Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

49

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

  • Wild Life

    Wild Life

  • Hitchcock/Truffaut

    Hitchcock/Truffaut

  • SCHOOL SOUNDS

    SCHOOL SOUNDS

  • Mr. X

    Mr. X

  • Pulse

    Pulse

  • The Detective Who Can Say No

    The Detective Who Can Say No

  • Occult

    Occult

  • The Man Who Stole the Sun

    The Man Who Stole the Sun

  • Reincarnation

    Reincarnation

  • Pink Ribbon

    Pink Ribbon

  • The J-Horror Virus

    The J-Horror Virus

  • The Funeral

    The Funeral

  • Deka Matsuri

    Deka Matsuri

  • The Legend of the Stardust Brothers

    The Legend of the Stardust Brothers

  • 3 on 3

    3 on 3

  • Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague

    Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague

  • Stranger

    Stranger

  • A Haunted School

    A Haunted School

  • The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers

    The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers

  • Breakfast of the Movie

    Breakfast of the Movie

  • Gore from Outer Space

    Gore from Outer Space

  • What's a Director?

    What's a Director?

  • Leçon de Cinéma

    Leçon de Cinéma

  • The Enchantment

    The Enchantment

  • Les Cuisiniers of Chime

    Les Cuisiniers of Chime

  • Henri Langlois vu par...

    Henri Langlois vu par...

  • Horror's Greatest

    Horror's Greatest

  • Fangs Crazy for White Skin

    Fangs Crazy for White Skin

  • West Wind

    West Wind

  • Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts

    Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts

  • Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows

    Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows

  • All Girls Are Twins

    All Girls Are Twins

  • Japanese Cinema: New Territories

    Japanese Cinema: New Territories

  • The Ozu Diaries

    The Ozu Diaries

  • LOSING THE WAY

    LOSING THE WAY

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

    Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'

  • Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

    Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

  • 殺しのはらわた

    殺しのはらわた

  • Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images

    Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images

  • Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

    Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

  • Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits

    Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits

  • 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

  • Terror from the Internet

    Terror from the Internet

  • 突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験

    突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験

  • Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla

    Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla

  • Vertigo College

    Vertigo College

  • No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation

    No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation

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

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