Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Director · Actor · WriterKiyoshi 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.
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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR49
The Ozu Diaries
2025
Self
Les Cuisiniers of Chime
2024
Self
The J-Horror Virus
2023
Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts
2023
Himself
Breakfast of the Movie
2023
No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation
2022
Self
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
2018
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images
2018
Self
Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits
2017
Himself
Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images
2017
Himself
Terror from the Internet
2017
Self
Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015
Self
Mr. X
2014
Self
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014
Self
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014
Self
Japanese Cinema: New Territories
2011
Self
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
2010
自己
Occult
2009
Self
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
2007
Self
What's a Director?
2006
Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'
2006
self
Masters of Killing
2006
Reincarnation
2005
Professor Kawashima
Pink Ribbon
2004
Self
3 on 3
2003
Deka Matsuri
2003
Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
2003
Himself
The Detective Who Can Say No
2003
突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験
2003
Gore from Outer Space
2001
Pulse
2001
Man in Internet (uncredited)
Wild Life
1997
A Haunted School
1996
Photography professor
Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla
1991
Military Police Officer A
Stranger
1991
Passenger with flowers
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
1989
Self
The Enchantment
1989
Librarian
Tanaka kozue-sei no kageki-ha kyō kara wa binetsu hito
1987
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
1985
Visitor of Salon "Uonome"
The Funeral
1984
Assistant Director
LOSING THE WAY
1982
Yakuza
All Girls Are Twins
1980
Vertigo College
1980
Manager
The Man Who Stole the Sun
1979
Suspect on TV News
SCHOOL SOUNDS
1978
West Wind
1977
Bazin
- Fangs Crazy for White Skin
Fangs Crazy for White Skin
1977
Narrator (voice)
Making of Charisma
DIRECTOR72
The Samurai and the Prisoner
2026
Director
Chime
2024
Director
Cloud
2024
Director
Serpent's Path
2024
Director
Actually...
2022
Director
Wife of a Spy
2020
Director
To the Ends of the Earth
2019
Director
Before We Vanish
2017
Director
Foreboding
2017
Director
Daguerrotype
2016
Director
Creepy
2016
Director
Journey to the Shore
2015
Director
Seventh Code
2014
Director
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014
Director
Real
2013
Director
Penance
2013
Director
Beautiful New Bay Area Project
2013
Director
Beautiful 2013
2013
Director
Wordholic Prisoner
2012
Director
Tokyo Sonata
2008
Director
Retribution
2007
Director
Loft
2006
Director
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs
2005
Director
Time Slip
2005
Director
Séance
2004
Director
Soul Dancing
2004
Director
- Ghost Cop
Ghost Cop
2004
Director
Bright Future
2003
Director
Doppelgänger
2003
Director
Deka Matsuri
2003
Director
Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Matasaburo the Wind Imp
2003
Director
Pulse
2001
Director
School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special
2001
Director
Hanako San
2001
Director
License to Live
1999
Director
Charisma
1999
Director
Barren Illusion
1999
Director
Eyes of the Spider
1998
Director
Serpent's Path
1998
Director
School Ghost Story G
1998
Director
Kodama
1998
Director
Cure
1997
Director
The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
1997
Director
The Revenge: A Visit from Fate
1997
Director
School Ghost Story F
1997
Director
Door III
1996
Director
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble
1996
Director
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche
1996
Director
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Hero
1996
Director
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot
1996
Director
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
1995
Director
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape
1995
Director
Yakuza Taxi
1994
Director
Men of Rage
1994
Director
Whirlpool of Joy
1992
Director
The Guard from Underground
1992
Director
Sweet Home
1989
Director
- Dangerous Stories
Dangerous Stories
1989
Director
Bumpkin Soup
1985
Director
- Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita
Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita
1985
Director
Kandagawa Pervert Wars
1983
Director
The New Seven Lines Between Things
1983
Director
The Night Before the Escape
1982
Director
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
1981
Assistant Director
Vertigo College
1980
Director
The Man Who Stole the Sun
1979
Assistant Director
School Days
1978
Director
- Fangs Crazy for White Skin
Fangs Crazy for White Skin
1977
Director
- The Flashing Signal
The Flashing Signal
1976
Director
- Record of Indefinite Travel
Record of Indefinite Travel
1976
Director
- Teacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad Daylight
Teacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad Daylight
1975
Director
Rokkô
1973
Director
WRITER43
The Samurai and the Prisoner
2026
Screenplay
Cloud
2024
Screenplay
Serpent's Path
2024
Writer
Chime
2024
Screenplay
Wife of a Spy
2020
Screenplay
To the Ends of the Earth
2019
Writer
Foreboding
2017
Teleplay
Before We Vanish
2017
Screenplay
Daguerrotype
2016
Scenario Writer
Creepy
2016
Screenplay
Journey to the Shore
2015
Screenplay
Seventh Code
2014
Writer
Real
2013
Screenplay
Beautiful New Bay Area Project
2013
Screenplay
Penance
2013
Screenplay
Tokyo Sonata
2008
Writer
Retribution
2007
Screenplay
Loft
2006
Screenplay
Pulse
2006
Original Film Writer
Séance
2004
Teleplay
Soul Dancing
2004
Writer
Bright Future
2003
Writer
Doppelgänger
2003
Screenplay
Pulse
2001
Writer
Barren Illusion
1999
Screenplay
Charisma
1999
Screenplay
License to Live
1999
Screenplay
Eyes of the Spider
1998
Screenplay
The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
1997
Screenplay
Cure
1997
Screenplay
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble
1996
Screenplay
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot
1996
Screenplay
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche
1996
Screenplay
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
1995
Writer
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape
1995
Screenplay
Yakuza Taxi
1994
Screenplay
Men of Rage
1994
Writer
Whirlpool of Joy
1992
Writer
The Guard from Underground
1992
Screenplay
Sweet Home
1989
Writer
- Dangerous Stories
Dangerous Stories
1989
Screenplay
Bumpkin Soup
1985
Writer
So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex
1982
Writer
