Ryuzo Kikushima
Writing
Japanese screenwriter and film producer who is best known for co-writing the screenplays for several Akira Kurosawa films, including Throne of Blood, The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo and High and Low. He also produced several of Kurosawa's early 1960s films. In addition to his work with Kurosawa, screenplays he wrote or co-wrote include Tora! Tora! Tora!, Hiroshi Inagaki's Arashi and The Birth of Japan, and Mikio Naruse's When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, on which he also served as producer.
Known for
Writing85
movieHighest 2 Lowest
2025
Original Film Writer
movie黒の斜面
2016
Original Story
movieThe Last Princess
2008
Original Story
movieTsubaki Sanjuro
2007
Writer
movieLast Man Standing
1996
Original Film Writer
movieMy Phoenix
1989
Screenplay
movieThe Demon Comes in Spring
1989
Screenplay
movieThe Greatest Man in the World
1986
Screenplay
movieThe Warrior and the Sorceress
1984
Original Film Writer
movieCliff of Death
1982
Original Story
movieWillful Murder
1981
Screenplay
movieShag
1978
Writer
movieAme no meguri ai
1977
Original Story, Screenplay
movieThe Sorrow of Paris
1976
Screenplay
tvHashū Hankachō
1974
Writer
movieStray Dog
1973
Original Story
tvKogarashi Monjiro
1972
Writer
Man on a False Flight
1971
Original Story, Screenplay
movieKaoyaku
1971
Screenplay
movieLive Again Tomorrow
1970
Original Story
movieTora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Screenplay
movieThe Magoichi Saga
1969
Screenplay
movieGateway to Glory
1969
Screenplay
movieTsugaru zessho
1969
Screenplay
movieTrigger-Happy
1968
Writer
movie春日和
1967
Screenplay, Original Story
movieHoodlum Soldier
1965
Screenplay
movieRed Beard
1965
Screenplay
movieA Fistful of Dollars
1964
Original Story
movieShe Came For Love
1963
Screenplay
movieFifty-Fifty
1963
Screenplay
movieLegacy of the 500,000
1963
Screenplay
movieHigh and Low
1963
Screenplay
movieShin kitsune to tanuki
1962
Screenplay
movieYoru no keisha
1962
Screenplay
movieSanjuro
1962
Screenplay
movieShadow of a Flower
1961
Screenplay
movieYojimbo
1961
Screenplay
movieChikuhō no kodomotachi
1960
Screenplay
movieLife of a Country Doctor
1960
Screenplay, Adaptation
movieÔana
1960
Screenplay
movieWhite Cliffs
1960
Writer
movieAfraid to Die
1960
Writer
movieWhen a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
Screenplay
movieFox and Raccoon
1959
Screenplay
movieThe Hidden Fortress
1958
Screenplay
movieThe Days of Evil Women
1958
Screenplay
movieThe Unbalanced Wheel
1957
Screenplay
movieLast Days of the Samurai
1957
Screenplay
movieThrone of Blood
1957
Screenplay
movieDotanba
1956
Screenplay
movieThe Storm
1956
Writer
movieGendai no yokubô
1956
Screenplay
movieThe Wicked Boy
1956
Screenplay
movieThe Underworld
1956
Screenplay
movieRikidozan: Man of Fury
1955
Screenplay
movieThe Samurai of Edo
1955
Screenplay
movieSix Assassins
1955
Writer
movieTill We Meet Again
1955
Screenplay
movieThe Immortal Pitcher
1955
Screenplay
movieVanished Enlisted Man
1955
Screenplay
movieHirate Miki the Swordman
1954
Screenplay
movieThe Black Current
1954
Screenplay
movieKunisada Chūji
1954
Writer
movieHanran
1954
Screenplay
movieMade in Japan
1953
Screenplay
movieTange Sazen
1952
Screenplay
movieScandal
1950
Screenplay
movieStray Dog
1949
Writer
A Fistful of Dollars Remake
Original Film Writer
Production6
movieRed Beard
1965
Producer
movieHigh and Low
1963
Producer
movieSanjuro
1962
Producer
movieYojimbo
1961
Executive Producer
movieChikuhō no kodomotachi
1960
Producer
Directing1
movieDotanba
1956
Director