AKIRA KUROSAWA'S SCREENWRITER PASSES AWAY!

Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's screenwriter, Shinobu Hashimoto, who has written several classic films like The Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, and Rashomon, passed away aged 100. Reports say he passed away due to pneumonia. He has written over 70 screenplays in his entire lifetime. He is famous for all his Samurai scripts.