Kiyoshi Kurosawa: movies and TV shows
Kiyoshi Kurosawa has 177 credits in the archive: 168 films and 9 TV series, from 1973 to 2026. Highest rated: Cure (7.5/10).
Career timeline
1973 – 2026 · busiest year: 2003 (13 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Samurai and the Prisoner | Film | 6.0 | 70 | |
| 2026 | The Samurai and the Prisoner | Film | 6.0 | 70 | |
| 2025 | The Ozu Diaries | Self | Film | — | 69 |
| 2024 | Chime | Film | 6.8 | 68 | |
| 2024 | Chime | Film | 6.8 | 68 | |
| 2024 | Cloud | Film | 6.7 | 68 | |
| 2024 | Cloud | Film | 6.7 | 68 | |
| 2024 | Horror's Greatest | Self - Director, Cure | TV | 6.4 | 68 |
| 2024 | Serpent's Path | Film | 6.0 | 68 | |
| 2024 | Serpent's Path | Film | 6.0 | 68 | |
| 2024 | Les Cuisiniers of Chime | Self | Film | — | 68 |
| 2023 | Breakfast of the Movie | Film | 7.5 | 67 | |
| 2023 | The J-Horror Virus | Film | — | 67 | |
| 2023 | Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts | Himself | Film | — | 67 |
| 2022 | Modern Love Tokyo | TV | 6.8 | 66 | |
| 2022 | Modern Love Tokyo | TV | 6.8 | 66 | |
| 2022 | No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation | Self | Film | — | 66 |
| 2022 | Actually... | Film | 6.2 | 66 | |
| 2020 | Wife of a Spy | Film | 6.7 | 64 | |
| 2020 | Wife of a Spy | Film | 6.7 | 64 | |
| 2019 | To the Ends of the Earth | Film | 6.4 | 63 | |
| 2019 | To the Ends of the Earth | Film | 6.4 | 63 | |
| 2018 | The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers | Film | 2.0 | 62 | |
| 2018 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images | Self | Film | — | 62 |
| 2017 | Before We Vanish | Film | 6.5 | 61 | |
| 2017 | Before We Vanish | Film | 6.5 | 61 | |
| 2017 | Foreboding: Serial Version | TV | 6.0 | 61 | |
| 2017 | Foreboding: Serial Version | TV | 6.0 | 61 | |
| 2017 | Terror from the Internet | Self | Film | — | 61 |
| 2017 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits | Himself | Film | — | 61 |
| 2017 | Foreboding | Film | 5.7 | 61 | |
| 2017 | Foreboding | Film | 5.7 | 61 | |
| 2017 | Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images | Himself | Film | — | 61 |
| 2016 | Creepy | Film | 6.7 | 60 | |
| 2016 | Creepy | Film | 6.7 | 60 | |
| 2016 | Daguerrotype | Film | 5.6 | 60 | |
| 2016 | Daguerrotype | Film | 5.6 | 60 | |
| 2015 | Hitchcock/Truffaut | Self | Film | 7.2 | 59 |
| 2015 | Journey to the Shore | Film | 6.6 | 59 | |
| 2015 | Journey to the Shore | Film | 6.6 | 59 | |
| 2015 | Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague | Film | — | 59 | |
| 2014 | Mr. X | Self | Film | 5.9 | 58 |
| 2014 | Henri Langlois vu par... | Self | Film | 4.0 | 58 |
| 2014 | Henri Langlois vu par... | Film | 4.0 | 58 | |
| 2014 | Seventh Code | Film | 5.8 | 58 | |
| 2014 | Seventh Code | Film | 5.8 | 58 | |
| 2014 | Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema | Self | Film | 7.2 | 58 |
| 2013 | Beautiful New Bay Area Project | Film | 6.0 | 57 | |
| 2013 | Beautiful New Bay Area Project | Film | 6.0 | 57 | |
| 2013 | Penance | Film | 7.1 | 57 | |
| 2013 | Penance | Film | 7.1 | 57 | |
| 2013 | Real | Film | 6.3 | 57 | |
| 2013 | Real | Film | 6.3 | 57 | |
| 2013 | Beautiful 2013 | Film | — | 57 | |
| 2012 | Wordholic Prisoner | Film | — | 56 | |
| 2012 | Penance | TV | 7.8 | 56 | |
| 2012 | Penance | TV | 7.8 | 56 | |
| 2012 | Penance | TV | 7.8 | 56 | |
| 2011 | Japanese Cinema: New Territories | Self | Film | — | 55 |
| 2010 | 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 | Film | 9.0 | 54 |
