Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jul 19, 1955 (71 years old)
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
| 2025 | The Ozu DiariesSelf | |
| 2024 | Les Cuisiniers of ChimeSelf | |
| 2024 | Horror's GreatestSelf - Director, Cure | |
| 2023 | The J-Horror Virus | |
| 2023 | Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese GhostsHimself | |
| 2023 | Breakfast of the Movie | |
| 2022 | No Boundaries: A Cure ConversationSelf | |
| 2018 | The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers | |
| 2018 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des imagesSelf | |
| 2017 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken CircuitsHimself | |
| 2017 | Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy ImagesHimself | |
| 2017 | Terror from the InternetSelf | |
| 2015 | Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague | |
| 2015 | Hitchcock/TruffautSelf | |
| 2014 | Mr. XSelf | |
| 2014 | Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New CinemaSelf | |
| 2014 | Henri Langlois vu par...Self | |
| 2011 | Japanese Cinema: New TerritoriesSelf | |
| 2010 | 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 | |
| 2009 | OccultSelf | |
| 2007 | Val Lewton: The Man in the ShadowsSelf | |
| 2006 | What's a Director? | |
| 2006 | Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'self | |
| 2006 | 殺しのはらわた | |
| 2005 | ReincarnationProfessor Kawashima | |
| 2004 | Pink RibbonSelf | |
| 2004 | Leçon de CinémaSelf | |
| 2003 | 3 on 3 | |
| 2003 | Deka Matsuri | |
| 2003 | Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi KurosawaHimself | |
| 2003 | The Detective Who Can Say No | |
| 2003 | 突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験 | |
| 2001 | Gore from Outer Space | |
| 2001 | PulseMan in Internet (uncredited) | |
| 1997 | Wild Life | |
| 1996 | A Haunted SchoolPhotography professor | |
| 1991 | Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club LaylaMilitary Police Officer A | |
| 1991 | StrangerPassenger with flowers | |
| 1989 | Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'Self | |
| 1989 | The EnchantmentLibrarian | |
| 1987 | Tanaka kozue-sei no kageki-ha kyō kara wa binetsu hito | |
| 1985 | The Legend of the Stardust BrothersVisitor of Salon "Uonome" | |
| 1984 | The FuneralAssistant Director | |
| 1982 | LOSING THE WAYYakuza | |
| 1980 | All Girls Are Twins | |
| 1980 | Vertigo CollegeManager | |
| 1979 | The Man Who Stole the SunSuspect on TV News | |
| 1978 | SCHOOL SOUNDS | |
| 1977 | West WindBazin | |
| 1977 | Fangs Crazy for White SkinNarrator (voice) | |
| - | Making of Charisma |
| 1982 | Wolf: Running Is SexProduction Assistant |
| 2026 | The Samurai and the PrisonerDirector | |
| 2024 | ChimeDirector | |
| 2024 | CloudDirector | |
| 2024 | Serpent's PathDirector | |
| 2022 | Actually...Director | |
| 2022 | Modern Love TokyoDirector | |
| 2020 | Wife of a SpyDirector | |
| 2019 | To the Ends of the EarthDirector | |
| 2017 | Before We VanishDirector | |
| 2017 | ForebodingDirector | |
| 2017 | Foreboding: Serial VersionDirector | |
| 2016 | DaguerrotypeDirector | |
| 2016 | CreepyDirector | |
| 2015 | Journey to the ShoreDirector | |
| 2014 | Seventh CodeDirector | |
| 2014 | Henri Langlois vu par...Director | |
| 2013 | PenanceDirector | |
| 2013 | RealDirector | |
| 2013 | Beautiful New Bay Area ProjectDirector | |
| 2013 | Beautiful 2013Director | |
| 2012 | Wordholic PrisonerDirector | |
| 2012 | PenanceDirector | |
| 2008 | Tokyo SonataDirector | |
| 2007 | RetributionDirector | |
| 2006 | LoftDirector | |
| 2005 | Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of BugsDirector | |
| 2005 | Time SlipDirector | |
| 2004 | Soul DancingDirector | |
| 2004 | Ghost CopDirector | |
| 2003 | Bright FutureDirector | |
| 2003 | DoppelgängerDirector | |
| 2003 | Deka MatsuriDirector | |
| 2003 | Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Matasaburo the Wind ImpDirector | |
