Kiyoshi Kurosawa
July 19, 1955 (69 years old) in Kobe, Japan
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
Credits
- 2024 ·Les Cuisiniers of Chimeas Self
- 2023 ·Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghostsas Himself
- 2023 ·The J-Horror Virusas
- 2018 ·Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des imagesas Self
- 2018 ·The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothersas
- 2017 ·Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuitsas Himself
- 2017 ·Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Imagesas Himself
- 2015 ·Hitchcock/Truffautas Self
- 2015 ·Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vagueas
- 2014 ·Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinemaas Self
- 2014 ·Henri Langlois vu par...as Self
- 2014 ·Mr. Xas Self
- 2011 ·Japanese Cinema: New Territoriesas Self
- 2009 ·Occultas Self
- 2007 ·Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadowsas Self
- 2006 ·What's a Director?as
- 2006 ·Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'as self
- 2006 ·Reincarnationas Professor Kawashima
- 2004 ·Pink Ribbonas Himself
- 2004 ·Leçon de Cinémaas Self
- 2003 ·3 on 3as
- 2003 ·Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawaas Himself
- 2003 ·Deka Matsurias
- 2001 ·Pulseas Man in Internet (uncredited)
- 2001 ·Gore from Outer Spaceas
- 1996 ·A Haunted Schoolas
- 1991 ·Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Laylaas Military Police Officer A
- 1989 ·The Enchantmentas Librarian
- 1989 ·Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'as Self
- 1985 ·The Legend of the Stardust Brothersas Visitor of Salon "Uonome"
- 1984 ·The Funeralas Assistant Director
- 1982 ·LOSING THE WAYas Yakuza
- 1980 ·Vertigo Collegeas Manager
- 1980 ·All Girls Are Twinsas
- 1979 ·The Man Who Stole the Sunas Suspect on TV News
- 1978 ·SCHOOL SOUNDSas
- 1977 ·West Windas Bazin
- 1977 ·Fangs Crazy for White Skinas Narrator (voice)