Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Akira Kurosawa across 3 places, from 1910 to 1999.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 30 feature films in a career spanning six decades.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Akira Kurosawa is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Akira Kurosawa was documented, and when
23 March 1910exact date
Shinagawaattested“Kurosawa was born on March 23, 1910, in , (now in the Shinagawa ward of Tokyo).”source: Wikipedia: Akira Kurosawa
1992year
San Franciscoattested“Satyajit Ray, who was posthumously awarded the Akira Kurosawa Award for Lifetime Achievement in Directing at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1992, had said earlier of Rashomon: Roman Polanski considered Kurosawa to be am…”source: Wikipedia: Akira Kurosawa
1999year
Tokyoattested“Kurosawa was known to be a connoisseur of Japanese cuisine and as such, the Kurosawa family foundation established the Kurosawa Restaurant Group after his death in 1999, opening four restaurants in the Tokyo area bearing the family name.”source: Wikipedia: Akira Kurosawa
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In each of these, a source puts Akira Kurosawa and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
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December 1942month
Yokohamamentioned“Shooting of Sanshiro Sugata began on location in Yokohama in December 1942.”source: Wikipedia: Akira Kurosawa
April 1948month
Tokyomentioned“The film premiered in Tokyo in April 1948 to rave reviews and was chosen by the prestigious Kinema Junpo critics poll as the best film of its year, the first of three Kurosawa movies to be so honored.”source: Wikipedia: Akira Kurosawa
1952year
Japanmentioned“By the end of 1952 Rashomon was released in Japan, the United States, and most of Europe.”source: Wikipedia: Akira Kurosawa
1954year
Japanmentioned“In 1954, nuclear tests in the Pacific were causing radioactive rainstorms in Japan, and one particular incident in March had exposed a Japanese fishing boat to nuclear fallout, with disastrous results.”source: Wikipedia: Akira Kurosawa
1954year
Pacificmentioned“In 1954, nuclear tests in the Pacific were causing radioactive rainstorms in Japan, and one particular incident in March had exposed a Japanese fishing boat to nuclear fallout, with disastrous results.”source: Wikipedia: Akira Kurosawa
December 1958month
Japanmentioned“Released in December 1958, The Hidden Fortress became an enormous box-office success in Japan and was warmly received by critics both in Japan and abroad.”source: Wikipedia: Akira Kurosawa
October 1970month
Japanmentioned“It was released in Japan in October 1970, but though a minor critical success, it was greeted with audience indifference.”source: Wikipedia: Akira Kurosawa
May 1974month
Siberiamentioned“Shooting began in May 1974 in Siberia, with filming in exceedingly harsh natural conditions proving very difficult and demanding.”source: Wikipedia: Akira Kurosawa
April 1975month
Japanmentioned“The picture was wrapped in April 1975, with a thoroughly exhausted and homesick Kurosawa returning to Japan and his family in June.”source: Wikipedia: Akira Kurosawa
July 1978month
San Franciscomentioned“The two met in San Francisco in July 1978 to discuss the project Kurosawa considered most financially viable: , the epic story of a thief hired as the double of a medieval Japanese lord of a great clan.”source: Wikipedia: Akira Kurosawa
June 1979month
Daigo Fukuryū Marumentioned“Shooting lasted from June 1979 through March 1980 and was plagued with problems, not the least of which was the firing of the original lead actor, Shintaro Katsu—known for portraying the popular character Zatoichi—due to an incident in w…”source: Wikipedia: Akira Kurosawa
April 1980month
Tokyomentioned“(He was replaced by Tatsuya Nakadai, in his first of two consecutive leading roles in a Kurosawa movie.) The film was completed only a few weeks behind schedule and opened in Tokyo in April 1980.”source: Wikipedia: Akira Kurosawa
1981year
Yokohamamentioned“In 1981, the Kurosawa Film Studio was opened in Yokohama; two additional locations have since been launched in Japan.”source: Wikipedia: Akira Kurosawa
1981year
Japanmentioned“In 1981, the Kurosawa Film Studio was opened in Yokohama; two additional locations have since been launched in Japan.”source: Wikipedia: Akira Kurosawa
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explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
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