Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

47

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-07-19 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Kobe, Japan

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

  • Pulse

    Pulse

  • Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows

    Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows

  • A Haunted School

    A Haunted School

  • Henri Langlois vu par...

    Henri Langlois vu par...

  • LOSING THE WAY

    LOSING THE WAY

  • West Wind

    West Wind

  • Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

    Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

  • The Legend of the Stardust Brothers

    The Legend of the Stardust Brothers

  • Deka Matsuri

    Deka Matsuri

  • Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague

    Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague

  • All Girls Are Twins

    All Girls Are Twins

  • The Enchantment

    The Enchantment

  • The Funeral

    The Funeral

  • Fangs Crazy for White Skin

    Fangs Crazy for White Skin

  • Occult

    Occult

  • Breakfast of the Movie

    Breakfast of the Movie

  • Wild Life

    Wild Life

  • Pink Ribbon

    Pink Ribbon

  • What's a Director?

    What's a Director?

  • The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers

    The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers

  • Gore from Outer Space

    Gore from Outer Space

  • Leçon de Cinéma

    Leçon de Cinéma

  • Stranger

    Stranger

  • Reincarnation

    Reincarnation

  • Hitchcock/Truffaut

    Hitchcock/Truffaut

  • The J-Horror Virus

    The J-Horror Virus

  • Horror's Greatest

    Horror's Greatest

  • Les Cuisiniers of Chime

    Les Cuisiniers of Chime

  • SCHOOL SOUNDS

    SCHOOL SOUNDS

  • Japanese Cinema: New Territories

    Japanese Cinema: New Territories

  • Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts

    Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts

  • 3 on 3

    3 on 3

  • Mr. X

    Mr. X

  • Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images

    Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images

  • The Ozu Diaries

    The Ozu Diaries

  • The Man Who Stole the Sun

    The Man Who Stole the Sun

  • The Detective Who Can Say No

    The Detective Who Can Say No

  • Vertigo College

    Vertigo College

  • Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'

    Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'

  • Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

    Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

  • No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation

    No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation

  • Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla

    Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla

  • Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'

    Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'

  • Terror from the Internet

    Terror from the Internet

  • 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

    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

  • Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images

    Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images

  • Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits

    Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits