Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Jul 19, 1955 (70 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
The Ozu Diaries
Self
Pulse
Man in Internet (uncredited)
The Funeral
Assistant Director
The Man Who Stole the Sun
Suspect on TV News
Pink Ribbon
Self
The Enchantment
Librarian
Credits
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The Ozu Diaries 2025Self★ NR -
Horror's Greatest 2024Self - Director, Cure★ 6.3 -
Self★ NR -
★ 7.5 -
Himself★ NR -
The J-Horror Virus 2023★ NR -
Self★ NR -
Self★ NR -
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Himself★ NR -
Himself★ NR
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Self★ NR -
Hitchcock/Truffaut 2015Self★ 7.2 -
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Self★ 7.2 -
Self★ 4 -
Mr. X 2014Self★ 5.9 -
Self★ NR
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自己★ 9 -
Occult 2009Self★ 6.6 -
Self★ 6.9 -
殺しのはらわた 2006★ NR -
What's a Director? 2006★ NR -
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Reincarnation 2005Professor Kawashima★ 6 -
Pink Ribbon 2004Self★ 6.2 -
突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験 2003★ NR -
3 on 3 2003★ NR -
Himself★ NR -
Deka Matsuri 2003★ NR -
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Pulse 2001Man in Internet (uncredited)★ 6.7 -
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Wild Life 1997★ 7 -
A Haunted School 1996Photography professor★ 6.5 -
Military Police Officer A★ 5.3 -
Stranger 1991Passenger with flowers★ 6.7 -
The Enchantment 1989Librarian★ 2.7 -
Self★ 4.2 -
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Visitor of Salon "Uonome"★ 6.8 -
The Funeral 1984Assistant Director★ 7.1 -
LOSING THE WAY 1982Yakuza★ NR -
Vertigo College 1980Manager★ NR -
All Girls Are Twins 1980★ NR -
Suspect on TV News★ 7.3 -
SCHOOL SOUNDS 1978★ NR -
West Wind 1977Bazin★ NR -
Narrator (voice)★ NR
