Akira Kurosawa

Today is the anniversary of the death in 1998 of film director Akira Kurosawa. He died at the age of 88, 3 years after suffering an accident that left him dependent on the use of a wheelchair. His health deteriorated after the accident, and he died as a result of a stroke following months spent bed-bound.

Senses of Cinema has an overview of his career. The Criterion site calls him "Arguably the most celebrated Japanese filmmaker of all time". There is a centennial tribute here.

I have seen these:

Sanshiro Sugato (1943)
Drunken Angel (1948)
Stray Dog (1949)
Rashomon (1950)
Ikiru (1952)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Throne of Blood (1957)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Yojimbo (1961)
Kagemashu (1980)
Ran (1985)
Dreams (1990)