Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Known for Directing · 51 credits
- Born
- 1955-07-19 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- Kobe, Japan
- Also known as
- 黒沢 清 · 구로사와 기요시 · Киёси Куросава · 黑泽清 · 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
TV Shows (2)
Movies (49)
Pulse
2001
as Man in Internet (uncredited)
Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts
2023
as Himself
The Funeral
1984
as Assistant Director
Japanese Cinema: New Territories
2011
as Self
Reincarnation
2005
as Professor Kawashima
The Man Who Stole the Sun
1979
as Suspect on TV News
Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
2015
Wild Life
1997
Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'
2006
as self
Occult
2009
as Self
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
2018
Tanaka kozue-sei no kageki-ha kyō kara wa binetsu hito
1987
Stranger
1991
as Passenger with flowers
The Enchantment
1989
as Librarian
Mr. X
2014
as Self
Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla
1991
as Military Police Officer A
Pink Ribbon
2004
as Self
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014
as Self
Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015
as Self
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
1985
as Visitor of Salon "Uonome"
Gore from Outer Space
2001
Les Cuisiniers of Chime
2024
as Self
Deka Matsuri
2003
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014
as Self
Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images
2017
as Himself
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
2007
as Self
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images
2018
as Self
3 on 3
2003
The Ozu Diaries
2025
as Self
Breakfast of the Movie
2023
What's a Director?
2006
The Detective Who Can Say No
2003
A Haunted School
1996
as Photography professor
Vertigo College
1980
as Manager
Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
2003
as Himself
West Wind
1977
as Bazin
LOSING THE WAY
1982
as Yakuza
The J-Horror Virus
2023
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
1989
as Self
Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits
2017
as Himself
All Girls Are Twins
1980
No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation
2022
as Self
Fangs Crazy for White Skin
1977
as Narrator (voice)
Masters of Killing
2006
Making of Charisma
突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験
2003
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
as 自己
SCHOOL SOUNDS
1978
Terror from the Internet
2017
as Self
About Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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. With 51 credits spanning from 1977 to 2025, Kiyoshi Kurosawa has appeared in 49 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kiyoshi Kurosawa Movies
- Pulse (2001) — as Man in Internet (uncredited)
- Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts (2023) — as Himself
- The Funeral (1984) — as Assistant Director
- Japanese Cinema: New Territories (2011) — as Self
- Reincarnation (2005) — as Professor Kawashima
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