| Also Known As: |
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Died: |
September 6, 1998 |
| Born: |
March 23, 1910 |
Cause of Death: |
complications from a stroke |
| Birth Place: |
Japan |
Profession: | Writer
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RATE AND COMMENT
FAMILY
| father: |
Isamu Kurosawa. Army officer, athletics teacher, school administrator. Born in Akita Prefecture, Japan; of samurai descent; died on February 8, 1948; graduated from Toyama Imperial Military Academy. |
| father: |
Isamu Kurosawa. Has nine. |
| mother: |
Shima Kurosawa. From family of merchants eight children--four sons and four daughters--by Yutaka (Akira the youngest); died on November 4, 1952. |
| mother: |
Shima Kurosawa. Survived him; resides in Beijing. |
| brother: |
Heigo Kurosawa. Writer of movie theater program notes, narrator for silent films. Older; committed suicide (second attempt) in 1933 at age 27; of his brother Kurosawa said: "It was because of the existence of my brother as the negative that I was born the positive". |
| brother: |
Heigo Kurosawa. Married when Howard was a teenager; marriage annuled at insistance of Howard's mother; her name is reportedly unknown even to family members. |
| son: |
Hisao Kurosawa. Producer. Born on December 20, 1945; produced several of his father's films; survived him. |
| son: |
Hisao Kurosawa. Had four; survived him. |
| daughter: |
Kazuko Kurosawa. Costume designer. Born on April 29, 1954; worked on several of her father's films; survived him. |
| daughter: |
Kazuko Kurosawa. Has three. |
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