Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-07-19 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Kobe, Japan
Also known As
黒沢 清
구로사와 기요시
Киёси Куросава
黑泽清
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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.
Acting
2003
1984
as Assistant Director
2003
1991
as Military Police Officer A
2023
1979
as Suspect on TV News
1989
2014
as Self
1989
as Librarian
2001
as Man in Internet (uncredited)
2015
as Self
2014
1978
1977
as Bazin
2003
as Himself
1982
as Yakuza
2011
2007
2024
as Self
2005
as Professor Kawashima
1996
2009
as Self
2017
as Himself
2017
as Himself
2004
as Himself
2014
as Self
2018
1985
as Visitor of Salon "Uonome"
1980
as Manager
1977
as Narrator (voice)
2017
as Self
2010
1991
as Passenger with flowers
1997
Production
2003
as Director
2003
as Writer
2003
as Editor
2003
as Director
2008
as Director
2008
as Writer
2001
as Director
2000
as Director
2000
as Teleplay
2005
as Director
2005
as Screenplay
2017
as Teleplay
1997
as Director
1983
as Director
2007
as Director
2022
as Director
1985
as Director
1985
as Writer
1998
as Director
1999
as Director
1973
as Director
1976
as Director
1981
as Assistant Director
1976
as Director
1999
as Director
1989
as Director
1989
as Writer
2012
as Director
1992
as Director
1992
as Director
1992
as Writer
1998
as Director
1999
as Director
1999
as Screenplay
2005
as Director
1996
as Director
2013
as Director
2013
as Director
2013
as Screenplay
2013
as Director
2013
as Teleplay
2004
as Director
2013
as Writer
2013
as Director
2006
as Original Film Writer
1997
as Director
1997
as Director
1995
as Director
1995
as Director
2015
as Director
2015
as Screenplay
1995
2013
as Writer
1992
as Writer
2024
as Director
1996
as Screenplay
1996
as Screenplay
2016
as Director
1996
as Director
1996
1996
as Director
2016
as Director
1996
as Director
2016
as Scenario Writer
1998
as Director
1997
as Writer
1999
as Screenplay
2024
as Director
2024
as Screenplay
2016
as Screenplay
1989
as Director
1998
as Screenplay
2001
as Writer
1994
as Director
2017
as Director
2017
as Screenplay
1983
as Director
2005
as Director
2003
as Director
2024
as Director
1979
as Assistant Director
1994
as Director
2004
as Writer
2001
as Director
1997
as Screenplay
2019
as Director
2019
as Writer
1994
as Screenplay
1989
as Screenplay
2017
as Director
2020
as Director
2014
as Director
2002
as Creative Consultant
1982
as Production Assistant
1982
as Writer
1982
as Director
1980
as Director
1978
as Director
1977
as Director
1975
1997
as Director
2003
as Screenplay
2003
as Editor
2003
as Director
2001
as Director
1985
as Director
2024
as Writer
2024
as Screenplay
2007
as Screenplay
1994
as Writer
1999
as Screenplay
1996
as Screenplay
2020
as Screenplay
1998
as Director
1995
as Screenplay
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as Director
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