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Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Directing
Born: Jul 19, 1955
From: Kobe, Japan
Credits: 30 titles

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.

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Les Cuisiniers of Chime Self 2024
The J-Horror Virus 2023
Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts Himself 2023
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers 2018 2.0
Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits Himself 2017
Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images Himself 2017
Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague 2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut Self 2015 7.25
Mr. X Self 2014 6.0
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema Self 2014 7.2
Japanese Cinema: New Territories Self 2011
Occult Self 2009 6.57
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows Self 2007 6.9
What's a Director? 2006
Reincarnation Professor Kawashima 2005 6.083
3 on 3 2003
Deka Matsuri 2003
Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Himself 2003
Gore from Outer Space 2001 6.333
Pulse Man in Internet (uncredited) 2001 6.687
A Haunted School Photography professor 1996 6.667
Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla Military Police Officer A 1991 5.688
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home' Self 1989 4.2
The Enchantment Librarian 1989 4.5
The Funeral Assistant Director 1984 7.17
LOSING THE WAY Yakuza 1982
All Girls Are Twins 1980
The Man Who Stole the Sun Suspect on TV News 1979 7.3
SCHOOL SOUNDS 1978
West Wind Bazin 1977
Quick Facts
Known forDirecting
Credits30
Born1955
FromKobe, Japan