Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Known for
Directing
Born
July 19, 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
Kobe, Japan

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

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Filmography

2026
The Samurai and the Prisoner poster

The Samurai and the Prisoner

Movie · Director

2024
Chime poster

Chime

Movie · Director

2024
Cloud poster

Cloud

Movie · Director

2024
Serpent's Path poster

Serpent's Path

Movie · Director

2022
Actually... poster

Actually...

Movie · Director

2022
Modern Love Tokyo poster

Modern Love Tokyo

TV · Director · 1 ep

2020
Wife of a Spy poster

Wife of a Spy

Movie · Director

2019
To the Ends of the Earth poster

To the Ends of the Earth

Movie · Director

2017
Before We Vanish poster

Before We Vanish

Movie · Director

2017
Foreboding poster

Foreboding

Movie · Director

2017
Foreboding: Serial Version poster

Foreboding: Serial Version

TV · Director · 5 eps

2016
Daguerrotype poster

Daguerrotype

Movie · Director

2016
Creepy poster

Creepy

Movie · Director

2015
Journey to the Shore poster

Journey to the Shore

Movie · Director

2014
Seventh Code poster

Seventh Code

Movie · Director

2014
Henri Langlois vu par... poster

Henri Langlois vu par...

Movie · Director

2013
Penance poster

Penance

Movie · Director

2013
Real poster

Real

Movie · Director

2013
Beautiful New Bay Area Project poster

Beautiful New Bay Area Project

Movie · Director

2013
Beautiful 2013 poster

Beautiful 2013

Movie · Director

2012
Wordholic Prisoner poster

Wordholic Prisoner

Movie · Director

2012
Penance poster

Penance

TV · Director · 5 eps

2008
Tokyo Sonata poster

Tokyo Sonata

Movie · Director

2007
Retribution poster

Retribution

Movie · Director

2006
Loft poster

Loft

Movie · Director

2005
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs poster

Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs

Movie · Director

2005
Time Slip poster

Time Slip

Movie · Director

2004
Séance poster

Séance

Movie · Director

2004
Soul Dancing poster

Soul Dancing

Movie · Director

2004
Ghost Cop

Ghost Cop

Movie · Director

2003
Bright Future poster

Bright Future

Movie · Director

2003
Doppelgänger poster

Doppelgänger

Movie · Director

2003
Deka Matsuri poster

Deka Matsuri

Movie · Director

2003
Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Matasaburo the Wind Imp poster

Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Matasaburo the Wind Imp

Movie · Director

2001
Pulse poster

Pulse

Movie · Director

2001
School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special poster

School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special

Movie · Director

2001
Hanako San poster

Hanako San

Movie · Director

1999
License to Live poster

License to Live

Movie · Director

1999
Charisma poster

Charisma

Movie · Director

1999
Barren Illusion poster

Barren Illusion

Movie · Director

1998
Eyes of the Spider poster

Eyes of the Spider

Movie · Director

1998
Serpent's Path poster

Serpent's Path

Movie · Director

1998
School Ghost Story G poster

School Ghost Story G

Movie · Director

1998
Kodama poster

Kodama

Movie · Director

1997
Cure poster

Cure

Movie · Director

1997
The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears poster

The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears

Movie · Director

1997
The Revenge: A Visit from Fate poster

The Revenge: A Visit from Fate

Movie · Director

1997
School Ghost Story F poster

School Ghost Story F

Movie · Director

1996
Door III poster

Door III

Movie · Director

1996
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Hero poster

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Hero

Movie · Director

1996
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble poster

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble

Movie · Director

1996
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche poster

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche

Movie · Director

1996
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot poster

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot

Movie · Director

1995
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape poster

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape

Movie · Director

1995
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist poster

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist

Movie · Director

1994
Yakuza Taxi poster

Yakuza Taxi

Movie · Director

1994
Men of Rage poster

Men of Rage

Movie · Director

1992
Whirlpool of Joy poster

Whirlpool of Joy

Movie · Director

1992
The Guard from Underground poster

The Guard from Underground

Movie · Director

1989
Sweet Home poster

Sweet Home

Movie · Director

1989
Dangerous Stories

Dangerous Stories

Movie · Director

1985
Bumpkin Soup poster

Bumpkin Soup

Movie · Director

1985
Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita

Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita

Movie · Director

1983
Kandagawa Pervert Wars poster

Kandagawa Pervert Wars

Movie · Director

1983
The New Seven Lines Between Things poster

The New Seven Lines Between Things

Movie · Director

1982
The Night Before the Escape poster

The Night Before the Escape

Movie · Director

1981
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun poster

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

Movie · Assistant Director

1980
Vertigo College poster

Vertigo College

Movie · Director

1979
The Man Who Stole the Sun poster

The Man Who Stole the Sun

Movie · Assistant Director

1978
School Days poster

School Days

Movie · Director

1977
Fangs Crazy for White Skin

Fangs Crazy for White Skin

Movie · Director

1976
The Flashing Signal

The Flashing Signal

Movie · Director

1976
Record of Indefinite Travel

Record of Indefinite Travel

Movie · Director

1975
Teacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad Daylight

Teacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad Daylight

Movie · Director

1973
Rokkô poster

Rokkô

Movie · Director