Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Personal Info

  • Name:

    Kiyoshi Kurosawa

  • Birthday:

    1955-07-19

  • Place of Birth: Kobe, Japan
  • Gender:

    Male

  • Know For:

    Directing

  • Popularity: 1.1615
  • Also Known As

    黒沢 清

    구로사와 기요시

    Киёси Куросава

    黑泽清

    Kiyoshi Kurosawa

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.

Top Movie Cast

What's a Director?
What's a Director?true

2006-11-04

0.0
3 on 3
3 on 3true

2003-04-26

0.0
The Funeral
The Funeraltrue- Assistant Director

1984-11-17

7.2
Deka Matsuri
Deka Matsuritrue

2003-01-11

0.0
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brotherstrue

2018-01-20

2.0
Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla
Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Laylatrue- Military Police Officer A

1991-07-10

5.4
The J-Horror Virus
The J-Horror Virustrue

2023-08-27

0.0
Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts
Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghoststrue- Himself

2023-10-12

0.0
The Man Who Stole the Sun
The Man Who Stole the Suntrue- Suspect on TV News

1979-10-06

7.3
Gore from Outer Space
Gore from Outer Spacetrue

2001-01-01

6.0
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'true- Self

1989-04-01

4.2
Mr. X
Mr. Xtrue- Self

2014-01-20

5.9
The Enchantment
The Enchantmenttrue- Librarian

1989-10-29

3.5
Pulse
Pulsetrue- Man in Internet (uncredited)

2001-02-03

6.7
Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vaguetrue

2015-06-16

0.0
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Hitchcock/Truffauttrue- Self

2015-09-05

7.3
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinematrue- Self

2014-10-01

7.1
West Wind
West Windtrue- Bazin

1977-01-01

0.0
SCHOOL SOUNDS
SCHOOL SOUNDStrue

1978-01-01

0.0
All Girls Are Twins
All Girls Are Twinstrue

1980-01-01

0.0
Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawatrue- Himself

2003-02-08

0.0
LOSING THE WAY
LOSING THE WAYtrue- Yakuza

1982-01-01

0.0
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadowstrue- Self

2007-09-02

6.9
Les Cuisiniers of Chime
Les Cuisiniers of Chimetrue- Self

2024-06-14

0.0
Reincarnation
Reincarnationtrue- Professor Kawashima

2006-01-07

6.0
A Haunted School
A Haunted Schooltrue

1996-11-22

8.0
Occult
Occulttrue- Self

2009-03-21

6.7
Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits
Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuitstrue- Himself

2017-07-17

0.0
Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images
Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Imagestrue- Himself

2017-07-17

0.0
Pink Ribbon
Pink Ribbontrue- Himself

2004-09-27

6.2
Henri Langlois vu par...
Henri Langlois vu par...true- Self

2014-07-27

0.0
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des imagestrue- Self

2018-11-22

0.0
Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'
Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'true- self

2006-09-19

6.0
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
The Legend of the Stardust Brotherstrue- Visitor of Salon "Uonome"

