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.
Known for
Directing75
movieCloud
2024
Director
movieChime
2024
Director
movieSerpent's Path
2024
Director
tvModern Love Tokyo
2022
Director
movieActually...
2022
Director
movieWife of a Spy
2020
Director
movieForeboding
2017
Director
tvForeboding: Serial Version
2017
Director
movieBefore We Vanish
2017
Director
movieDaguerrotype
2016
Director
movieCreepy
2016
Director
movieJourney to the Shore
2015
Director
movieSeventh Code
2014
Director
movieReal
2013
Director
moviePenance
2013
Director
movieBeautiful 2013
2013
Director
movieWordholic Prisoner
2012
Director
tvPenance
2012
Director
movieTokyo Sonata
2008
Director
movieRetribution
2007
Director
movieLoft
2006
Director
movieTime Slip
2005
Director
Ghost Cop
2004
Director
movieSéance
2004
Director
movieSoul Dancing
2004
Director
movieDoppelgänger
2003
Director
movieBright Future
2003
Director
movieDeka Matsuri
2003
Director
moviePulse
2001
Director
movieHanako San
2001
Director
movieBarren Illusion
1999
Director
movieCharisma
1999
Director
movieLicense to Live
1999
Director
movieSchool Ghost Story G
1998
Director
movieEyes of the Spider
1998
Director
movieSerpent's Path
1998
Director
movieKodama
1998
Director
movieCure
1997
Director
movieSchool Ghost Story F
1997
Director
movieDoor III
1996
Director
movieMen of Rage
1994
Director
movieYakuza Taxi
1994
Director
movieWhirlpool of Joy
1992
Director
movieSweet Home
1989
Director
movieBumpkin Soup
1985
Director
movieKandagawa Pervert Wars
1983
Director
movieSailor Suit and Machine Gun
1981
Assistant Director
movieVertigo College
1980
Director
movieThe Man Who Stole the Sun
1979
Assistant Director
movieSchool Days
1978
Director
movieRokkô
1973
Director
Acting51
tvHorror's Greatest
2024
Self - Director, Cure
movieMr. X
2014
Self
movieOccult
2009
Self
movieReincarnation
2005
Professor Kawashima
moviePulse
2001
Man in Internet (uncredited)
movieA Haunted School
1996
Photography professor
movieMikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla
1991
Military Police Officer A
movieStranger
1991
Passenger with flowers
movieThe Enchantment
1989
Librarian
movieThe Legend of the Stardust Brothers
1985
Visitor of Salon "Uonome"
movieThe Funeral
1984
Assistant Director
movieLOSING THE WAY
1982
Yakuza
movieVertigo College
1980
Manager
movieThe Man Who Stole the Sun
1979
Suspect on TV News
movieWest Wind
1977
Bazin
Fangs Crazy for White Skin
1977
Narrator (voice)
Writing46
movieThe Samurai and the Prisoner
2026
Screenplay
movieCloud
2024
Screenplay
movieChime
2024
Screenplay
movieSerpent's Path
2024
Writer
tvModern Love Tokyo
2022
Writer
movieWife of a Spy
2020
Screenplay
movieForeboding
2017
Teleplay
tvForeboding: Serial Version
2017
Teleplay
movieBefore We Vanish
2017
Screenplay
movieDaguerrotype
2016
Scenario Writer
movieCreepy
2016
Screenplay
movieJourney to the Shore
2015
Screenplay
movieSeventh Code
2014
Writer
movieReal
2013
Screenplay
moviePenance
2013
Screenplay
movieBeautiful New Bay Area Project
2013
Screenplay
tvPenance
2012
Writer
movieTokyo Sonata
2008
Writer
movieRetribution
2007
Screenplay
movieLoft
2006
Screenplay
moviePulse
2006
Original Film Writer
movieSéance
2004
Teleplay
movieSoul Dancing
2004
Writer
movieDoppelgänger
2003
Screenplay
movieBright Future
2003
Writer
moviePulse
2001
Writer
movieBarren Illusion
1999
Screenplay
movieCharisma
1999
Screenplay
movieLicense to Live
1999
Screenplay
movieEyes of the Spider
1998
Screenplay
movieCure
1997
Screenplay
movieMen of Rage
1994
Writer
movieYakuza Taxi
1994
Screenplay
movieThe Guard from Underground
1992
Screenplay
movieSweet Home
1989
Writer
movieBumpkin Soup
1985
Writer
Editing2
movieDoppelgänger
2003
Editor
movieBright Future
2003
Editor
Creator1
tvPenance
2012
Creator
Crew1
movieJu-on: The Grudge
2002
Creative Consultant
Production1
movieWolf: Running Is Sex
1982
Production Assistant