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Kurosawa is the sensei, the Shakespeare, of filmmaking.

I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film.

For many years, my favorite director has been the Japanese giant Akira Kurosawa.

Kurosawa is my hero, and I've taught courses on his films, and I love what he does, and 'Rashomon' is, I think, his second greatest film after 'Ikiru.'

In Kurosawa's films, the tragedy is that this strong man was crushed by corruption or mistrust at the end.

A lot of my stories are inspired by Japanese folklore or literature or movies: I've done stories based on Kabuki and Noh plays, and on Kurosawa's 'Yojimbo' movies.

The expected vertical line of Ikiru's narrative breaks when Kurosawa does a flash-forward in the middle of the film.

I'm a huge fan of Akira Kurosawa, a big Hitchcock fan.

I was in Japan, and my assistant director had worked with Kurosawa. I used quite of number of Kurosawa's crew.

Stanley Kubrick is one of the geniuses of this century.