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Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Name in Native Language: "黒沢清" (Japanese/JA)
Film Director / Screenwriter / Journalist / Television Director / Actor | * 07/19/1955 (68) | Kobe (Japan)
Kiyoshi Kurosawa (黒沢 清, Kurosawa Kiyoshi, born July 19, 1955) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic and a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. Although he has worked in a variety of genres, Kurosawa is best known for his many contributions to the Japanese horror genre. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Horror | Thriller

Known for these Movies & Shows

In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lurks some of its inhabitants who are desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world. ...

Pulse

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2001 | 3.3/5 | 1h 59min
Horror, Thriller, Mystery
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Mizuki’s husband Yusuke went missing for 3 years. He suddenly comes back home one day and asks Mizuki to go on a trip with him. Their trip consists of visiting the people that helped Yusuke on his p ...

Journey to the Shore

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2015 | 3.3/5 | 2h 8min
Drama, Fantasy, Romance / Love
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A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job. ...

Tokyo Sonata

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2008 | 3.6/5 | 2h
Drama
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A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing o ...

Cure

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1997 | 3.7/5 | 1h 51min
Crime, Thriller, Horror, Mystery
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Awards & Nominations for Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Medals of Honor (Japan)
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Movies with Kiyoshi Kurosawa as Actor(22)

2023 The J-Horror Virus
as himself2018 Kurosawa, au dos des images
as himself2015 Hitchcock/Truffaut
as himself2014 Mr. X
as himself2014 Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
as himself2009 Occult
as himself2007 Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
2006 What's a Director?
as himself2006 Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'
as Professor Kawashima2005 Reincarnation
as himself2004 Pink Ribbon
as himself2003 The Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
2003 3 on 3
2001 Gore from Outer Space
as Military Police Officer A1991 Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla
as himself1989 Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
as Librarian1989 The Enchantment
as Visitor of Salon "Uonome"1985 The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
as Assistant Director1984 The Funeral
as Manager1980 Vertigo College
as Suspect on tv news1979 The Man Who Stole the Sun
as Narrator (voice)1977 Fangs Crazy for White Skin

Movies with Kiyoshi Kurosawa as Crew(94)

Directing/Director2024 Chime
Writing/Writer2024 Chime
Directing/Director2024 Serpent's Path
Directing/Director2020 Wife of a Spy
Writing/Writer2020 Wife of a Spy
Directing/Director2019 To the Ends of the Earth
Writing/Writer2019 To the Ends of the Earth
Directing/Director2017 Foreboding
Writing/Teleplay2017 Foreboding
Directing/Director2017 Before We Vanish
Writing/Screenplay2017 Before We Vanish
Directing/Director2016 Creepy
Writing/Screenplay2016 Creepy
Directing/Director2016 Le Secret de la chambre noire
Writing/Writer2016 Le Secret de la chambre noire
Directing/Director2015 Journey to the Shore
Writing/Screenplay2015 Journey to the Shore
Directing/Director2013 Seventh Code
Writing/Writer2013 Seventh Code
Directing/Director2013 Real
Writing/Screenplay2013 Real
Directing/Director2013 Beautiful New Bay Area Project
Writing/Writer2013 Beautiful New Bay Area Project
Directing/Director2012 Penance
Writing/Teleplay2012 Penance
Directing/Director2008 Tokyo Sonata
Writing/Writer2008 Tokyo Sonata
Writing/Original Film Writer2006 Pulse
Directing/Director2006 Retribution
Writing/Writer2006 Retribution
Directing/Director2005 Kazuo Umezz's Horror Theater: House of Bugs
Directing/Director2005 Loft
Writing/Screenplay2005 Loft
Directing/Director2003 Doppelganger
Editing/Editor2003 Doppelganger
Writing/Screenplay2003 Doppelganger
Directing/Director2003 Bright Future
Editing/Editor2003 Bright Future
Writing/Writer2003 Bright Future
Crew/Creative Consultant2002 Ju-on: The Grudge
Directing/Director2001 Pulse
Writing/Writer2001 Pulse
Directing/Director2000 Séance
Writing/Teleplay2000 Séance
Directing/Director1999 Charisma
Writing/Screenplay1999 Charisma
Directing/Director1999 Barren Illusion
Writing/Screenplay1999 Barren Illusion
Directing/Director1998 School Ghost Story G
Directing/Director1998 Serpent's Path
Directing/Director1998 License to Live
Writing/Writer1998 License to Live
Directing/Director1998 Eyes of the Spider
Writing/Screenplay1998 Eyes of the Spider
Directing/Director1997 Cure
Writing/Screenplay1997 Cure
Writing/Novel1997 Cure
Directing/Director1997 The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
Writing/Writer1997 The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
Directing/Director1997 School Ghost Story F
Directing/Director1997 The Revenge: A Visit from Fate
Directing/Director1996 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Gamble
Writing/Screenplay1996 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Gamble
Directing/Director1996 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot
Writing/Screenplay1996 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot
Directing/Director1996 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Nouveau Riche
Directing/Director1996 Door III
Directing/Director1996 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Hero
Directing/Director1995 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
Writing/Writer1995 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
Directing/Director1995 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape
Writing/Writer1995 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape
Directing/Director1994 Yakuza Taxi
Writing/Screenplay1994 Yakuza Taxi
Directing/Director1992 The Guard from the Underground
Writing/Writer1992 The Guard from the Underground
Directing/Director1989 Sweet Home
Writing/Writer1989 Sweet Home
Directing/Director1989 Dangerous Stories
Writing/Screenplay1989 Dangerous Stories
Directing/Director1985 Bumpkin Soup
Writing/Writer1985 Bumpkin Soup
Directing/Director1983 Kandagawa Wars
Directing/Director1982 The Night Before the Escape
Production/Production Assistant1982 Wolf: Running Is Sex
Writing/Writer1982 Rock Is Sex: Saraba Aibô
Directing/Assistant Director1981 Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Directing/Director1980 Vertigo College
Directing/Director1978 School Days
Directing/Director1977 Fangs Crazy for White Skin
Directing/Director1976 The Flashing Signal
Directing/Director1976 Record of Indefinite Travel
Directing/Director1975 Teacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad Daylight
Directing/Director1973 Rokkô

TV Shows/Series with Kiyoshi Kurosawa as Crew(4)

Writing/Writer2022 Modern Love Tokyo
Directing/Director2022 Modern Love Tokyo
Directing/Director2017 Foreboding: serial version
Writing/Teleplay2017 Foreboding: serial version

Full Name: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Tuesday, 07/19 1955 (July) in Kobe (Japan) (current age: 68 years + 282 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Educated at: Rikkyo University, Sundance Institute
Other names for Kiyoshi Kurosawa (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"黒沢 清"
"구로사와 기요시"
"Киёси Куросава"
"黑泽清"
"くろさわ きよし" (Kana/Japanese)
Kiyoshi Kurosawa frequently works together with these people:
Taro Suwa (18x, Actor)
Ren Osugi (17x, Actor)
Atsuyuki Shimoda (15x, Crew)
Sho Aikawa (13x, Actor)
Yoriko Dōguchi (11x, Actor)
Tomoyuki Maruo (10x, Crew)
Shirō Shimomoto (10x, Actor)
Tokushô Kikumura (9x, Crew)
Akiko Ashizawa (9x, Crew)
Koji Yakusho (8x, Actor)
Jun'ichi Kikuchi (8x, Crew)
Atsuko Hirayanagi (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:201109, Added: 07/21/2018, Last updated: 04/21/2024