Directing · b. 1955 · Kobe, Japan

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Biography

Kiyoshi Kurosawa (黒沢 清, Kurosawa Kiyoshi, born July 19, 1955; Kobe) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic, actor, and professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. Noted for his psychological films that often focus on ambiguous narratives and on their characters' inner turmoils and quests for meaning and connections, he is best known for his contributions to psychological horror and Japanese horror, notably his acclaimed 1997 film Cure, although he has also worked in a variety of other genres.

Directed
Kokurojo: The Samurai and the Prisoner 2026 Chime 2024 Cloud 2024 Serpent's Path 2024 Actually... 2022 Wife of a Spy 2020 To the Ends of the Earth 2019 Before We Vanish 2017 Foreboding 2017 Daguerrotype 2016 Creepy 2016 Journey to the Shore 2015 Henri Langlois vu par... 2014 Real 2013 Penance 2013 Seventh Code 2013 Beautiful New Bay Area Project 2013 Beautiful 2013 2013 Wordholic Prisoner 2012 Tokyo Sonata 2008 Retribution 2007 Loft 2006 Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs 2005 Time Slip 2005 Soul Dancing 2004 Ghost Cop 2004 Bright Future 2003 Doppelganger 2003 Deka Matsuri 2003 Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Matasaburo the Wind Imp 2003 Pulse 2001 School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special 2001 Hanako San 2001 Séance 2000 License to Live 1999 Charisma 1999 Barren Illusion 1999 Eyes of the Spider 1998 Serpent's Path 1998 School Ghost Story G 1998 Kodama 1998 Cure 1997 The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears 1997 The Revenge: A Visit from Fate 1997 School Ghost Story F 1997 Door III 1996 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble 1996 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche 1996 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Hero 1996 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot 1996 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist 1995 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape 1995 Yakuza Taxi 1994 Men of Rage 1994 Whirlpool of Joy 1992 The Guard from Underground 1992 Sweet Home 1989 Dangerous Stories 1989 Bumpkin Soup 1985 Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita 1985 Kandagawa Pervert Wars 1983 The New Seven Lines Between Things 1983 The Night Before the Escape 1982 Vertigo College 1980 School Days 1978 Fangs Crazy for White Skin 1977 The Flashing Signal 1976 Record of Indefinite Travel 1976 Teacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad Daylight 1975 Rokkô 1973
Acting
The Ozu Diaries Self 2025 Les Cuisiniers of Chime Self 2024 The J-Horror Virus 2023 Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts Himself 2023 Breakfast of the Movie 2023 No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation Self 2022 The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers 2018 Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images Self 2018 Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits Himself 2017 Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images Himself 2017 Terror from the Internet Self 2017 Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague 2015 Hitchcock/Truffaut Self 2015 Mr. X Self 2014 Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema Self 2014 Japanese Cinema: New Territories Self 2011 女優霊の原点・幻のフィルム 『シェラデコブレの幽霊』を探して 自己 2010 Occult Self 2009 Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows Self 2007 What's a Director? 2006 Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku' self 2006 殺しのはらわた 2006 Reincarnation Professor Kawashima 2005 Pink Ribbon Self 2004 3 on 3 2003 Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Himself 2003 The Detective Who Can Say No 2003 突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験 2003 Gore from Outer Space 2001 Wild Life 1997
Other Credits
Pulse Original Film Writer 2006 Ju-on: The Grudge Creative Consultant 2002 Wolf: Running Is Sex Production Assistant 1982 So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex Writer 1982 Sailor Suit and Machine Gun Assistant Director 1981 The Man Who Stole the Sun Assistant Director 1979
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