Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Directing

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.

Filmography

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The Samurai and the Prisoner The Samurai and the Prisoner 2026 Cloud ★ 6.7 Cloud 2024 Chime ★ 6.9 Chime 2024 Serpent's Path ★ 6.0 Serpent's Path 2024 Breakfast of the Movie ★ 7.5 Breakfast of the Movie 2023 The J-Horror Virus The J-Horror Virus 2023 Modern Love Tokyo ★ 6.8 Modern Love Tokyo 2022 Actually... ★ 6.2 Actually... 2022 Wife of a Spy ★ 6.7 Wife of a Spy 2020 To the Ends of the Earth ★ 6.4 To the Ends of the Earth 2019 The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers ★ 2.0 The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers 2018 Foreboding ★ 5.7 Foreboding 2017 Foreboding: Serial Version ★ 6.0 Foreboding: Serial Version 2017 Before We Vanish ★ 6.5 Before We Vanish 2017 Daguerrotype ★ 5.6 Daguerrotype 2016 Creepy ★ 6.7 Creepy 2016 Journey to the Shore ★ 6.5 Journey to the Shore 2015 Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague 2015 Henri Langlois vu par... ★ 4.0 Henri Langlois vu par... 2014 Seventh Code ★ 5.8 Seventh Code 2014 Real ★ 6.3 Real 2013 Penance ★ 7.3 Penance 2013 Beautiful New Bay Area Project ★ 6.0 Beautiful New Bay Area Project 2013 Beautiful 2013 Beautiful 2013 2013 Wordholic Prisoner Wordholic Prisoner 2012 Penance ★ 7.8 Penance 2012 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 ★ 9.0 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 Tokyo Sonata ★ 7.4 Tokyo Sonata 2008 Retribution ★ 6.5 Retribution 2007 Masters of Killing Masters of Killing 2006 What's a Director? What's a Director? 2006 Loft ★ 5.7 Loft 2006 Pulse ★ 5.1 Pulse 2006 Reincarnation ★ 6.1 Reincarnation 2005 Time Slip Time Slip 2005 Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs ★ 5.5 Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs 2005 Ghost Cop ★ 9.0 Ghost Cop 2004 Séance ★ 7.1 Séance 2004 Soul Dancing Soul Dancing 2004 突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験 突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験 2003 Doppelgänger ★ 7.0 Doppelgänger 2003 3 on 3 3 on 3 2003 Bright Future ★ 6.8 Bright Future 2003 Deka Matsuri Deka Matsuri 2003 The Detective Who Can Say No The Detective Who Can Say No 2003 Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Matasaburo the Wind Imp ★ 6.0 Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Matasaburo the Wind Imp 2003 Ju-on: The Grudge ★ 6.8 Ju-on: The Grudge 2002 School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special 2001 Pulse ★ 6.7 Pulse 2001 Hanako San ★ 5.3 Hanako San 2001 Gore from Outer Space ★ 6.3 Gore from Outer Space 2001 Barren Illusion ★ 5.7 Barren Illusion 1999 Charisma ★ 6.8 Charisma 1999 License to Live ★ 6.2 License to Live 1999 School Ghost Story G ★ 6.6 School Ghost Story G 1998 Eyes of the Spider ★ 6.8 Eyes of the Spider 1998 Serpent's Path ★ 6.9 Serpent's Path 1998 Kodama Kodama 1998 Cure ★ 7.6 Cure 1997 School Ghost Story F ★ 1.0 School Ghost Story F 1997 The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears ★ 6.6 The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears 1997 Wild Life ★ 8.0 Wild Life 1997 The Revenge: A Visit from Fate ★ 7.2 The Revenge: A Visit from Fate 1997 A Haunted School ★ 6.7 A Haunted School 1996 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Hero ★ 9.0 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Hero 1996 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche ★ 8.0 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche 1996 Door III ★ 5.5 Door III 1996 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble ★ 6.0 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble 1996 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot ★ 8.0 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot 1996 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape ★ 7.5 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape 1995 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist ★ 8.0 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist 1995 Men of Rage ★ 6.0 Men of Rage 1994 Yakuza Taxi ★ 6.2 Yakuza Taxi 1994 The Guard from Underground ★ 6.1 The Guard from Underground 1992 Whirlpool of Joy ★ 5.0 Whirlpool of Joy 1992 Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla ★ 5.7 Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla 1991 Stranger ★ 6.7 Stranger 1991 The Enchantment ★ 4.5 The Enchantment 1989 Dangerous Stories ★ 7.0 Dangerous Stories 1989 Sweet Home ★ 6.4 Sweet Home 1989