Person Details
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Aliases: 黒沢 清 , 구로사와 기요시 , Киёси Куросава , 黑泽清 , Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Kobe, Japan
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 130
TV Involvements: 7
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Ju-on: The Grudge
(2002) Creative ConsultantModern Love Tokyo
(2022) DirectorPulse
(2006) Original Film WriterCure
(1997) WriterChime
(2024) WriterPulse
(2001) WriterTokyo Sonata
(2008) WriterPenance
(2012) CreatorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Self | |
| 2023 | Himself | |
| N/A | ||
| 2018 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| 2017 | Himself | |
| Himself | ||
| 2015 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| 2014 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2011 | Self | |
| 2009 | Self | |
| 2007 | Self | |
| 2006 | N/A | |
| self | ||
| Professor Kawashima | ||
| 2004 | Himself | |
| Self | ||
| 2003 | N/A | |
| Himself | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2001 | Man in Internet (uncredited) | |
| N/A | ||
| 1991 | Military Police Officer A | |
| 1989 | Librarian | |
| Self | ||
| 1985 | Visitor of Salon "Uonome" | |
| 1984 | Assistant Director | |
| 1982 | Yakuza | |
| 1980 | Manager | |
| N/A | ||
| 1979 | Suspect on TV News | |
| 1978 | N/A | |
| 1977 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Bazin | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2024 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| 2022 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 2020 | Director | |
| 2019 | Director | |
| 2017 | Director | |
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| Director | ||
| 2016 | Director | |
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| 2015 | Director | |
| 2014 | Director | |
| 2013 | Director | |
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| Director | ||
| 2012 | Director | |
| 2008 | Director | |
| 2007 | Director | |
| 2005 | Director | |
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| 2004 | Director | |
| 2003 | Director | |
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| 2001 | Director | |
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| 2000 | Director | |
| 1999 | Director | |
| Director | ||
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| 1998 | Director | |
| Director | ||
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| 1997 | Director | |
| Director | ||
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| 1996 | Director | |
| Director | ||
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| 1995 | Director | |
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| 1994 | Director | |
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| 1992 | Director | |
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| 1990 | Director | |
| 1989 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1985 | Director | |
| 1983 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1982 | Director | |
| 1981 | Assistant Director | |
| 1980 | Director | |
| 1979 | Assistant Director | |
| 1978 | Director | |
| 1977 | Director | |
| 1976 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1975 | Director | |
| 1973 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Screenplay | |
| Writer | ||
| Screenplay | ||
| 2022 | Writer | |
| 2020 | Writer | |
| 2019 | Writer | |
| 2017 | Teleplay | |
| Teleplay | ||
| Screenplay | ||
| 2016 | Scenario Writer | |
| Screenplay | ||
| 2015 | Screenplay | |
| 2013 | Writer | |
| Screenplay | ||
| Teleplay | ||
| Writer | ||
| 2012 | Writer | |
| 2008 | Writer | |
| 2007 | Writer | |
| 2006 | Original Film Writer | |
| 2005 | Screenplay | |
| 2004 | Writer | |
| 2003 | Screenplay | |
| Writer | ||
| 2001 | Writer | |
| 2000 | Teleplay | |
| 1999 | Screenplay | |
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| Writer | ||
| 1998 | Screenplay | |
| 1997 | Writer | |
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| 1996 | Screenplay | |
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| 1995 | Writer | |
| Writer | ||
| 1994 | Screenplay | |
| 1992 | Writer | |
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| 1989 | Screenplay | |
| Writer | ||
| 1985 | Writer | |
| 1982 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Creator
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Creator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Editor | |
| Editor | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Creative Consultant | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Production Assistant | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |