICE FOR OTHER PEOPLE, WOULD IT?” PeopleHuman Author:Akira Kurosawa
“People today have forgotten they're really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better... They don't know it, but they're losing nature. They don't see that they're going to perish. The most important things for human beings are clean air and clean water.” PeopleThinkingKnowsHumansImportantTodayWaterHuman BeingsOur LivesAirDependsLosingImportant ThingsCleanForgottenSomething BetterClean WaterClean Air Author:Akira Kurosawa
“Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied... That's why they can keep on working. I've been able to work for so long because I think next time, I'll make something good.” PeopleThinkingShouldLongAbleNextActorsDirectorsSatisfiedMovieShould INext TimeGreedyMovie DirectorFilm Directing Author:Akira Kurosawa
“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. The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.” PeopleHumansKindMayChildrenRealityAnimalIgnoranceExpressionTerribleCreaturesDelightTinyInnocentInsaneInsanityTerrible ThingsMadmenBlandHuman AnimalDefenseless Book:Something Like An Autobiography Source: Something Like An Autobiography
“Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people. They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.” PeopleWayHumansCertainHuman BeingsTalkingHonestyHarderCreatorPretendingIncapableStraightforward Book:Rashomon Source: Rashomon
“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?” PeopleIfsThinkingI CanTogetherFilmCommonTheme Book:Akira Kurosawa: Interviews Source: Akira Kurosawa: Interviews
“The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they've been given. I believe you must live honestly and develop your abilities to the full. People who do this are the real heroes.” PeopleTryingBelieveRealCharacterFilmGivenI BelieveAbilityHeroHonestlyReal Heroes Author:Akira Kurosawa
“Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can't speak any foreign language, I don't feel out of place. I think of earth as my home. If everyone thought this way, people might notice just how foolish international friction is and the would be put an end to it.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWayFeelsI CanEndsMatterHomeMightWould BeEarthSpeakLanguagePagesInternationalFoolishFrictionForeign Language Author:Akira Kurosawa
“There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present for that film to be a moving work. When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film. I believe that it is this quality that draws people to come and see a film, and that it is the hope of attaining this quality that inspires the filmmaker to make his film in the first place.” PeopleFirstsBelieveWellsMightFilmMovingI BelieveEmotionQualityInspireDrawsFilmmakerCinematicDeep Emotions Author:Akira Kurosawa
“Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one... ...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. He is still my favourite author, and he is the one - I still think - who writes most honestly about human existence.” PeopleThinkingWritingHumansLittlesLongStillsBookWantedFilmLiteratureExistenceWonderfulHonestlyIdiotFavouriteHuman ExistenceRussian Literature Author:Akira Kurosawa
