Wikipedia akira kurosawa biography book
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Something Like an Autobiography
autobiography by Akira Kurosawa
Something Like an Autobiography (Japanese: 蝦蟇の油 自伝のようなもの, Hepburn: Gama no Abura: Jiden no Yō na Mono) is the memoir of Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa.
It was published by Iwanami Shoten in , and translated into English by Audie E. Bock the following year.
Wikipedia akira kurosawa biography book
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In , inspired by the memoir of one of his heroes, Jean Renoir, Kurosawa began to publish in serial form his autobiography, entitled Gama no Abura ("Toad Oil"; a traditional Japanese ointment for medical purposes).
In English translations, the book's subtitle Jiden no Yō na Mono ("Something Like an Autobiography") is normally used as the title instead. The book deals with the period from the director's birth to his winning the Golden Lion for Rashomon from the Venice Film Festival in ; the period from through is not covered.
The title of the book is a reference to a legend according to which, if one places a deformed toad in a box f