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Akira Kurosawa
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Academy Awards, USA (2)
Berlin International Film Festival (6)
Bodil Awards (1)
BAFTA Awards (4)
Cannes Film Festival (2)
César Awards, France (2)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (1)
David di Donatello Awards (4)
Directors Guild of America, USA (3)
Edgar Allan Poe Awards (1)
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics (1)
Hochi Film Awards (1)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (2)
Awards of the Japanese Academy (5)
Jussi Awards (1)
London Critics Circle Film Awards (1)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (3)
Moscow International Film Festival (3)
National Board of Review, USA (2)
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (1)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
San Francisco International Film Festival (1)
San Sebastián International Film Festival (1)
Valladolid International Film Festival (1)
Venice Film Festival (12)
WorldFest Houston (1)
Amanda Awards, Norway (1)
Kinema Junpo Awards (6)
Mainichi Film Concours (13)
Blue Ribbon Awards (6)
Nikkan Sports Film Awards (1)
British Film Institute Awards (1)
SESC Film Festival, Brazil (1)
Online Film & Television Association (1)
Cahiers du Cinéma (3)
68 wins & 28 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
1986 Nominee
Oscar
Best Director
Ran
1990 Winner
Honorary Award
For cinematic accomplishments that have inspired, delighted, enriched and entertained worldwide audiences and influenced filmmakers throughout the world.
Berlin International Film Festival
1961 Nominee
Golden Berlin Bear
The Bad Sleep Well
1959 Winner
Silver Berlin Bear
Best Director
The Hidden Fortress
1959 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize
The Hidden Fortress
1959 Nominee
Golden Berlin Bear
The Hidden Fortress
1954 Winner
Special Prize of the Senate of Berlin
Ikiru
1 more
All
Bodil Awards
1986 Winner
Bodil
Best European Film (Bedste europæiske film)
Ran
BAFTA Awards
1987 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Screenplay - Adapted
Ran
Shared with:
Hideo Oguni
·
Masato Ide
1987 Winner
BAFTA Film Award
Best Foreign Language Film
Ran
France/Japan.
Shared with:
Serge Silberman
·
Masato Hara
1981 Winner
BAFTA Film Award
Best Direction
Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior
1981 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film
Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior
Shared with:
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Cannes Film Festival
1980 Winner
Palme d'Or
Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior
Tied with
All That Jazz (1979)
.
1956 Nominee
Palme d'Or
I Live in Fear
César Awards, France
1986 Nominee
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Ran
1981 Winner
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1999 Nominee
CFCA Award
Best Foreign Language Film
Madadayo
David di Donatello Awards
1986 Winner
David
Best Foreign Director (Migliore Regista Straniero)
Ran
1986 Nominee
David
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
Ran
1981 Winner
David
Best Foreign Director (Migliore Regista Straniero)
Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior
1977 Winner
David
Best Foreign Director (Migliore Regista Straniero)
Dersu Uzala
Directors Guild of America, USA
1992 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
1986 Winner
Golden Jubilee Special Award
1953 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Rashomon
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
1964 Nominee
Edgar
Best Foreign Film
High and Low
Shared with:
Ryûzô Kikushima
·
Eijirô Hisaita
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
1978 Winner
Critics Award
Best Foreign Film
Dersu Uzala
Soviet Union
Hochi Film Awards
1980 Winner
Hochi Film Award
Best Film
Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
1981 Winner
Silver Ribbon
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior
1977 Winner
Silver Ribbon
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
Dersu Uzala
Awards of the Japanese Academy
2001 Winner
Award of the Japanese Academy
Best Screenplay
After the Rain
1999 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
1992 Nominee
Award of the Japanese Academy
Best Director
Rhapsody in August
1992 Nominee
Award of the Japanese Academy
Best Screenplay
Rhapsody in August
1991 Nominee
Award of the Japanese Academy
Best Director
Dreams
Jussi Awards
1959 Winner
Diploma of Merit
Best Foreign Director
Seven Samurai
London Critics Circle Film Awards
1987 Winner
ALFS Award
Director of the Year
Ran
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1985 Winner
LAFCA Award
Best Foreign Film
Ran
Tied with
The Official Story (1985)
.
1985 Winner
Career Achievement Award
1985 Nominee
LAFCA Award
Best Director
Ran
Moscow International Film Festival
1979 Winner
Honorary Prize
For the contribution to the cinema.
1975 Winner
Golden Prize
Dersu Uzala
1975 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize
Dersu Uzala
National Board of Review, USA
1985 Winner
NBR Award
Best Director
Ran
1951 Winner
NBR Award
Best Director
Rashomon
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
1986 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Director
Ran
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1985 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Director
Ran
San Francisco International Film Festival
1986 Winner
Akira Kurosawa Award
San Sebastián International Film Festival
1985 Winner
OCIC Award
Ran
Valladolid International Film Festival
1967 Winner
Golden Spike
Best Film
Red Beard
Venice Film Festival
1982 Winner
Career Golden Lion
1971 Winner
OCIC Award
Dodes'ka-den
1965 Winner
OCIC Award
Red Beard
1965 Nominee
Golden Lion
Red Beard
1965 Winner
San Giorgio Prize
Red Beard
7 more
All
WorldFest Houston
1985 Winner
Grand Remi Award
Best of Show
Ran
Amanda Awards, Norway
1986 Winner
Amanda
Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm)
Ran
Kinema Junpo Awards
1966 Winner
Kinema Junpo Award
Best Film
Red Beard
1966 Winner
Kinema Junpo Award
Best Director
Red Beard
1963 Nominee
Kinema Junpo Award
Best Film
Sanjuro
Fifth place
1955 Nominee
Kinema Junpo Award
Best Film
Seven Samurai
1953 Winner
Kinema Junpo Award
Best Film
Ikiru
1 more
All
Mainichi Film Concours
1999 Winner
Special Award
For his work.
1986 Winner
Mainichi Film Concours
Best Film
Ran
1986 Winner
Mainichi Film Concours
Best Director
Ran
1981 Winner
Mainichi Film Concours
Best Film
Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior
1981 Winner
Mainichi Film Concours
Best Director
Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior
8 more
All
Blue Ribbon Awards
1999 Winner
Special Award
For his work.
1986 Winner
Blue Ribbon Award
Best Film
Ran
1981 Winner
Blue Ribbon Award
Best Film
Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior
1966 Winner
Blue Ribbon Award
Best Film
Red Beard
1959 Winner
Blue Ribbon Award
Best Film
The Hidden Fortress
1 more
All
Nikkan Sports Film Awards
1998 Winner
Special Award
For his work.
British Film Institute Awards
1986 Winner
BFI Fellowship
SESC Film Festival, Brazil
1987 Winner
Audience Award
Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Ran
Online Film & Television Association
2000 Winner
OFTA Film Hall of Fame
Creative
Cahiers du Cinéma
1991 Nominee
Top 10 Film Award
Best Film
Rhapsody in August
Eighth Place
1990 Nominee
Top 10 Film Award
Best Film
Dreams
Eighth Place; tied with
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
and
The Disenchanted (1990)
1985 Nominee
Top 10 Film Award
Best Film
Ran
Ninth Place
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