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Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Directing Born Jul 19, 1955 Kobe, Japan 177 credits

Biography

Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic, actor, and professor. Born on July 19, 1955, in Kobe, Japan, he is known for directing psychological films that often focus on ambiguous narratives and characters' inner turmoils. His work spans various genres, including psychological horror and Japanese horror. Kurosawa has directed numerous films, with 124 known credits. He is also a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts.

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Career

Career overview

Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a Japanese film director. He was born on July 19, 1955, in Kobe, Japan. Kurosawa has directed a significant number of films, with a total of 124 known credits. His work often focuses on psychological narratives, exploring characters' inner turmoils and quests for meaning and connections.

Kurosawa's contributions to the horror genre, particularly Japanese horror, have garnered him recognition. His 1997 film Cure is notable for its acclaimed status. While primarily known for his work in horror, Kurosawa has also explored other genres in his filmography.

Throughout his career, Kurosawa has demonstrated a commitment to creating complex, thought-provoking narratives. His films often feature ambiguous storylines, which challenge viewers to interpret and engage with the material. As a director, Kurosawa has established himself as a distinctive voice in Japanese cinema, with a body of work that continues to be recognized and studied by audiences and critics alike.

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Career timeline

The Samurai and the Prisoner · DirectorThe Samurai and the Prisoner · Screenplay
The Ozu Diaries
Chime · DirectorChime · ScreenplayCloud · DirectorCloud · ScreenplayHorror's Greatest
Breakfast of the MovieThe J-Horror VirusKaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts
Modern Love Tokyo · WriterModern Love Tokyo · DirectorNo Boundaries: A Cure ConversationActually... · Director
Wife of a Spy · DirectorWife of a Spy · Screenplay
To the Ends of the Earth · WriterTo the Ends of the Earth · Director
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust BrothersKiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images
Before We Vanish · ScreenplayBefore We Vanish · DirectorForeboding: Serial Version · DirectorForeboding: Serial Version · TeleplayTerror from the Internet
Creepy · DirectorCreepy · ScreenplayDaguerrotype · DirectorDaguerrotype · Scenario Writer
Hitchcock/TruffautJourney to the Shore · DirectorJourney to the Shore · ScreenplayJapanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
Mr. XHenri Langlois vu par...Henri Langlois vu par... · DirectorSeventh Code · DirectorSeventh Code · Writer
Beautiful New Bay Area Project · DirectorBeautiful New Bay Area Project · ScreenplayPenance · DirectorPenance · ScreenplayReal · Director
Wordholic Prisoner · DirectorPenance · WriterPenance · DirectorPenance · Creator
Japanese Cinema: New Territories
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
Occult
Tokyo Sonata · DirectorTokyo Sonata · Writer
Retribution · DirectorRetribution · ScreenplayVal Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
Pulse · Original Film WriterLoft · DirectorLoft · ScreenplayMasters of KillingBuilding the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'
ReincarnationTime Slip · DirectorKazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs · Director
Leçon de CinémaSéance · DirectorSéance · TeleplayGhost Cop · DirectorSoul Dancing · Director
Bright Future · EditorBright Future · WriterBright Future · DirectorThe Detective Who Can Say NoDoppelgänger · Director
Ju-on: The Grudge · Creative Consultant
PulsePulse · DirectorPulse · WriterHanako San · DirectorGore from Outer Space
Charisma · DirectorCharisma · ScreenplayBarren Illusion · ScreenplayBarren Illusion · DirectorLicense to Live · Director
Serpent's Path · DirectorSchool Ghost Story G · DirectorKodama · DirectorEyes of the Spider · DirectorEyes of the Spider · Screenplay
Cure · DirectorCure · ScreenplayWild LifeSchool Ghost Story F · DirectorThe Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears · Director
Door III · DirectorA Haunted SchoolSuit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble · ScreenplaySuit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble · DirectorSuit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Hero · Director
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist · DirectorSuit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist · WriterSuit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape · DirectorSuit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape · Screenplay

