Akira Kurosawa
Japanese film director whose samurai films influenced Star Wars
Akira Kurosawa (Japanese film director whose samurai films influenced Star Wars) is discussed on podcasts in TMT.
Discussed in
658. Dawn of the Samurai: The Shadow of the Sword (Part 1)The Rest Is History · Apr 5, 2026 · 1 h 3 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the origins of Japan's samurai, from the Tokugawa shogunate and the Bushido myth back to the 10th-century warlord Taira no Masakado.