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Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Directing

Born: July 19, 1955Kobe, 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.

Known For
Filmography
The Ozu Diaries

The Ozu Diaries

Self

2025
Les Cuisiniers of Chime

Les Cuisiniers of Chime

Self

2024
Breakfast of the Movie

Breakfast of the Movie

2023
Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts

Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts

Himself

2023
The J-Horror Virus

The J-Horror Virus

2023
No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation

No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation

Self

2022
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images

Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images

Self

2018
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers

The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers

2018
Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images

Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images

Himself

2017
Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits

Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits

Himself

2017
Terror from the Internet

Terror from the Internet

Self

2017
Hitchcock/Truffaut

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Self

2015
Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague

Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague

2015
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

Self

2014
Henri Langlois vu par...

Henri Langlois vu par...

Self

2014
Mr. X

Mr. X

Self

2014
Japanese Cinema: New Territories

Japanese Cinema: New Territories

Self

2011
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

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

2010
Occult

Occult

Self

2009
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows

Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows

Self

2007
殺しのはらわた

殺しのはらわた

2006
What's a Director?

What's a Director?

2006
Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'

Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'

self

2006
Reincarnation

Reincarnation

Professor Kawashima

2005
Pink Ribbon

Pink Ribbon

Self

2004
突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験

突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験

2003
3 on 3

3 on 3

2003
Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Himself

2003
The Detective Who Can Say No

The Detective Who Can Say No

2003
Deka Matsuri

Deka Matsuri

2003
Pulse

Pulse

Man in Internet (uncredited)

2001
Gore from Outer Space

Gore from Outer Space

2001
Wild Life

Wild Life

1997
A Haunted School

A Haunted School

Photography professor

1996
Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla

Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla

Military Police Officer A

1991
Stranger

Stranger

Passenger with flowers

1991
The Enchantment

The Enchantment

Librarian

1989
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'

Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'

Self

1989
Tanaka kozue-sei no kageki-ha kyō kara wa binetsu hito

Tanaka kozue-sei no kageki-ha kyō kara wa binetsu hito

1987
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers

The Legend of the Stardust Brothers

Visitor of Salon "Uonome"

1985
The Funeral

The Funeral

Assistant Director

1984
LOSING THE WAY

LOSING THE WAY

Yakuza

1982
Vertigo College

Vertigo College

Manager

1980
All Girls Are Twins

All Girls Are Twins

1980
The Man Who Stole the Sun

The Man Who Stole the Sun

Suspect on TV News

1979
SCHOOL SOUNDS

SCHOOL SOUNDS

1978

Fangs Crazy for White Skin

Narrator (voice)

1977
West Wind

West Wind

Bazin

1977