1985-06-15

7.0
Vertigo College
Vertigo Collegetrue- Manager

1980-05-15

0.0
Terror from the Internet
Terror from the Internettrue- Self

2017-07-10

0.0

Top Movie Crew

Bright Future
Bright Futuretrue

Editing

2003-01-18

6.8
Bright Future
Bright Futuretrue

Writing

2003-01-18

6.8
Bright Future
Bright Futuretrue

Directing

2003-01-18

6.8
Doppelganger
Doppelgangertrue

Directing

2003-09-27

7.0
Tokyo Sonata
Tokyo Sonatatrue

Directing

2008-09-27

7.4
Tokyo Sonata
Tokyo Sonatatrue

Writing

2008-09-27

7.4
Pulse
Pulsetrue

Directing

2001-02-03

6.7
Séance
Séancetrue

Directing

2000-08-07

7.1
Séance
Séancetrue

Writing

2000-08-07

7.1
Loft
Lofttrue

Directing

2005-10-07

5.5
Loft
Lofttrue

Writing

2005-10-07

5.5
Foreboding
Forebodingtrue

Writing

2017-11-11

5.7
Cure
Curetrue

Directing

1997-12-27

7.6
Kandagawa Pervert Wars
Kandagawa Pervert Warstrue

Directing

1983-08-01

4.9
Retribution
Retributiontrue

Directing

2007-02-24

6.4
Actually...
Actually...true

Directing

2022-03-23

6.2
Bumpkin Soup
Bumpkin Souptrue

Writing

1985-11-03

4.8
Bumpkin Soup
Bumpkin Souptrue

Directing

1985-11-03

4.8
Eyes of the Spider
Eyes of the Spidertrue

Directing

1998-04-11

6.7
License to Live
License to Livetrue

Directing

1999-01-23

6.0
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Sailor Suit and Machine Guntrue

Directing

1981-12-19

6.9
Rokkô
Rokkôtrue

Directing

1973-01-01

0.0
Charisma
Charismatrue

Directing

1999-11-10

6.5
Sweet Home
Sweet Hometrue

Directing

1989-01-21

6.6
Sweet Home
Sweet Hometrue

Writing

1989-01-21

6.6
Wordholic Prisoner
Wordholic Prisonertrue

Directing

2012-04-13

0.0
Whirlpool of Joy
Whirlpool of Joytrue

Directing

1992-01-01

5.0
The Guard from Underground
The Guard from Undergroundtrue

Directing

1992-06-16

6.0
The Guard from Underground
The Guard from Undergroundtrue

Writing

1992-06-16

6.0
Serpent's Path
Serpent's Pathtrue

Directing

1998-02-21

6.8
Barren Illusion
Barren Illusiontrue

Writing

1999-12-11

5.9
Barren Illusion
Barren Illusiontrue

Directing

1999-12-11

5.9
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugstrue

Directing

2005-06-18

5.3
Door III
Door IIItrue

Directing

1996-04-13

5.8
Real
Realtrue

Directing

2013-06-01

6.2
Real
Realtrue

Writing

2013-06-01

6.2
Penance
Penancetrue

Directing

2013-05-29

7.3
Seventh Code
Seventh Codetrue

Directing

2013-11-13

5.6
Penance
Penancetrue

Writing

2013-05-29

7.3
Soul Dancing
Soul Dancingtrue

Directing

2004-03-01

0.0
Seventh Code
Seventh Codetrue

Writing

2013-11-13

5.6
Beautiful New Bay Area Project
Beautiful New Bay Area Projecttrue

Directing

2013-03-20

6.0
Pulse
Pulsetrue

Writing

2006-08-11

5.0
The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappearstrue

Directing

1997-05-31

5.8
The Revenge: A Visit from Fate
The Revenge: A Visit from Fatetrue

Directing

1997-03-01

7.2
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heisttrue

Directing

1995-04-22

8.0
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escapetrue

Directing

1995-08-12

6.7
Journey to the Shore
Journey to the Shoretrue

Directing

2015-09-30

6.5
Journey to the Shore
Journey to the Shoretrue

Writing

2015-09-30

6.5
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heisttrue

Writing

1995-04-22

8.0
Beautiful New Bay Area Project
Beautiful New Bay Area Projecttrue

Writing

2013-03-20

6.0
Whirlpool of Joy
Whirlpool of Joytrue

Writing

1992-01-01

5.0
Chime
Chimetrue

Directing

2024-08-02

7.0
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Gamble
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Gambletrue

Writing

1996-03-01

6.0
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loottrue

Writing

1996-02-16

8.0
Daguerrotype
Daguerrotypetrue

Directing

2016-10-15

5.7
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Gamble
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Gambletrue

Directing

1996-03-01

6.0
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Nouveau Riche
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Nouveau Richetrue

Directing

1996-09-07

7.0
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Hero
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Herotrue

