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Born July 19, 1955 · 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.

Kokurojo: The Samurai and the Prisoner
2026

Cloud
2024

Chime
2024

Serpent's Path
2024

Actually...
2022

Wife of a Spy
2020

To the Ends of the Earth
2019

Foreboding
2017

Before We Vanish
2017

Daguerrotype
2016

Creepy
2016

Journey to the Shore
2015

Henri Langlois vu par...
2014

Seventh Code
2013

Real
2013

Penance
2013

Beautiful New Bay Area Project
2013

Beautiful 2013
2013

Wordholic Prisoner
2012

Tokyo Sonata
2008

Retribution
2007

Loft
2006

Time Slip
2005

Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs
2005
Ghost Cop
2004

Soul Dancing
2004

Doppelganger
2003

Bright Future
2003

Deka Matsuri
2003

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

School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special
2001

Pulse
2001

Hanako San
2001

Séance
2000

Barren Illusion
1999

Charisma
1999

License to Live
1999

School Ghost Story G
1998

Eyes of the Spider
1998

Serpent's Path
1998

Kodama
1998

Cure
1997

School Ghost Story F
1997

The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
1997

The Revenge: A Visit from Fate
1997

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Hero
1996

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche
1996

Door III
1996

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble
1996

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot
1996

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape
1995

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
1995

Men of Rage
1994

Yakuza Taxi
1994

The Guard from Underground
1992

Whirlpool of Joy
1992
Dangerous Stories
1989

Sweet Home
1989

Bumpkin Soup
1985
Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita
1985

Kandagawa Pervert Wars
1983

The New Seven Lines Between Things
1983

The Night Before the Escape
1982

Vertigo College
1980

School Days
1978
Fangs Crazy for White Skin
1977
The Flashing Signal
1976
Record of Indefinite Travel
1976
Teacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad Daylight
1975

Rokkô
1973

The Ozu Diaries
2025

Les Cuisiniers of Chime
2024

Breakfast of the Movie
2023

Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts
2023

The J-Horror Virus
2023
No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation
2022

Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images
2018

The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
2018

Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits
2017

Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images
2017

Terror from the Internet
2017

Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015

Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
2015

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014

Henri Langlois vu par...
2014

Mr. X
2014
Japanese Cinema: New Territories
2011

女優霊の原点・幻のフィルム 『シェラデコブレの幽霊』を探して
2010

Occult
2009

Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
2007

殺しのはらわた
2006

What's a Director?
2006

Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'
2006

Reincarnation
2005

Pink Ribbon
2004

突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験
2003

3 on 3
2003

Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
2003