What is the theme in Something Like an Autobiography by Akira Kurosawa?

Discipline is a very important theme in this autobiography. As a very young student, Akira keeps a schedule that most adults would find impossible to endure. He leaves home hours before sunrise every morning and walks well over an hour to his kendo lessons (martial art swordsmanship). After that he pays respect at his shrine, has breakfast at home, then begins his day as a student. After school he walks to his calligraphy classes