| 2009 | Occult | Self | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 2008 | Tokyo Sonata | Film | 7.4 | 52 | |
| 2008 | Tokyo Sonata | Film | 7.4 | 52 | |
| 2007 | Retribution | Film | 6.5 | 51 | |
| 2007 | Retribution | Film | 6.5 | 51 | |
| 2007 | Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows | Self | Film | 6.9 | 51 |
| 2006 | Pulse | Film | 5.1 | 50 | |
| 2006 | Loft | Film | 5.6 | 50 | |
| 2006 | Loft | Film | 5.6 | 50 | |
| 2006 | Masters of Killing | Film | — | 50 | |
| 2006 | Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku' | self | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 2006 | What's a Director? | Film | — | 50 | |
| 2005 | Reincarnation | Professor Kawashima | Film | 6.1 | 49 |
| 2005 | Time Slip | Film | — | 49 | |
| 2005 | Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs | Film | 5.5 | 49 | |
| 2004 | Leçon de Cinéma | Self | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 2004 | Séance | Film | 7.1 | 48 | |
| 2004 | Séance | Film | 7.1 | 48 | |
| 2004 | Ghost Cop | Film | 9.0 | 48 | |
| 2004 | Soul Dancing | Film | — | 48 | |
| 2004 | Soul Dancing | Film | — | 48 | |
| 2004 | Pink Ribbon | Self | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 2003 | Bright Future | Film | 6.8 | 47 | |
| 2003 | Bright Future | Film | 6.8 | 47 | |
| 2003 | Bright Future | Film | 6.8 | 47 | |
| 2003 | The Detective Who Can Say No | Film | — | 47 | |
| 2003 | Doppelgänger | Film | 7.0 | 47 | |
| 2003 | Doppelgänger | Film | 7.0 | 47 | |
| 2003 | Doppelgänger | Film | 7.0 | 47 | |
| 2003 | 突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験 | Film | — | 47 | |
| 2003 | Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Matasaburo the Wind Imp | Film | 6.0 | 47 | |
| 2003 | Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Himself | Film | — | 47 |
| 2003 | Deka Matsuri | Film | — | 47 | |
| 2003 | Deka Matsuri | Film | — | 47 | |
| 2003 | 3 on 3 | Film | — | 47 | |
| 2002 | Ju-on: The Grudge | Film | 6.8 | 46 | |
| 2001 | Pulse | Man in Internet (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 45 |
| 2001 | Pulse | Film | 6.7 | 45 | |
| 2001 | Pulse | Film | 6.7 | 45 | |
| 2001 | Hanako San | Film | 5.3 | 45 | |
| 2001 | Gore from Outer Space | Film | 6.3 | 45 | |
| 2001 | School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1999 | Charisma | Film | 6.8 | 43 | |
| 1999 | Charisma | Film | 6.8 | 43 | |
| 1999 | Barren Illusion | Film | 5.7 | 43 | |
| 1999 | Barren Illusion | Film | 5.7 | 43 | |
| 1999 | License to Live | Film | 6.2 | 43 | |
| 1999 | License to Live | Film | 6.2 | 43 | |
| 1998 | Serpent's Path | Film | 6.9 | 42 | |
| 1998 | School Ghost Story G | Film | 6.6 | 42 | |
| 1998 | Kodama | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1998 | Eyes of the Spider | Film | 6.8 | 42 | |
| 1998 | Eyes of the Spider | Film | 6.8 | 42 | |
| 1997 | Cure | Film | 7.5 | 41 | |
| 1997 | Cure | Film | 7.5 | 41 | |
| 1997 | Wild Life | Film | 8.0 | 41 | |
| 1997 | School Ghost Story F | Film | 1.0 | 41 | |
| 1997 | The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears | Film | 6.6 | 41 | |
| 1997 | The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears | Film | 6.6 | 41 | |
| 1997 | The Revenge: A Visit from Fate | Film | 7.2 | 41 | |
| 1996 | Door III | Film | 5.5 | 40 | |
| 1996 | A Haunted School | Photography professor | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1996 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble | Film | 6.0 | 40 | |
| 1996 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble | Film | 6.0 | 40 | |
