Grave of Akira Kurosawa

Grave of Akira Kurosawa

For someone considered to be one the greatest filmmakers of all time, the grave of Akira Kurosawa is a surprisingly modest one, nestled away in a quiet, unremarkable corner of a small temple in the seaside city of Kamakura, Japan. Having produced, written, directed and edited such legendary films as Seven Samurai (1954), Rashomon (1950), High and Low (1963), Ran (1985), and twenty-six others over a career spanning over five decades, Kurosawa’s i…