Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Directing

Born:
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.

Known For

Filmography

The Samurai and the Prisoner

The Samurai and the Prisoner

7.72026Director
Movie
The Ozu Diaries

The Ozu Diaries

2025Self
Movie
Cloud

Cloud

6.72024Screenplay
Movie
Horror's Greatest

Horror's Greatest

6.42024Self - Director, Cure
TV
Chime

Chime

6.72024Director
Movie
Les Cuisiniers of Chime

Les Cuisiniers of Chime

2024Self
Movie
Serpent's Path

Serpent's Path

5.92024Director
Movie
Breakfast of the Movie

Breakfast of the Movie

7.52023
Movie
Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts

Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts

2023Himself
Movie
The J-Horror Virus

The J-Horror Virus

2023
Movie
Modern Love Tokyo

Modern Love Tokyo

6.82022Writer
TV
No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation

No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation

2022Self
Movie
Actually...

Actually...

6.22022Director
Movie
Wife of a Spy

Wife of a Spy

6.72020Director
Movie
To the Ends of the Earth

To the Ends of the Earth

6.32019Writer
Movie
The Making Of Before We Vanish

The Making Of Before We Vanish

2019Self
Movie
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images

Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images

2018Self
Movie
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers

The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers

2.02018
Movie
Foreboding

Foreboding

5.72017Teleplay
Movie
Foreboding: Serial Version

Foreboding: Serial Version

6.02017Director
TV
Before We Vanish

Before We Vanish

6.52017Director
Movie
Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images

Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images

2017Himself
Movie
Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits

Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits

2017Self
Movie
Terror from the Internet

Terror from the Internet

2017Self
Movie
Daguerrotype

Daguerrotype

5.62016Director
Movie
Creepy

Creepy

6.72016Director
Movie
Journey to the Shore

Journey to the Shore

6.52015Director
Movie
Hitchcock/Truffaut

Hitchcock/Truffaut

7.22015Self
Movie
Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague

Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague

2015
Movie
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

7.12014Self
Movie
Henri Langlois vu par...

Henri Langlois vu par...

5.02014Self
Movie
Mr. X

Mr. X

6.12014Self
Movie
Seventh Code

Seventh Code

5.92014Director
Movie
Real

Real

6.22013Screenplay
Movie
Penance

Penance

7.12013Director
Movie
Beautiful New Bay Area Project

Beautiful New Bay Area Project

6.12013Director
Movie
Beautiful 2013

Beautiful 2013

2013Director
Movie
Wordholic Prisoner

Wordholic Prisoner

5.02012Director
Movie
Penance

Penance

7.72012Writer
TV
Japanese Cinema: New Territories

Japanese Cinema: New Territories

3.02011Self
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

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

9.02010自己
Movie
Occult

Occult

6.72009Self
Movie
Tokyo Sonata

Tokyo Sonata

7.42008Director
Movie
Les fantômes de Kiyoshi

Les fantômes de Kiyoshi

2007Self
Movie
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows

Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows

6.92007Self
Movie
Retribution

Retribution

6.52007Director
Movie
Masters of Killing

Masters of Killing

2006
Movie
What's a Director?

What's a Director?

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

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

6.02006self
Movie
Loft

Loft

5.62006Screenplay
Movie
Pulse

Pulse

5.02006Original Film Writer
Movie
Reincarnation

Reincarnation

6.12005Professor Kawashima
Movie
Time Slip

Time Slip

2005Director
Movie
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs

Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs

5.52005Director
Movie
Pink Ribbon

Pink Ribbon

6.42004Self
Movie
Ghost Cop

Ghost Cop

9.02004Director
Movie
Séance

Séance

7.12004Teleplay
Movie
Leçon de Cinéma

Leçon de Cinéma

7.02004Self
TV
Soul Dancing

Soul Dancing

2004Director
Movie
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
Movie