“Each one [of the films I’ve made with Kurosawa] is something very like a revelation to me—not only about him, but about myself as well. Talking about actors’ realizing themselves, when I am with Kurosawa… I realize myself best. And yet he never dictates. Rather, he allows you to do your best, and for him you do it.”
Takashi Shimura
March 12, 1905 – February 11, 1982
