Personal Info
Birth date
1955-07-19 (69 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Directing
Place of birth
Kobe, Japan
Also known as
黒沢 清
구로사와 기요시
Киёси Куросава
黑泽清
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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.
Filmography
Horror's Greatest
5.9
Overview:
A deep dive into everything we love about horror — from fresh looks at classics to unearthing scores of hidden gems, this series has something for every fright film enthusiast.Penance
7.806
Overview:
The murder of a young girl shocks a small Japanese village, and the victim's mother is distraught when the classmates her daughter was playing with all claim not to remember the identity of the killer. In her anger, she puts a curse on them.Foreboding: serial version
6
Overview:
Something’s wrong and Etsuko is one of the first to notice. It’s not just the sky that looks different, Etsuko suddenly begins hearing strange noises, and an increasing number of inexplicable things are happening around her.Modern Love Tokyo
6.8
Overview:
This seven-episode anthology features a cast of leading actors and depicts various forms of "love," such as love almost forgotten, love between sons and mothers, and love that transcends borders.Cure
7.5
Overview:
A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.Ju-on: The Grudge
6.714
Overview:
When social worker Rika is sent to check on a traumatized old lady whose family have moved in at the site of the notorious Saeki family murder case, she unwittingly unleashes a cycle of terror that is transmitted via its victims further and further from its original source.Pulse
6.646
Overview:
In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants who are desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.Séance
7.078
Overview:
A psychic housewife and her husband accidentally find a kidnapped girl. But instead of informing the police, they hatch a scheme to get famous by working with the police as a psychic consultant to "find" the girl. And then, things start to go terribly wrong.Bumpkin Soup
4.8
Overview:
A country girl visits Tokyo in search of her college heartthrob. Here she meets horny students, a psychology professor in search of the theory of shame, and Yoshioka who has become a campus nobody.Tokyo Sonata
7.4
Overview:
A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job.Chime
6.975
Overview:
A chef's life is disrupted by a chime that brings with it an increasing sense of dread.Reincarnation
6.1
Overview:
A Japanese actress begins having strange visions and experiences after landing a role in a horror film about a real-life murder spree that took place over forty years ago.Pulse
5.019
Overview:
When the dead discover a means to contact the living through electronic devices, cellphones and computers become open gateways to monstrosities and destruction.Retribution
6.4
Overview:
A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since they all are in the same vicinity and by the same method, but as the evidence points toward the detective as the prime suspect, a ghost in red follows him, and he begins to question his identity. His realization of what seems to have really happened results in something much more sinister and larger in scope, and it leaves his psyche scarred.The Man Who Stole the Sun
7.3
Overview:
A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb in his apartment.Loft
5.5
Overview:
A writer retreats to a secluded suburban house to work on her new novel. But her attention is instead occupied by her archaeologist neighbor's newly discovered mummy and a ghostly presence in her house.Bright Future
6.8
Overview:
Two friends who work together at a Tokyo laundry are increasingly alienated from everyday life. They become fascinated with a deadly jellyfish.The Funeral
7.2
Overview:
When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home.License to Live
6
Overview:
Yutaka was fourteen years old when he was run over by a car and fell into a coma. Now, ten years later, he wakes up and realizes that his family is not intact anymore: father, mother and sister live at different places. Yutaka decides to re-open the pony farm that his family once ran.Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
6.906
Overview:
A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.Cloud
6.9
Overview:
Ryōsuke Yoshii, an ordinary reseller, carelessly earns grudges by people and becomes entangled in a life-threatening struggle.Sweet Home
6.4
Overview:
A TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When they start filming at his old home, they come under attack from the ghost of the painter's wife.Kandagawa Pervert Wars
4.9
Overview:
Two sexually energized young women who live in a high-rise apartment building happen one day to spy from their window a mother and son making love in the apartment across from theirs. They decide to stage a rescue attempt to free him and in the process one of the young women ends up falling in love with the son despite having a boyfriend and enjoying sex with her female companion. Of course, the mother they are warring against has her own plans when she feels her privacy invaded.Eyes of the Spider
6.7
Overview:
After killing the man he believes murdered his daughter, a white-collar worker returns to his mundane life, until he is approached by a man who offers him a mysterious job opportunity.The Guard from Underground
6
Overview:
A former sumo wrestler, now working as a security guard, goes on a murderous rampage.Creepy
6.688
Overview:
After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active service in the police force and takes up a position as a university lecturer in criminal psychology. But his desire to get to the bottom of criminals’ motives remains, and he does not hesitate long when former colleague Nogami asks him to reopen an old case.Charisma
6.576
Overview:
A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for action. Leaving his job and family without explanation, he makes his way to a mountain forest, encountering a peculiar tree called Charisma.Doppelganger
7.011
Overview:
Shortly after hearing from a colleague about a woman whose brother committed suicide after seeing his doppelgänger, a Japanese engineer on the verge of a breakthrough in medical technology is confronted by his own.Before We Vanish