Directing

1996-09-21

8.0
Creepy
Creepytrue

Directing

2016-06-18

6.7
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loottrue

Directing

1996-02-16

8.0
Daguerrotype
Daguerrotypetrue

Writing

2016-10-15

5.7
School Ghost Story G
School Ghost Story Gtrue

Directing

1998-09-27

6.5
Cure
Curetrue

Writing

1997-12-27

7.6
Charisma
Charismatrue

Writing

1999-11-10

6.5
Cloud
Cloudtrue

Directing

2024-09-27

6.7
Cloud
Cloudtrue

Writing

2024-09-27

6.7
Creepy
Creepytrue

Writing

2016-06-18

6.7
Eyes of the Spider
Eyes of the Spidertrue

Writing

1998-04-11

6.7
Pulse
Pulsetrue

Writing

2001-02-03

6.7
Yakuza Taxi
Yakuza Taxitrue

Directing

1994-01-01

6.2
Before We Vanish
Before We Vanishtrue

Writing

2017-09-16

6.5
Before We Vanish
Before We Vanishtrue

Directing

2017-09-16

6.5
The New Seven Lines Between Things
The New Seven Lines Between Thingstrue

Directing

1983-07-13

0.0
Time Slip
Time Sliptrue

Directing

2005-10-21

0.0
Deka Matsuri
Deka Matsuritrue

Directing

2003-01-11

0.0
Serpent's Path
Serpent's Pathtrue

Directing

2024-06-14

6.9
The Man Who Stole the Sun
The Man Who Stole the Suntrue

Directing

1979-10-06

7.3
Men of Rage
Men of Ragetrue

Directing

1994-12-23

6.0
Soul Dancing
Soul Dancingtrue

Writing

2004-03-01

0.0
School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special
School Ghost Story: Mononoke Specialtrue

Directing

2001-03-27

0.0
The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappearstrue

Writing

1997-05-31

5.8
To the Ends of the Earth
To the Ends of the Earthtrue

Writing

2019-06-14

6.4
To the Ends of the Earth
To the Ends of the Earthtrue

Directing

2019-06-14

6.4
Yakuza Taxi
Yakuza Taxitrue

Writing

1994-01-01

6.2
Foreboding
Forebodingtrue

Directing

2017-11-11

5.7
Wife of a Spy
Wife of a Spytrue

Directing

2020-10-16

6.8
Henri Langlois vu par...
Henri Langlois vu par...true

Directing

2014-07-27

0.0
Ju-on: The Grudge
Ju-on: The Grudgetrue

Crew

2002-10-18

6.7
Wolf: Running Is Sex
Wolf: Running Is Sextrue

Production

1982-11-20

2.0
So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex
So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sextrue

Writing

1982-11-20

2.0
School Days
School Daystrue

Directing

1978-01-01

0.0
The Night Before the Escape
The Night Before the Escapetrue

Directing

1982-01-01

0.0
Vertigo College
Vertigo Collegetrue

Directing

1980-05-15

0.0
School Ghost Story F
School Ghost Story Ftrue

Directing

1997-07-19

1.0
Doppelganger
Doppelgangertrue

Writing

2003-09-27

7.0
Doppelganger
Doppelgangertrue

Editing

2003-09-27

7.0
Matasaburo the Wind Imp
Matasaburo the Wind Imptrue

Directing

2003-01-01

6.0
Hanako San
Hanako Santrue

Directing

2001-01-01

5.3
Serpent's Path
Serpent's Pathtrue

Writing

2024-06-14

6.9
Chime
Chimetrue

Writing

2024-08-02

7.0
Retribution
Retributiontrue

Writing

2007-02-24

6.4
Men of Rage
Men of Ragetrue

Writing

1994-12-23

6.0
License to Live
License to Livetrue

Writing

1999-01-23

6.0
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Nouveau Riche
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Nouveau Richetrue

Writing

1996-09-07

7.0
Wife of a Spy
Wife of a Spytrue

Writing

2020-10-16

6.8
Kodama
Kodamatrue

Directing

1998-01-01

0.0
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escapetrue

Writing

1995-08-12

6.7

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