"Rashomon", which premiered in Tokyo, became the surprise winner of the Golden Lion at the 1951 Venice Film Festival. The commercial and critical success of that film opened up Western film markets for the first time to the products of the Japanese film industry, which in turn led to international recognition for other Japanese filmmakers. Kurosawa directed approximately one film per year throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, including a number of highly regarded (and often adapted) films, such as "Ikiru" (1952), "Seven Samurai" (1954) and "Yojimbo" (1961). After the 1960s he became much less prolific; even so, his later work—including his final two epics, "Kagemusha" (1980) and "Ran" (1985)—continued to win awards, though more often abroad than in Japan.