| 2001 | PulseDirector | |
| 2001 | SéanceDirector | |
| 2001 | School Ghost Story: Mononoke SpecialDirector | |
| 2001 | Hanako SanDirector | |
| 1999 | License to LiveDirector | |
| 1999 | CharismaDirector | |
| 1999 | Barren IllusionDirector | |
| 1998 | Eyes of the SpiderDirector | |
| 1998 | Serpent's PathDirector | |
| 1998 | School Ghost Story GDirector | |
| 1998 | KodamaDirector | |
| 1997 | CureDirector | |
| 1997 | The Revenge: A Scar That Never DisappearsDirector | |
| 1997 | The Revenge: A Visit from FateDirector | |
| 1997 | School Ghost Story FDirector | |
| 1996 | Door IIIDirector | |
| 1996 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The HeroDirector | |
| 1996 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The GambleDirector | |
| 1996 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau RicheDirector | |
| 1996 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The LootDirector | |
| 1995 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The EscapeDirector | |
| 1995 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The HeistDirector | |
| 1994 | Yakuza TaxiDirector | |
| 1994 | Men of RageDirector | |
| 1992 | Whirlpool of JoyDirector | |
| 1992 | The Guard from UndergroundDirector | |
| 1989 | Sweet HomeDirector | |
| 1989 | Dangerous StoriesDirector | |
| 1985 | Bumpkin SoupDirector | |
| 1985 | Yatsura wa konya mo yattekitaDirector | |
| 1983 | Kandagawa Pervert WarsDirector | |
| 1983 | The New Seven Lines Between ThingsDirector | |
| 1982 | The Night Before the EscapeDirector | |
| 1981 | Sailor Suit and Machine GunAssistant Director | |
| 1980 | Vertigo CollegeDirector | |
| 1979 | The Man Who Stole the SunAssistant Director | |
| 1978 | School DaysDirector | |
| 1977 | Fangs Crazy for White SkinDirector | |
| 1976 | The Flashing SignalDirector | |
| 1976 | Record of Indefinite TravelDirector | |
| 1975 | Teacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad DaylightDirector | |
| 1973 | RokkôDirector |
| 2026 | The Samurai and the PrisonerScreenplay | |
| 2024 | CloudScreenplay | |
| 2024 | Serpent's PathWriter | |
| 2024 | ChimeScreenplay | |
| 2022 | Modern Love TokyoWriter | |
| 2020 | Wife of a SpyScreenplay | |
| 2019 | To the Ends of the EarthWriter | |
| 2017 | ForebodingTeleplay | |
| 2017 | Before We VanishScreenplay | |
| 2017 | Foreboding: Serial VersionTeleplay | |
| 2016 | DaguerrotypeScenario Writer | |
| 2016 | CreepyScreenplay | |
| 2015 | Journey to the ShoreScreenplay | |
| 2014 | Seventh CodeWriter | |
| 2013 | RealScreenplay | |
| 2013 | Beautiful New Bay Area ProjectScreenplay | |
| 2013 | PenanceScreenplay | |
| 2012 | PenanceWriter | |
| 2008 | Tokyo SonataWriter | |
| 2007 | RetributionScreenplay | |
| 2006 | LoftScreenplay | |
| 2006 | PulseOriginal Film Writer | |
| 2004 | Soul DancingWriter | |
| 2003 | Bright FutureWriter | |
| 2003 | DoppelgängerScreenplay | |
| 2001 | SéanceTeleplay | |
| 2001 | PulseWriter | |
| 1999 | Barren IllusionScreenplay | |
| 1999 | CharismaScreenplay | |
| 1999 | License to LiveScreenplay | |
| 1998 | Eyes of the SpiderScreenplay | |
| 1997 | The Revenge: A Scar That Never DisappearsScreenplay | |
| 1997 | CureScreenplay | |
| 1996 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The GambleScreenplay | |
| 1996 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The LootScreenplay | |
| 1996 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau RicheScreenplay | |
| 1995 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The HeistWriter | |
| 1995 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The EscapeScreenplay | |
| 1994 | Yakuza TaxiScreenplay | |
| 1994 | Men of RageWriter | |
| 1992 | Whirlpool of JoyWriter | |
| 1992 | The Guard from UndergroundScreenplay | |
| 1989 | Sweet HomeWriter | |
| 1989 | Dangerous StoriesScreenplay | |
| 1985 | Bumpkin SoupWriter | |
| 1982 | So Long, My Partner: Rock Is SexWriter |
| 2002 | Ju-on: The GrudgeCreative Consultant |