Ryūzō Kikushima
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-01-28 (75 years old)
Deathday
1989-03-18
Place of Birth
Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Also known As
Ryûzô Kikushima
Ryuzo Kikushima
Ryūzō Kikushima
Biography
Japanese screenwriter and film producer who is best known for co-writing the screenplays for several Akira Kurosawa films, including Throne of Blood, The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo and High and Low. He also produced several of Kurosawa's early 1960s films. In addition to his work with Kurosawa, screenplays he wrote or co-wrote include Tora! Tora! Tora!, Hiroshi Inagaki's Arashi and The Birth of Japan, and Mikio Naruse's When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, on which he also served as producer.
Production
1970
as Screenplay
1949
as Writer
1957
as Screenplay
1965
as Producer
1984
as Original Film Writer
1961
as Screenplay
1961
as Executive Producer
1962
as Screenplay
1960
as Writer
1963
as Producer
1963
as Screenplay
1955
as Screenplay
1954
as Screenplay
1982
as Original Story
1987
as Writer
2008
as Original Story
1959
as Writer
1953
as Screenplay
1962
as Screenplay
1958
as Screenplay
2007
as Writer
1956
as Writer
1954
as Screenplay
1956
as Director
1958
as Writer
1965
as Screenplay
1957
as Screenplay
1962
as Screenplay
1957
as Novel
1978
as Writer
1955
as Screenplay
1960
as Producer
1960
as Screenplay
1960
as Writer
1971
as Original Story
1971
as Screenplay
1969
as Screenplay
1989
as Screenplay
1989
as Screenplay
1959
as Writer
1954
as Writer
1960
as Producer
1956
2025
as Original Film Writer
1955
as Writer
1956
as Writer
1986
as Screenplay
1964
as Writer
1965
as Screenplay
1955
as Writer
1956
as Screenplay
1960
as Screenplay
1963
as Screenplay
1964
as Writer
1996
as Original Film Writer
1969
as Screenplay
1977
as Original Story
1977
as Screenplay
1973
as Original Story
1956
as Screenplay
1957
as Screenplay
1976
as Screenplay
1953
as Writer
1954
as Screenplay
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as Original Film Writer
1958
as Screenplay
1962
as Producer
1950
as Screenplay
1960
as Screenplay
1961
as Screenplay
1963
as Screenplay
1963
as Screenplay
1952
as Screenplay
1959
as Writer
1971
as Screenplay
1981
as Screenplay
1964
as Original Story
1955
as Story
1955
as Screenplay
2016
as Original Story
1963
as Writer
1960
as Writer
1967
as Screenplay
1967
as Original Story
1969
as Screenplay
1955
as Screenplay
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