Akira Kurosawa standing before a projected image of his favorite leading man, Toshiro Mifune (1963, photo by Brian Bake)
&ldquo;During youth the desire for self-expression is so overpowering that most people end up by losing all grasp on their real selves.&rdquo;
-Kurosawa, in his 1982 memoir&nbsp;Something Like an Autobiography&nbsp;