Ryuzo Kikushima
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- January 28, 1914
- Died
- March 18, 1989 (aged 75)
- Birthplace
- Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Biography
Japanese screenwriter and film producer who is best known for co-writing the screenplays for several Akira Kurosawa films, including Throne of Blood, The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo and High and Low. He also produced several of Kurosawa's early 1960s films. In addition to his work with Kurosawa, screenplays he wrote or co-wrote include Tora! Tora! Tora!, Hiroshi Inagaki's Arashi and The Birth of Japan, and Mikio Naruse's When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, on which he also served as producer.
Known For
Filmography
A Fistful of Dollars Remake
Movie · Original Film Writer
Highest 2 Lowest
Movie · Original Film Writer
黒の斜面
Movie · Original Story
The Last Princess
Movie · Original Story
Tsubaki Sanjuro
Movie · Writer
Inferno
Movie · Original Film Writer
Last Man Standing
Movie · Original Film Writer
My Phoenix
Movie · Screenplay
The Demon Comes in Spring
Movie · Screenplay
Princess from the Moon
Movie · Writer
The Greatest Man in the World
Movie · Screenplay
The Warrior and the Sorceress
Movie · Original Film Writer
Cliff of Death
Movie · Original Story
Willful Murder
Movie · Screenplay
Shag
Movie · Writer
Ame no meguri ai
Movie · Original Story, Screenplay
The Sorrow of Paris
Movie · Screenplay
The Last Round
Movie · Original Film Writer
Hashū Hankachō
TV · Writer · 13 eps
Stray Dog
Movie · Original Story
Kogarashi Monjiro
TV · Writer · 2 eps
Man on a False Flight
Movie · Original Story, Screenplay
Kaoyaku
Movie · Screenplay
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie · Screenplay
Live Again Tomorrow
Movie · Original Story
Gateway to Glory
Movie · Screenplay
The Magoichi Saga
Movie · Screenplay
Tsugaru zessho
Movie · Screenplay
Trigger-Happy
Movie · Writer
春日和
Movie · Screenplay, Original Story
Django
Movie · Original Film Writer
Hoodlum Soldier
Movie · Screenplay
Red Beard
Movie · Screenplay
You Can If You Try
Movie · Adaptation
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Movie · Writer
A Fistful of Dollars
Movie · Original Story
High and Low
Movie · Screenplay
Fifty-Fifty
Movie · Screenplay
She Came For Love
Movie · Screenplay
Legacy of the 500,000
Movie · Screenplay
Zero Escape Visibility
Movie · Writer
Sanjuro
Movie · Screenplay
Yoru no keisha
Movie · Screenplay
Shin kitsune to tanuki
Movie · Screenplay
Yojimbo
Movie · Screenplay
Shadow of a Flower
Movie · Screenplay
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
Movie · Original Story, Adaptation
The Bad Sleep Well
Movie · Writer
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
Movie · Screenplay
Afraid to Die
Movie · Writer
Life of a Country Doctor
Movie · Screenplay, Adaptation
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Movie · Screenplay
White Cliffs
Movie · Writer
Ôana
Movie · Screenplay
12 Ounces to Glory
Movie · Adaptation, Original Story
Across the Darkness
Movie · Writer
The Three Treasures
Movie · Writer
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
Movie · Writer
Fox and Raccoon
Movie · Screenplay
Tsuma no kunshō
Movie · Adaptation
The Hidden Fortress
Movie · Screenplay
The Undefeated Woman
Movie · Writer
The Days of Evil Women
Movie · Screenplay
The Gion Tempest
Movie · Screenplay
Fancy Talker
Movie · Screenplay
Throne of Blood
Movie · Screenplay
Last Days of the Samurai
Movie · Screenplay
The Eleventh Hour
Movie · Novel
The Unbalanced Wheel
Movie · Screenplay
The Storm
Movie · Writer
Wakanohana: The Story of the Devil of the Dohyō
Movie · Story
Will-o'-the-Wisp
Movie · Writer
The Underworld
Movie · Screenplay
Dotanba
Movie · Screenplay
Gendai no yokubô
Movie · Screenplay
The Wicked Boy
Movie · Screenplay
The Fighter in the Ring
Movie · Original Concept
The Samurai of Edo
Movie · Screenplay
Vanished Enlisted Man
Movie · Screenplay
Six Assassins
Movie · Writer
No Time for Tears
Movie · Writer
A Man Among Men
Movie · Story
Rikidozan: Man of Fury
Movie · Screenplay
Till We Meet Again
Movie · Screenplay
The Immortal Pitcher
Movie · Screenplay
Hirate Miki the Swordman
Movie · Screenplay
Hanran
Movie · Screenplay
Kunisada Chūji
Movie · Writer
The Black Current
Movie · Screenplay
Made in Japan
Movie · Screenplay
The End of the Night
Movie · Writer
Tange Sazen
Movie · Screenplay
Daigaku no kotengu
Movie · Screenplay
Machi no kotengu
Movie · Adaptation
Scandal
Movie · Screenplay
Stray Dog
Movie · Writer