Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one... ...I had wanted to make The Idiot long before Rashomon. Since I was little I've liked Russian literature, but I find that I like Dostoevsky the best and had long thought that this book would make a wonderful film. He is still my favourite author, and he is the one - I still think - who writes most honestly about human existence.
Akira KurosawaThe films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making. Yet pleasure in the work canโt be achieved unless you know you have put all of your strength into it and have done your best to make it come alive. A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
Akira KurosawaI suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why canโt people be happier together?
Akira Kurosawa