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Encyclopedia: Akira Kurosawa |
 | | His first credited film (Sugata Sanshiro) was released in 1943; his last (Madadayo) in 1993. |
 | | Dreams is a series of vignettes based on his own dreams. |
 | | Rhapsody in August is about memories of the Nagasaki atom bomb and his final film: Madadayo is about a retired teacher and his former students. |
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