Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
What's a Director?
2006
3 on 3
2003
The Funeral
as Assistant Director
1984
Deka Matsuri
2003
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
2018
Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla
as Military Police Officer A
1991
The J-Horror Virus
2023
Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts
as Himself
2023
The Man Who Stole the Sun
as Suspect on TV News
1979
Gore from Outer Space
2001
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
as Self
1989
Mr. X
as Self
2014
The Enchantment
as Librarian
1989
Pulse
as Man in Internet (uncredited)
2001
Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut
as Self
2015
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
as Self
2014
SCHOOL SOUNDS
1978
West Wind
as Bazin
1977
All Girls Are Twins
1980
