Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1955-07-19 (69 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.

Known For

Director

2024
Chime

as Director

2024
Cloud

as Director

2024
The Serpent's Path

as Director

2022
Actually...

as Director

2022
Modern Love Tokyo

as Director

2020
Wife of a Spy

as Director

2019
2017
Before We Vanish

as Director

2017
Foreboding

as Director

2016
Daguerrotype

as Director

2016
Creepy

as Director

2015
2014
2013
Real

as Director

2013
Penance

as Director

2013
Seventh Code

as Director

2012
Penance

as Director

2008
Tokyo Sonata

as Director

2007
Retribution

as Director

2005
Loft

as Director

2005
Time Slip

as Director

2004
Soul Dancing

as Director

2003
Bright Future

as Director

2003
Doppelganger

as Director

2003
Deka Matsuri

as Director

2003
2001
Pulse

as Director

2001
Hanako San

as Director

2000
Séance

as Director

1999
License to Live

as Director

1999
Charisma

as Director

1999
Barren Illusion

as Director

1998
Eyes of the Spider

as Director

1998
Serpent's Path

as Director

1998
1997
Cure

as Director

1997
1996
Door III

as Director

1994
Yakuza Taxi

as Director

1994
Men of Rage

as Director

1992
Whirlpool of Joy

as Director

1990
Wordholic Prisoner

as Director

1989
Sweet Home

as Director

1989
Dangerous Stories

as Director

1985
Bumpkin Soup

as Director

1983
1981
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

as Assistant Director

1980
Vertigo College

as Director

1979
The Man Who Stole the Sun

as Assistant Director

1978
School Days

as Director

1976
1973
Rokkô

as Director

Writer

2024
Chime

as Writer

2024
Cloud

as Screenplay

2024
The Serpent's Path

as Screenplay

2022
2020
Wife of a Spy

as Writer

2017
Foreboding

as Teleplay

2017
Before We Vanish

as Screenplay

2016
Daguerrotype

as Scenario Writer

2016
Creepy

as Screenplay

2015
Journey to the Shore

as Screenplay

2013
Real

as Screenplay

2013
Penance

as Teleplay

2013
Seventh Code

as Writer

2012
Penance

as Writer

2008
Tokyo Sonata

as Writer

2007
Retribution

as Writer

2006
Pulse

as Original Film Writer

2005
Loft

as Screenplay

2004
Soul Dancing

as Writer

2003
Bright Future

as Writer

2003
Doppelganger

as Screenplay

2001
Pulse

as Writer

2000
Séance

as Teleplay

1999
License to Live

as Writer

1999
Barren Illusion

as Screenplay

1999
Charisma

as Screenplay

1998
Eyes of the Spider

as Screenplay

1997
Cure

as Writer

1994
Yakuza Taxi

as Screenplay

1992
1989
Sweet Home

as Writer

1989
Dangerous Stories

as Screenplay

1985
Bumpkin Soup

as Writer

Editor

2003
Bright Future

as Editor

2003
Doppelganger

as Editor

Crew

2002
Ju-on: The Grudge

as Creative Consultant

Producer

1982
Wolf: Running Is Sex

as Production Assistant

Creator

2012
Penance

as Creator