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How filmmaker Akira Kurosawa influenced one of the most successful franchises in Hollywood history

Film Expert Gilbert Seah on the influence the Japanese filmmaker had on Hollywood and how he inspired George Lucas' ‘Star Wars’

May 27, 2021 5:19 p.m. EST

Le rÃ©alisateur japonais Akira Kurosawa (C) accompagnÃ© de son Ã©pouse Ã sa droite, salut lors de la montÃ©e des marches de la 33Ã¨me Ã©dition du Festival de Cannes, le 15 mai 1980 Ã Cannes. Akira Kurosawa remporte la Palme d'Or pour son film "KAGEMUSHA", ex-aequo, avec le film de Bob Fosse "All That Jazz" lors de la cÃ©rÃ©monie de cloture du festival le 23 mai. AFP PHOTO / daniel galli (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

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