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.

Best known work

Ju-on: The Grudge
Ju-on: The Grudge
2002
Cure
Cure
1997
Pulse
Pulse
2001
Pulse
Pulse
2006
Tokyo Sonata
Tokyo Sonata
2008
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015
Creepy
Creepy
2016
Reincarnation
Reincarnation
2005
Cloud
Cloud
2024
Retribution
Retribution
2007

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Making of Charisma
  2. TBA

    Pulse

    Original Film Writer

  3. 2026

    The Samurai and the Prisoner

    Director, Screenplay

  4. 2025

  5. 2024

    Cloud

    Director, Screenplay

  6. 2024

    Horror's GreatestTV

    as Self - Director, Cure (1 episode)

  7. 2024

    Chime

    Director, Screenplay

  8. 2024

  9. 2024

    Serpent's Path

    Director, Writer

  10. 2023

  11. 2023

  12. 2023

  13. 2022

    Modern Love TokyoTV

    Writer, Director

  14. 2022

  15. 2022

    Actually...

    Director

  16. 2020

    Wife of a Spy

    Director, Screenplay

  17. 2019

    To the Ends of the Earth

    Director, Writer

  18. 2018

  19. 2018

  20. 2017

    Foreboding

    Teleplay, Director

  21. 2017

    Foreboding: Serial VersionTV

    Director, Teleplay

  22. 2017

    Before We Vanish

    Director, Screenplay

  23. 2017

  24. 2017

  25. 2017

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