Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Birthday: 1955-07-19
Place of Birth: Kobe, Japan
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.
Movies
What's a Director?
Works commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan mapping Supervision Association...
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3 on 3
At some time in the 21st century, Japan's economy is in shambles. Riots and terrorism are the norm. ...
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The Funeral
When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events a...
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Deka Matsuri
12-part omnibus made under the rules: "the main character is a detective" "at least one gag per min...
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The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
A sequel to the 1980 movie The Legend of the Stardust Brothers. As well as being a rock musical come...
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Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla
During World War II, the Japanese military established a secret underground laboratory in Tokyo. Thr...
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The J-Horror Virus
How did a single ‘Big in Japan’ videotape change the course of global horror history? Find out in th...
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Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts
An exploration of the spirit world as portrayed in the height of the J-horror era of the late ‘90s....
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The Man Who Stole the Sun
A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on...
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Gore from Outer Space
A mother is accused of murdering her daughter but when she tells her tale, things don't seem to make...
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Mr. X
The image of a mysterious, solitary filmmaker - a cineaste maudit - who flees from both the media an...
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The Enchantment
A Tokyo psychiatrist is hoping to better his career by marrying the daughter of a prominent doctor. ...
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Pulse
In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants who are de...
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Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
A “Cinéma, de notre temps” series episode directed by french filmmaker Philippe-Emmanuel Sorlin, ori...
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Hitchcock/Truffaut
Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selo...
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Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country se...
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SCHOOL SOUNDS
Set in a Japanese university in the late '70s, the film discusses the absurdity of cafeteria prices,...
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West Wind
A woman searching for the truth behind the death of her lover visits Bazin, Godard, and Mekas....
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All Girls Are Twins
The film multiplies women. A tragicomedy about a boy who is continually pranked by the appearance of...
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Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Initially, Ambivalent Future was intended as a film about the production of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Brig...
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Japanese Cinema: New Territories
This documentary by Hubert Niogret looks at the revival of Japanese cinema during the 1990s....
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Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
Martin Scorsese narrates this tribute to Val Lewton, the producer of a series of memorable low-budge...
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Les Cuisiniers of Chime
Documentary on the creation of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's film "Chime"...
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Reincarnation
A Japanese actress begins having strange visions and experiences after landing a role in a horror fi...
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A Haunted School
Amidst rumors that the spirit of a student, who committed suicide years ago, appears in the photogra...
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Occult
Koji Shiraishi interviews the survivors of an indiscriminate attack at a sightseeing resort and star...
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits
An interview with director Kiyoshi Kurosawa discussing his work in the horror genre from his V-cinem...
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Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images
An interview with cinematographer Junichiro Hayashi speaking about his work with director Kiyoshi Ku...
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Pink Ribbon
Documentary filmmaker Kenjiro Fujii takes a look at the history of a distinctly Japanese brand of so...
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Henri Langlois vu par...
Thirteen filmmakers share personal reflections on Henri Langlois—the visionary founder of the Cinéma...
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images
At the invitation of Limosin and Bergala, Kiyoshi Kurosawa rediscovers his own films, first during t...
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Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'
A new documentary on director Nobuo Nakagawa and the making of the film, Jigoku. Featuring exclusive...
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The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
A shady music mogul brings together two wannabe stars—punk rock rebel Kan and new-wave crooner Shing...
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Vertigo College
At the beginning of the film, we are presented with an ordinary story. It is the story of a student ...
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Breakfast of the Movie
Documentary on the legendary bento shop "Popeye," known to everyone in the film industry....
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Stranger
After serving time for bank fraud, Kiriko now lives a quiet life as a taxi driver working night shif...
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Wild Life
An ex-boxer working for a game parlor owner gets caught up in a complex blackmail operation he doesn...
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The Ozu Diaries
Unveiling Yasujiro Ozu’s legacy through his personal diaries, letters, and interviews, the documenta...
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No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation
Conversation between director Kiyoshi Kurosawa and filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi, recorded in 2020....
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The Detective Who Can Say No
Shinji Aoyama’s short film follows an unlikely pair of detectives—played by Susumu Terajima and film...
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殺しのはらわた
A secretive assassin collective is formed with a single purpose: to eradicate absolute evil from the...
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突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験
In this compact, off-kilter vignette, a lone researcher conducts a small-scale “experiment” whose pr...
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