Akira Kurosawa at the San Francisco Intl Film Festival

[SamuraiTogo]

Academy award is very complicated and not clear.

Many people and even wikipedia misunderstand it.

The truth is below.

There are many Special Award or Honorary Award recipients.

But, Kurosawa received the "Special Honorary award"

★Only 2 persons received this special prize in the history of Academy award.

★Another person is Charlie Chaplin.

And later one man added to this list, Ferrini.

So, at the time of 2011, Only 3 persons received this special prize in the history of Academy award.

[Digatone]

RIP Akira Kurosawa

[engelwyre]

Respect, indeed. A master.

[ilovejapan888]

i wish i could of been there....i was born 2 years later damn i wish i could of been there

[davevontexas]

Star Wars was stolen wholesale from The Hidden Fortress.

On the other hand, if you have to steal, you could do worse.

[Domweggelukkig]

With Stanley Kubrick and Fritz Lang the best director of all time.

[kaientai4]

Amazing. Another not well known fact is that the Japantown in San Francisco is the largest and a lot better than Little Tokyo in LA.

[sun10ro]

I am a staff engaged in taking a picture of this "RAN" record video. Therefore, I feel the mission of which it informs the world.

[70Mack]

My faverite film maker bar non.

[Khultan]

I would have been there to honor the man too, except I didn't learn about the man until a few years too damn late. Respect.