Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Directing

Born July 19, 1955 · Kobe, Japan

73 films as director · Active 1973–2026

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 psychol…

Known for

Leçon de Cinéma

Leçon de Cinéma

2004

Pulse

Pulse

2001

Horror's Greatest

Horror's Greatest

2024

Mr. X

Mr. X

2014

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Hitchcock/Truffaut

2015

The Man Who Stole the Sun

The Man Who Stole the Sun

1979

Henri Langlois vu par...

Henri Langlois vu par...

2014

Wild Life

Wild Life

1997

Directed(73)

The Samurai and the Prisoner

2026The Samurai and the Prisoner★ 6.0

Chime

2024Chime★ 6.8

Cloud

2024Cloud★ 6.7

Serpent's Path

2024Serpent's Path★ 6.0

Actually...

2022Actually...★ 6.2

Wife of a Spy

2020Wife of a Spy★ 6.7

To the Ends of the Earth

2019To the Ends of the Earth★ 6.4

Before We Vanish

2017Before We Vanish★ 6.5

Foreboding

2017Foreboding★ 5.7

Daguerrotype

2016Daguerrotype★ 5.6

Creepy

2016Creepy★ 6.7

Journey to the Shore

2015Journey to the Shore★ 6.6

Seventh Code

2014Seventh Code★ 5.8

Henri Langlois vu par...

2014Henri Langlois vu par...★ 4.0

Penance

2013Penance★ 7.1

Real

2013Real★ 6.3

Beautiful New Bay Area Project

2013Beautiful New Bay Area Project★ 6.0

Beautiful 2013

2013Beautiful 2013

Wordholic Prisoner

2012Wordholic Prisoner

Tokyo Sonata

2008Tokyo Sonata★ 7.4

Retribution

2007Retribution★ 6.5

Loft

2006Loft★ 5.6

Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs

2005Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs★ 5.5

Time Slip

Séance

2004Séance★ 7.1

Soul Dancing

2004Soul Dancing

2004Ghost Cop★ 9.0

Bright Future

2003Bright Future★ 6.8

Doppelgänger

2003Doppelgänger★ 7.0

Deka Matsuri

2003Deka Matsuri

Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Matasaburo the Wind Imp

2003Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Matasaburo the Wind Imp★ 6.0

Pulse

2001Pulse★ 6.7

School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special

2001School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special

Hanako San

2001Hanako San★ 5.3

License to Live

1999License to Live★ 6.2

Charisma

1999Charisma★ 6.8

Barren Illusion

1999Barren Illusion★ 5.7

Eyes of the Spider

1998Eyes of the Spider★ 6.8

Serpent's Path

1998Serpent's Path★ 6.9

School Ghost Story G

1998School Ghost Story G★ 6.6

Kodama

Cure

1997Cure★ 7.5

The Revenge: A Visit from Fate

1997The Revenge: A Visit from Fate★ 7.2

The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears

1997The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears★ 6.6

School Ghost Story F

1997School Ghost Story F★ 1.0

Door III

1996Door III★ 5.5

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble

1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble★ 6.0

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche

1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche★ 8.0

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Hero

1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Hero★ 9.0

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot

1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot★ 8.0

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist

1995Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist★ 8.0

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape

1995Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape★ 7.5

Yakuza Taxi

1994Yakuza Taxi★ 6.2

Men of Rage

1994Men of Rage★ 6.0

Whirlpool of Joy

1992Whirlpool of Joy★ 5.0

The Guard from Underground

1992The Guard from Underground★ 6.1

Sweet Home

1989Sweet Home★ 6.4

1989Dangerous Stories★ 7.0

Bumpkin Soup

1985Bumpkin Soup★ 5.2

1985Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita

Kandagawa Pervert Wars

1983Kandagawa Pervert Wars★ 5.0

The New Seven Lines Between Things

1983The New Seven Lines Between Things

The Night Before the Escape

1982The Night Before the Escape

Vertigo College

1980Vertigo College

School Days

1978School Days

1977Fangs Crazy for White Skin

1976The Flashing Signal★ 7.0

1976Record of Indefinite Travel

1975Teacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad Daylight

Rokkô

Acting(51)

2025The Ozu DiariesSelf

2024Horror's GreatestSelf - Director, Cure

2024Les Cuisiniers of ChimeSelf

Kiyoshi Kurosawa — Watchpile | Watchpile

2023Breakfast of the Movie

2023Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese GhostsHimself

2023The J-Horror Virus

2022No Boundaries: A Cure ConversationSelf

2018Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des imagesSelf

2018The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers

2017Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken CircuitsHimself

2017Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy ImagesHimself

2017Terror from the InternetSelf

2015Hitchcock/TruffautSelf

2015Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague

2014Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New CinemaSelf

2014Henri Langlois vu par...Self

2011Japanese Cinema: New TerritoriesSelf

2010女優霊の原点・幻のフィルム『シェラデコブレの幽霊』を探して自己

2007Val Lewton: The Man in the ShadowsSelf

2006Masters of Killing

2006What's a Director?

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

2005ReincarnationProfessor Kawashima

2004Pink RibbonSelf

2004Leçon de CinémaSelf

2003突貫ジジイ第5話ある実験

2003Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi KurosawaHimself

2003Deka Matsuri

2003The Detective Who Can Say No

2001PulseMan in Internet (uncredited)

2001Gore from Outer Space

1996A Haunted SchoolPhotography professor

1991Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club LaylaMilitary Police Officer A

1991StrangerPassenger with flowers

1989The EnchantmentLibrarian

1989Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'Self

1987Tanaka kozue-sei no kageki-ha kyō kara wa binetsu hito

1985The Legend of the Stardust BrothersVisitor of Salon "Uonome"

1984The FuneralAssistant Director

1982LOSING THE WAYYakuza

1980Vertigo CollegeManager

1980All Girls Are Twins

1979The Man Who Stole the SunSuspect on TV News

1978SCHOOL SOUNDS

1977West WindBazin

1977Fangs Crazy for White SkinNarrator (voice)

Making of Charisma