Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Jul 19, 1955 - Kobe, Japan

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.

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Media
Movie2006What's a Director?
Movie20033 on 3
Movie1984The FuneralAssistant Director
Movie2003Deka Matsuri
Movie2018The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
Movie1991Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club LaylaMilitary Police Officer A
Movie2023The J-Horror Virus
Movie2023Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese GhostsHimself
Movie1979The Man Who Stole the SunSuspect on TV News
Movie2001Gore from Outer Space
Movie1989Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'Self
Movie2014Mr. XSelf
Movie1989The EnchantmentLibrarian
Movie2001PulseMan in Internet (uncredited)
Movie2015Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
Movie2015Hitchcock/TruffautSelf
Movie2014Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New CinemaSelf
Movie1978SCHOOL SOUNDS
Movie1977West WindBazin
Movie1980All Girls Are Twins
Movie2003Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi KurosawaHimself
Movie1982LOSING THE WAYYakuza
Movie2011Japanese Cinema: New TerritoriesSelf
Movie2007Val Lewton: The Man in the ShadowsSelf
Movie2024Les Cuisiniers of ChimeSelf
Movie2005ReincarnationProfessor Kawashima
Movie1996A Haunted School
Movie2009OccultSelf
Movie2017Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken CircuitsHimself
Movie2017Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy ImagesHimself
Movie2004Pink RibbonHimself
Movie2014Henri Langlois vu par...Self
Movie2018Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des imagesSelf
Movie2006Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'self
Movie1985The Legend of the Stardust BrothersVisitor of Salon "Uonome"
Movie1980Vertigo CollegeManager
Movie1977Fangs Crazy for White SkinNarrator (voice)
Movie2017Terror from the InternetSelf
Movie2010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
Movie2023Breakfast of the Movie
Movie1991StrangerPassenger with flowers
Movie1997Wild Life
MovieN/AThe Ozu DiariesSelf
TV Show2004Leçon de CinémaSelf1
TV Show2024Horror's GreatestSelf - Director, Cure1

