In which Tokyo ward did Akira Kurosawa die in 1998?

Akira Kurosawa died in Tokyo’s Setagaya ward in 1998.

Kurosawa died on September 6, 1998, at age 88, after suffering a stroke. Setagaya is one of Tokyo’s 23 special wards and is a large residential area in the Japanese capital.

The location can be confused with Shinagawa, where Kurosawa was born in 1910, or Kamakura, where he was buried at An’yō-in. His death place, however, was Setagaya, Tokyo.

Kurosawa’s final completed feature was Madadayo, released in 1993. Although he remained creatively active afterward, declining health eventually prevented him from directing another film. His six-decade career included internationally influential works such as Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Ikiru, and Ran.