Full filmography

  • The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026) Director
  • The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026) Screenplay
  • The Ozu Diaries (2025) as Self
  • Chime (2024) Director
  • Chime (2024) Screenplay
  • Cloud (2024) Director
  • Cloud (2024) Screenplay
  • Horror's Greatest (2024) as Self - Director, Cure
  • Serpent's Path (2024) Director
  • Serpent's Path (2024) Writer
  • Les Cuisiniers of Chime (2024) as Self
  • Breakfast of the Movie (2023)
  • The J-Horror Virus (2023)
  • Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts (2023) as Himself
  • Modern Love Tokyo (2022) Writer
  • Modern Love Tokyo (2022) Director
  • No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation (2022) as Self
  • Actually... (2022) Director
  • Wife of a Spy (2020) Director
  • Wife of a Spy (2020) Screenplay
  • To the Ends of the Earth (2019) Writer
  • To the Ends of the Earth (2019) Director
  • The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers (2018)
  • Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images (2018) as Self
  • Before We Vanish (2017) Screenplay
  • Before We Vanish (2017) Director
  • Foreboding: Serial Version (2017) Director
  • Foreboding: Serial Version (2017) Teleplay
  • Terror from the Internet (2017) as Self
  • Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits (2017) as Himself
  • Foreboding (2017) Teleplay
  • Foreboding (2017) Director
  • Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images (2017) as Himself
  • Creepy (2016) Director
  • Creepy (2016) Screenplay
  • Daguerrotype (2016) Director
  • Daguerrotype (2016) Scenario Writer
  • Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015) as Self
  • Journey to the Shore (2015) Director
  • Journey to the Shore (2015) Screenplay
  • Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague (2015)
  • Mr. X (2014) as Self
  • Henri Langlois vu par... (2014) as Self
  • Henri Langlois vu par... (2014) Director
  • Seventh Code (2014) Director
  • Seventh Code (2014) Writer
  • Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema (2014) as Self
  • Beautiful New Bay Area Project (2013) Director
  • Beautiful New Bay Area Project (2013) Screenplay
  • Penance (2013) Director
  • Penance (2013) Screenplay
  • Real (2013) Director
  • Real (2013) Screenplay
  • Beautiful 2013 (2013) Director
  • Wordholic Prisoner (2012) Director
  • Penance (2012) Writer
  • Penance (2012) Director
  • Penance (2012) Creator
  • Japanese Cinema: New Territories (2011) as Self
  • 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 (2010) as 自己
  • Occult (2009) as Self
  • Tokyo Sonata (2008) Director
  • Tokyo Sonata (2008) Writer
  • Retribution (2007) Director
  • Retribution (2007) Screenplay
  • Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007) as Self
  • Pulse (2006) Original Film Writer
  • Loft (2006) Director
  • Loft (2006) Screenplay
  • Masters of Killing (2006)
  • Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku' (2006) as self
  • What's a Director? (2006)
  • Reincarnation (2005) as Professor Kawashima
  • Time Slip (2005) Director
  • Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs (2005) Director
  • Leçon de Cinéma (2004) as Self
  • Séance (2004) Director
  • Séance (2004) Teleplay
  • Ghost Cop (2004) Director
  • Soul Dancing (2004) Director
  • Soul Dancing (2004) Writer
  • Pink Ribbon (2004) as Self
  • Bright Future (2003) Editor
  • Bright Future (2003) Writer
  • Bright Future (2003) Director
  • The Detective Who Can Say No (2003)
  • Doppelgänger (2003) Director
  • Doppelgänger (2003) Screenplay
  • Doppelgänger (2003) Editor
  • 突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験 (2003)
  • Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Matasaburo the Wind Imp (2003) Director
  • Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (2003) as Himself
  • Deka Matsuri (2003)
  • Deka Matsuri (2003) Director
  • 3 on 3 (2003)
  • Ju-on: The Grudge (2002) Creative Consultant
  • Pulse (2001) as Man in Internet (uncredited)
  • Pulse (2001) Director
  • Pulse (2001) Writer
  • Hanako San (2001) Director
  • Gore from Outer Space (2001)
  • School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special (2001) Director
  • Charisma (1999) Director
  • Charisma (1999) Screenplay
  • Barren Illusion (1999) Screenplay
  • Barren Illusion (1999) Director
  • License to Live (1999) Director
  • License to Live (1999) Screenplay
  • Serpent's Path (1998) Director
  • School Ghost Story G (1998) Director
  • Kodama (1998) Director
  • Eyes of the Spider (1998) Director
  • Eyes of the Spider (1998) Screenplay
  • Cure (1997) Director
  • Cure (1997) Screenplay
  • Wild Life (1997)
  • School Ghost Story F (1997) Director
  • The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears (1997) Director
  • The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears (1997) Screenplay
  • The Revenge: A Visit from Fate (1997) Director
  • Door III (1996) Director
  • A Haunted School (1996) as Photography professor
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble (1996) Screenplay
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble (1996) Director
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Hero (1996) Director
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche (1996) Director
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche (1996) Screenplay
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot (1996) Screenplay
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot (1996) Director
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist (1995) Director
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist (1995) Writer
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape (1995) Director
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape (1995) Screenplay
  • Yakuza Taxi (1994) Director
  • Yakuza Taxi (1994) Screenplay
  • Men of Rage (1994) Director
  • Men of Rage (1994) Writer
  • Whirlpool of Joy (1992) Director
  • Whirlpool of Joy (1992) Writer
  • The Guard from Underground (1992) Director
  • The Guard from Underground (1992) Screenplay
  • Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla (1991) as Military Police Officer A
  • Stranger (1991) as Passenger with flowers
  • Sweet Home (1989) Director
  • Sweet Home (1989) Writer
  • Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home' (1989) as Self
  • Dangerous Stories (1989) Director
  • Dangerous Stories (1989) Screenplay
  • The Enchantment (1989) as Librarian
  • Tanaka kozue-sei no kageki-ha kyō kara wa binetsu hito (1987)
  • Bumpkin Soup (1985) Writer
  • Bumpkin Soup (1985) Director
  • Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita (1985) Director
  • The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985) as Visitor of Salon "Uonome"
  • The Funeral (1984) as Assistant Director
  • Kandagawa Pervert Wars (1983) Director
  • The New Seven Lines Between Things (1983) Director
  • Wolf: Running Is Sex (1982) Production Assistant
  • So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex (1982) Writer
  • LOSING THE WAY (1982) as Yakuza
  • The Night Before the Escape (1982) Director
  • Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981) Assistant Director
  • All Girls Are Twins (1980)
  • Vertigo College (1980) as Manager
  • Vertigo College (1980) Director
  • The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979) as Suspect on TV News
  • The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979) Assistant Director
  • School Days (1978) Director
  • SCHOOL SOUNDS (1978)
  • West Wind (1977) as Bazin
  • Fangs Crazy for White Skin (1977) as Narrator (voice)
  • Fangs Crazy for White Skin (1977) Director
  • The Flashing Signal (1976) Director
  • Record of Indefinite Travel (1976) Director
  • Teacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad Daylight (1975) Director
  • Rokkô (1973) Director
  • Making of Charisma