Crew

Media
Movie2003Bright FutureDirectorDirecting
Movie2003Bright FutureWriterWriting
Movie2003Bright FutureEditorEditing
Movie2003DoppelgangerDirectorDirecting
Movie2008Tokyo SonataDirectorDirecting
Movie2008Tokyo SonataWriterWriting
Movie2001PulseDirectorDirecting
Movie2005LoftScreenplayWriting
Movie2000SéanceTeleplayWriting
Movie2000SéanceDirectorDirecting
Movie2005LoftDirectorDirecting
Movie2017ForebodingTeleplayWriting
Movie1997CureDirectorDirecting
Movie1983Kandagawa Pervert WarsDirectorDirecting
Movie2007RetributionDirectorDirecting
Movie2022Actually...DirectorDirecting
Movie1985Bumpkin SoupDirectorDirecting
Movie1985Bumpkin SoupWriterWriting
Movie1998Eyes of the SpiderDirectorDirecting
Movie1999License to LiveDirectorDirecting
Movie1973RokkôDirectorDirecting
Movie1981Sailor Suit and Machine GunAssistant DirectorDirecting
Movie1976The Flashing SignalDirectorDirecting
Movie1976Record of Indefinite TravelDirectorDirecting
Movie1999CharismaDirectorDirecting
Movie1989Sweet HomeDirectorDirecting
Movie1989Sweet HomeWriterWriting
Movie2012Wordholic PrisonerDirectorDirecting
Movie1992Whirlpool of JoyDirectorDirecting
Movie1992The Guard from UndergroundWriterWriting
Movie1992The Guard from UndergroundDirectorDirecting
Movie1998Serpent's PathDirectorDirecting
Movie1999Barren IllusionScreenplayWriting
Movie1999Barren IllusionDirectorDirecting
Movie2005Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of BugsDirectorDirecting
Movie1996Door IIIDirectorDirecting
Movie2013RealScreenplayWriting
Movie2013PenanceDirectorDirecting
Movie2013RealDirectorDirecting
Movie2013Seventh CodeDirectorDirecting
Movie2013PenanceTeleplayWriting
Movie2004Soul DancingDirectorDirecting
Movie2013Seventh CodeWriterWriting
Movie2013Beautiful New Bay Area ProjectDirectorDirecting
Movie2006PulseOriginal Film WriterWriting
Movie1997The Revenge: A Scar That Never DisappearsDirectorDirecting
Movie1997The Revenge: A Visit from FateDirectorDirecting
Movie1995Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! II: The EscapeDirectorDirecting
Movie1995Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! I: The HeistDirectorDirecting
Movie2015Journey to the ShoreDirectorDirecting
Movie2015Journey to the ShoreScreenplayWriting
Movie1995Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! I: The HeistWriterWriting
Movie2013Beautiful New Bay Area ProjectWriterWriting
Movie1992Whirlpool of JoyWriterWriting
Movie2024ChimeDirectorDirecting
Movie1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! IV: The GambleScreenplayWriting
Movie1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! III: The LootScreenplayWriting
Movie2016DaguerrotypeDirectorDirecting
Movie1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! VI: The HeroDirectorDirecting
Movie1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! IV: The GambleDirectorDirecting
Movie1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! V: The Nouveau RicheDirectorDirecting
Movie2016CreepyDirectorDirecting
Movie1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! III: The LootDirectorDirecting
Movie2016DaguerrotypeScenario WriterWriting
Movie1998School Ghost Story GDirectorDirecting
Movie1997CureWriterWriting
Movie1999CharismaScreenplayWriting
Movie2024CloudScreenplayWriting
Movie2024CloudDirectorDirecting
Movie2016CreepyScreenplayWriting
Movie1989Dangerous StoriesDirectorDirecting
Movie1998Eyes of the SpiderScreenplayWriting
Movie2001PulseWriterWriting
Movie1994Yakuza TaxiDirectorDirecting
Movie2017Before We VanishDirectorDirecting
Movie2017Before We VanishScreenplayWriting
Movie1983The New Seven Lines Between ThingsDirectorDirecting
Movie2005Time SlipDirectorDirecting
Movie2003Deka MatsuriDirectorDirecting
Movie2024Serpent's PathDirectorDirecting
Movie1979The Man Who Stole the SunAssistant DirectorDirecting
Movie1994Men of RageDirectorDirecting
Movie2004Soul DancingWriterWriting
Movie2001School Ghost Story: Mononoke SpecialDirectorDirecting
Movie1997The Revenge: A Scar That Never DisappearsScreenplayWriting
Movie2019To the Ends of the EarthWriterWriting
Movie2019To the Ends of the EarthDirectorDirecting
Movie1994Yakuza TaxiScreenplayWriting
Movie1989Dangerous StoriesScreenplayWriting
Movie2017ForebodingDirectorDirecting
Movie2020Wife of a SpyDirectorDirecting
Movie2014Henri Langlois vu par...DirectorDirecting
Movie2002Ju-on: The GrudgeCreative ConsultantCrew
Movie1982Wolf: Running Is SexProduction AssistantProduction
Movie1982So Long, My Partner: Rock Is SexWriterWriting
Movie1975Teacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad DaylightDirectorDirecting
Movie1980Vertigo CollegeDirectorDirecting
Movie1978School DaysDirectorDirecting
Movie1977Fangs Crazy for White SkinDirectorDirecting
Movie1982The Night Before the EscapeDirectorDirecting
Movie1997School Ghost Story FDirectorDirecting
Movie2003DoppelgangerEditorEditing
Movie2003Matasaburo the Wind ImpDirectorDirecting
Movie2003DoppelgangerScreenplayWriting
Movie2001Hanako SanDirectorDirecting
Movie1985Yatsura wa konya mo yattekitaDirectorDirecting
Movie2024Serpent's PathWriterWriting
Movie2024ChimeScreenplayWriting
Movie2007RetributionScreenplayWriting
Movie1994Men of RageWriterWriting
Movie1999License to LiveScreenplayWriting
Movie1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! V: The Nouveau RicheScreenplayWriting
Movie2020Wife of a SpyScreenplayWriting
Movie1998KodamaDirectorDirecting
Movie1995Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! II: The EscapeScreenplayWriting
MovieN/AUntitled Kiyoshi Kurosawa Cowboy FilmDirectorDirecting
Movie2013Beautiful 2013DirectorDirecting
TV Show2012PenanceWriterWriting
TV Show2012PenanceDirectorDirecting
TV Show2017Foreboding: Serial VersionDirectorDirecting
TV Show2017Foreboding: Serial VersionTeleplayWriting
TV Show2022Modern Love TokyoWriterWriting
TV Show2022Modern Love TokyoDirectorDirecting
TV Show2012PenanceCreatorCreator