Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Personal Info

Known For:
Directing

Birthday:
July 19, 1955

Place of Birth:
Kobe, Japan

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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

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2024 Les Cuisiniers of Chime Self
2023 The J-Horror Virus
2023 Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts Himself
2018 The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
2018 Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images Self
2017 Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits Himself
2017 Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images Himself
2017 Terror from the Internet Self
2015 Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
2015 Hitchcock/Truffaut Self
2014 Mr. X Self
2014 Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema Self
2014 Henri Langlois vu par... Self
2011 Japanese Cinema: New Territories Self
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 Occult Self
2007 Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows Self
2006 What's a Director?
2006 Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku' self
2005 Reincarnation Professor Kawashima
2004 Pink Ribbon Himself
2003 3 on 3
2003 Deka Matsuri
2003 Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Himself
2001 Gore from Outer Space
2001 Pulse Man in Internet (uncredited)
1996 A Haunted School
1991 Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla Military Police Officer A
1989 Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home' Self
1989 The Enchantment Librarian
1985 The Legend of the Stardust Brothers Visitor of Salon "Uonome"
1984 The Funeral Assistant Director
1982 LOSING THE WAY Yakuza
1980 All Girls Are Twins
1980 Vertigo College Manager
1979 The Man Who Stole the Sun Suspect on TV News
1978 SCHOOL SOUNDS
1977 West Wind Bazin
1977 Fangs Crazy for White Skin Narrator (voice)
Year TV Show Role
2024 Horror's Greatest Self - Director, Cure
2004 Leçon de Cinéma Self
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