| 1996 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Hero | Film | 9.0 | 40 | |
| 1996 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche | Film | 8.0 | 40 | |
| 1996 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche | Film | 8.0 | 40 | |
| 1996 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot | Film | 8.0 | 40 | |
| 1996 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot | Film | 8.0 | 40 | |
| 1995 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist | Film | 8.0 | 39 | |
| 1995 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist | Film | 8.0 | 39 | |
| 1995 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape | Film | 7.5 | 39 | |
| 1995 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape | Film | 7.5 | 39 | |
| 1994 | Yakuza Taxi | Film | 6.2 | 38 | |
| 1994 | Yakuza Taxi | Film | 6.2 | 38 | |
| 1994 | Men of Rage | Film | 6.0 | 38 | |
| 1994 | Men of Rage | Film | 6.0 | 38 | |
| 1992 | Whirlpool of Joy | Film | 5.0 | 36 | |
| 1992 | Whirlpool of Joy | Film | 5.0 | 36 | |
| 1992 | The Guard from Underground | Film | 6.1 | 36 | |
| 1992 | The Guard from Underground | Film | 6.1 | 36 | |
| 1991 | Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla | Military Police Officer A | Film | 5.7 | 35 |
| 1991 | Stranger | Passenger with flowers | Film | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1989 | Sweet Home | Film | 6.4 | 33 | |
| 1989 | Sweet Home | Film | 6.4 | 33 | |
| 1989 | Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home' | Self | Film | 4.2 | 33 |
| 1989 | Dangerous Stories | Film | 7.0 | 33 | |
| 1989 | Dangerous Stories | Film | 7.0 | 33 | |
| 1989 | The Enchantment | Librarian | Film | 4.5 | 33 |
| 1987 | Tanaka kozue-sei no kageki-ha kyō kara wa binetsu hito | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1985 | Bumpkin Soup | Film | 5.2 | 29 | |
| 1985 | Bumpkin Soup | Film | 5.2 | 29 | |
| 1985 | Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1985 | The Legend of the Stardust Brothers | Visitor of Salon "Uonome" | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1984 | The Funeral | Assistant Director | Film | 7.1 | 28 |
| 1983 | Kandagawa Pervert Wars | Film | 5.0 | 27 | |
| 1983 | The New Seven Lines Between Things | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1982 | Wolf: Running Is Sex | Film | 1.7 | 26 | |
| 1982 | So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex | Film | 2.5 | 26 | |
| 1982 | LOSING THE WAY | Yakuza | Film | — | 26 |
| 1982 | The Night Before the Escape | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1981 | Sailor Suit and Machine Gun | Film | 7.1 | 25 | |
| 1980 | All Girls Are Twins | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1980 | Vertigo College | Manager | Film | — | 24 |
| 1980 | Vertigo College | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1979 | The Man Who Stole the Sun | Suspect on TV News | Film | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1979 | The Man Who Stole the Sun | Film | 7.4 | 23 | |
| 1978 | School Days | Film | — | 22 | |
| 1978 | SCHOOL SOUNDS | Film | — | 22 | |
| 1977 | West Wind | Bazin | Film | — | 21 |
| 1977 | Fangs Crazy for White Skin | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 21 |
| 1977 | Fangs Crazy for White Skin | Film | — | 21 | |
| 1976 | The Flashing Signal | Film | 7.0 | 20 | |
| 1976 | Record of Indefinite Travel | Film | — | 20 | |
| 1975 | Teacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad Daylight | Film | — | 19 | |
| 1973 | Rokkô | Film | — | 17 | |
| Making of Charisma | Film | — | — |