![]() ![]() ![]() George Lucas has never been shy of acknowledging the huge debt that the Star Wars saga has to pay to Akira Kurosawa, Japan’s most venerated filmmaker and the director of such classics as Ran, Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, and The Hidden Fortress. Star Wars was inspired by the films of Akira Kurosawa So, before I get too carried away in my excitement, let me introduce you to a few things you might not have known about Star Wars and Japanese culture. What might come as some surprise is how much George Lucas and the Star Wars franchise are indebted to Japan and Japanese culture – a fact acknowledged by the big man himself.
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