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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.

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Akira Kurosawa
Age: 88 †
Born: 1910
Born: March 23
Died: 1998
Died: September 6
Film Director
Film Editor
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Writer
Shinagawa
Kurosawa Akira
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Humans
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Understood
Problems
Share
Common
Film
Problem
Depicts
Human
Properly

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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong I am not especially gifted. I simply do not like to show my weakness, and I hate to lose, so I am a person who tries hard. That's all there is to me.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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. The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.
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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making. Yet pleasure in the work can’t be achieved unless you know you have put all of your strength into it and have done your best to make it come alive. A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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.
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