Quick Facts
Born:
1955-07-19
Birthplace:
Kobe, Japan
Credits:
51 Total Roles
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Directing
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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.
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
Pulse
Man in Internet (uncredited)
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Self
Reincarnation
Professor Kawashima
Occult
Self
The Funeral
Assistant Director
The Man Who Stole the Sun
Suspect on TV News
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
Visitor of Salon "Uonome"
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
Self
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Ozu Diaries MOVIE | Self |
| 2024 | Horror's Greatest TV | Self - Director, Cure |
| 2024 | Les Cuisiniers of Chime MOVIE | Self |
| 2023 | Breakfast of the Movie MOVIE | Self |
| 2023 | Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts MOVIE | Himself |
| 2023 | The J-Horror Virus MOVIE | Self |
| 2022 | No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation MOVIE | Self |
| 2018 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images MOVIE | Self |
| 2018 | The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers MOVIE | Self |
| 2017 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits MOVIE | Himself |