
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Known for Directing · 51 credits
- Born
- 1955-07-19 (age 71)
- 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)

Mr. X
2014
as Self

Occult
2009
as Self

Wild Life
1997

Henri Langlois vu par...
2014
as Self

The Funeral
1984
as Assistant Director

The Man Who Stole the Sun
1979
as Suspect on TV News

Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015
as Self

Masters of Killing
2006

Stranger
1991
as Passenger with flowers

The Detective Who Can Say No
2003

Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
1989
as 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
as 自己

Reincarnation
2005
as Professor Kawashima

Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits
2017
as Himself

突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験
2003

Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
2007
as Self

Tanaka kozue-sei no kageki-ha kyō kara wa binetsu hito
1987

Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images
2018
as Self

Terror from the Internet
2017
as Self

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014
as Self

Gore from Outer Space
2001

A Haunted School
1996
as Photography professor

The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
2018

Japanese Cinema: New Territories
2011
as Self

The Enchantment
1989
as Librarian

Breakfast of the Movie
2023

Pink Ribbon
2004
as Self

The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
1985
as Visitor of Salon "Uonome"

Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla
1991
as Military Police Officer A

The Ozu Diaries
2025
as Self

The J-Horror Virus
2023

Les Cuisiniers of Chime
2024
as Self

Making of Charisma

Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
2003
as Himself

SCHOOL SOUNDS
1978

Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images
2017
as Himself

Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts
2023
as Himself

West Wind
1977
as Bazin

What's a Director?
2006

Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'
2006
as self

Deka Matsuri
2003

All Girls Are Twins
1980

Vertigo College
1980
as Manager

No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation
2022
as Self

LOSING THE WAY
1982
as Yakuza

3 on 3
2003
Fangs Crazy for White Skin
1977
as Narrator (voice)

Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
2015
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)
- Mr. X (2014) — as Self
- Occult (2009) — as Self
- Wild Life (1997)
- Henri Langlois vu par... (2014) — as Self
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