It’s been close to three decades since Akira Kurosawa’s death, and the Asian filmmaker’s legacy lives on. Kurosawa was the first Japanese director to win international acclaim, with his films being widely praised for their technical aspects and themes. He was also known to write and edit his movies himself. Some of his trademarks include the "axial cut," in which the camera moves toward or away from a person via matched jump cuts rather than tracking shots, and "the wipe," in which a line or bar moves across the screen, wiping away a scene and revealing the next.

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