- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- July 19, 1955
- Place of Birth
- Kobe, Japan
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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
movieThe Samurai and the Prisoner
2026 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Ozu Diaries
2025 · Self
movieCloud
2024 · Screenplay, Director
tvHorror's Greatest
2024 · Self - Director, Cure
movieChime
2024 · Director, Screenplay
movieLes Cuisiniers of Chime
2024 · Self
movieSerpent's Path
2024 · Director, Writer
movieBreakfast of the Movie
2023
movieKaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts
2023 · Himself
movieThe J-Horror Virus
2023
tvModern Love Tokyo
2022 · Writer, Director
movieNo Boundaries: A Cure Conversation
2022 · Self
movieActually...
2022 · Director
movieWife of a Spy
2020 · Director, Screenplay
movieTo the Ends of the Earth
2019 · Writer, Director
movieKiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images
2018 · Self
movieThe Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
2018
movieForeboding
2017 · Teleplay, Director
tvForeboding: Serial Version
2017 · Director, Teleplay
movieBefore We Vanish
2017 · Director, Screenplay
movieKiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits
2017 · Himself
movieJunichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images
2017 · Himself
movieTerror from the Internet
2017 · Self
movieDaguerrotype
2016 · Director, Scenario Writer
movieCreepy
2016 · Director, Screenplay
movieJourney to the Shore
2015 · Director, Screenplay
movieHitchcock/Truffaut
2015 · Self
movieJapanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
2015
movieFlowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014 · Self
movieHenri Langlois vu par...
2014 · Self, Director
movieMr. X
2014 · Self
movieSeventh Code
2014 · Director, Writer
movieReal
2013 · Screenplay, Director
moviePenance
2013 · Director, Screenplay
movieBeautiful New Bay Area Project
2013 · Director, Screenplay
movieBeautiful 2013
2013 · Director
movieWordholic Prisoner
2012 · Director
tvPenance
2012 · Writer, Director, Creator
movieJapanese Cinema: New Territories
2011 · Self
movie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 · 自己
movieOccult
2009 · Self
movieTokyo Sonata
2008 · Director, Writer
movieVal Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
2007 · Self
movieRetribution
2007 · Director, Screenplay
movieMasters of Killing
2006
movieWhat's a Director?
2006
movieBuilding the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'
2006 · self
movieLoft
2006 · Screenplay, Director
moviePulse
2006 · Original Film Writer
movieReincarnation
2005 · Professor Kawashima
movieTime Slip
2005 · Director
movieKazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs
2005 · Director
moviePink Ribbon
2004 · Self
Ghost Cop
movieGhost Cop
2004 · Director
movieSéance
2004 · Teleplay, Director
tvLeçon de Cinéma
2004 · Self
movieSoul Dancing
2004 · Director, Writer
movie突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験
2003
movieDoppelgänger
2003 · Director, Editor, Screenplay
movie3 on 3
2003
movieAmbivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
2003 · Himself
movieBright Future
2003 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieDeka Matsuri
2003 · , Director
movieThe Detective Who Can Say No
2003
movieRecitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Matasaburo the Wind Imp
2003 · Director
movieJu-on: The Grudge
2002 · Creative Consultant
movieSchool Ghost Story: Mononoke Special
2001 · Director
moviePulse
2001 · Man in Internet (uncredited), Director, Writer
movieGore from Outer Space
2001
movieHanako San
2001 · Director
movieBarren Illusion
1999 · Screenplay, Director
movieCharisma
1999 · Director, Screenplay
movieLicense to Live
1999 · Director, Screenplay
movieSchool Ghost Story G
1998 · Director
movieEyes of the Spider
1998 · Director, Screenplay
movieSerpent's Path
1998 · Director
movieKodama
1998 · Director
movieCure
1997 · Director, Screenplay
movieSchool Ghost Story F
1997 · Director
movieThe Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
1997 · Director, Screenplay
movieWild Life
1997
movieThe Revenge: A Visit from Fate
1997 · Director
movieA Haunted School
1996 · Photography professor
movieSuit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Hero
1996 · Director
movieSuit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche
1996 · Director, Screenplay
movieDoor III
1996 · Director
movieSuit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble
1996 · Screenplay, Director
movieSuit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot
1996 · Screenplay, Director
movieSuit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape
1995 · Director, Screenplay
movieSuit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
1995 · Director, Writer
movieMen of Rage
1994 · Director, Writer
movieYakuza Taxi
1994 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Guard from Underground
1992 · Director, Screenplay
movieWhirlpool of Joy
1992 · Director, Writer
movieMikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla
1991 · Military Police Officer A
movieStranger
1991 · Passenger with flowers
movieThe Enchantment
1989 · Librarian
Dangerous Stories
movieDangerous Stories
1989 · Director, Screenplay
movieGreat SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
1989 · Self
movieSweet Home
1989 · Director, Writer
movieTanaka kozue-sei no kageki-ha kyō kara wa binetsu hito
1987
movieBumpkin Soup
1985 · Director, Writer
movieThe Legend of the Stardust Brothers
1985 · Visitor of Salon "Uonome"
Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita
movieYatsura wa konya mo yattekita
1985 · Director
movieThe Funeral
1984 · Assistant Director
movieKandagawa Pervert Wars
1983 · Director
movieThe New Seven Lines Between Things
1983 · Director
movieWolf: Running Is Sex
1982 · Production Assistant
movieSo Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex
1982 · Writer
movieLOSING THE WAY
1982 · Yakuza
movieThe Night Before the Escape
1982 · Director
movieSailor Suit and Machine Gun
1981 · Assistant Director
movieVertigo College
1980 · Manager, Director
movieAll Girls Are Twins
1980
movieThe Man Who Stole the Sun
1979 · Suspect on TV News, Assistant Director
movieSCHOOL SOUNDS
1978
movieSchool Days
1978 · Director
movieWest Wind
1977 · Bazin
Fangs Crazy for White Skin
movieFangs Crazy for White Skin
1977 · Narrator (voice), Director
The Flashing Signal
movieThe Flashing Signal
1976 · Director
Record of Indefinite Travel
movieRecord of Indefinite Travel
1976 · Director
Teacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad Daylight
movieTeacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad Daylight
1975 · Director
movieRokkô
1973 · Director
movieMaking of Charisma
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