Quotes by Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.

Complicated

Enjoyable

Good Movie

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.

Animal

Children

Ignorance

During the shooting of a scene the director’s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring concentratedly at the set. While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else. By doing this I sense instantly when something isn’t right. Watching something does not mean fixing your gaze on it, but being aware of it in a natural way. I believe this is what the medieval Noh playwright and theorist Zeami meant by ‘watching with a detached gaze.’

Believe

Eye

Mean

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

Common

Film Directing

Problem

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.

Hate

Special

Strong

I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.

Hate

Kind

Lack Of Time

I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.

Character

Matter

May

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. To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means never to look away.

Artist

Mean

Reality

It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.

Giving

Imagination

Memories

Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.

Dream

Genius

Men

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Giving

Good Movie

Hate

Heart

Hero

Ignorance

Imagination

Kind

Lack Of Time

Matter

May

Mean

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People

Problem

Real

Reality

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Self

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Quotes by Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.

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.

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

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.

I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.

I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.

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. To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means never to look away.

It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.

Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.

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