6.472
Overview:
Narumi is on bad terms with her husband, Shinji, when, one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a totally different person, and he is now gentle and tender. He goes for a walk every day. Meanwhile, journalist Sakurai covers the story of a family that was brutally murdered, when an unexplained phenomenon takes place. Shinji Kase tells his wife that he came to Earth to invade.Acting
2024Horror's Greatest (1 Episode) as Self - Director, Cure
2024Les Cuisiniers of Chime as Self
2023Breakfast of the Movie as Unknown
2023Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts as Himself
2023The J-Horror Virus as Unknown
2018Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images as Self
2018The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers as Unknown
2017Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits as Himself
2017Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images as Himself
2017Terror from the Internet as Self
2015Hitchcock/Truffaut as Self
2015Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague as Unknown
2014Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema as Self
2014Henri Langlois vu par... as Self
2014Mr. X as Self
2011Japanese Cinema: New Territories as Self
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 as 自己
2009Occult as Self
2007Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows as Self
2006What's a Director? as Unknown
2006Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku' as self
2005Reincarnation as Professor Kawashima
2004Pink Ribbon as Himself
2004Leçon de Cinéma (1 Episode) as Self
20033 on 3 as Unknown
2003Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa as Himself
2003Deka Matsuri as Unknown
2001Pulse as Man in Internet (uncredited)
2001Gore from Outer Space as Unknown
1997Wild Life as Unknown
1996A Haunted School as Unknown
1991Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla as Military Police Officer A
1991Stranger as Unknown
1989The Enchantment as Librarian
1989Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home' as Self
1985The Legend of the Stardust Brothers as Visitor of Salon "Uonome"
1984The Funeral as Assistant Director
1982LOSING THE WAY as Yakuza
1980Vertigo College as Manager
1980All Girls Are Twins as Unknown
1979The Man Who Stole the Sun as Suspect on TV News
1978SCHOOL SOUNDS as Unknown
1977West Wind as Bazin
1977Fangs Crazy for White Skin as Narrator (voice)
Directing
TBAUntitled Kiyoshi Kurosawa Cowboy Film ... Director
2024Cloud ... Director
2024Chime ... Director
2024Serpent's Path ... Director
2022Modern Love Tokyo (1 Episode) ... Director
2022Actually... ... Director
2020Wife of a Spy ... Director
2019To the Ends of the Earth ... Director
2017Foreboding ... Director
2017Foreboding: serial version (5 Episodes) ... Director
2017Before We Vanish ... Director
2016Daguerrotype ... Director
2016Creepy ... Director
2015Journey to the Shore ... Director
2014Henri Langlois vu par... ... Director
2013Seventh Code ... Director
2013Real ... Director
2013Penance ... Director
2013Beautiful New Bay Area Project ... Director
2012Wordholic Prisoner ... Director
2012Penance (5 Episodes) ... Director
2008Tokyo Sonata ... Director
2007Retribution ... Director
2005Time Slip ... Director
2005Loft ... Director
2005Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs ... Director
2004Soul Dancing ... Director
2003Doppelganger ... Director
2003Bright Future ... Director
2003Deka Matsuri ... Director
2003Matasaburo the Wind Imp ... Director
2001School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special ... Director
2001Pulse ... Director
2001Hanako San ... Director
2000Séance ... Director
1999Barren Illusion ... Director
1999Charisma ... Director
1999License to Live ... Director
1998School Ghost Story G ... Director
1998Eyes of the Spider ... Director
1998Serpent's Path ... Director
1998Kodama ... Director
1997Cure ... Director
1997School Ghost Story F ... Director
1997The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears ... Director
1997The Revenge: A Visit from Fate ... Director
1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Hero ... Director
1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Nouveau Riche ... Director
1996Door III ... Director
1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Gamble ... Director
1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot ... Director
1995Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape ... Director
1995Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist ... Director
1994Men of Rage ... Director
1994Yakuza Taxi ... Director
1992The Guard from Underground ... Director
1992Whirlpool of Joy ... Director
1989Dangerous Stories ... Director
1989Sweet Home ... Director
1985Bumpkin Soup ... Director
1985Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita ... Director
1983Kandagawa Pervert Wars ... Director
1983The New Seven Lines Between Things ... Director
1982The Night Before the Escape ... Director
1981Sailor Suit and Machine Gun ... Assistant Director
1980Vertigo College ... Director
1979The Man Who Stole the Sun ... Assistant Director
1978School Days ... Director
1977Fangs Crazy for White Skin ... Director
1976The Flashing Signal ... Director
1976Record of Indefinite Travel ... Director
1975Teacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad Daylight ... Director
1973Rokkô ... Director
Writing
2024Cloud ... Screenplay
2024Chime ... Screenplay
2024Serpent's Path ... Writer
2022Modern Love Tokyo (1 Episode) ... Writer
2020Wife of a Spy ... Screenplay
2019To the Ends of the Earth ... Writer
2017Foreboding ... Teleplay
2017Foreboding: serial version (5 Episodes) ... Teleplay
2017Before We Vanish ... Screenplay
2016Daguerrotype ... Scenario Writer
2016Creepy ... Screenplay
2015Journey to the Shore ... Screenplay
2013Seventh Code ... Writer
2013Real ... Screenplay
2013Penance ... Teleplay
2013Beautiful New Bay Area Project ... Writer
2012Penance (5 Episodes) ... Writer
2008Tokyo Sonata ... Writer
2007Retribution ... Screenplay
2006Pulse ... Original Film Writer
2005Loft ... Screenplay
2004Soul Dancing ... Writer
2003Doppelganger ... Screenplay
2003Bright Future ... Writer
2001Pulse ... Writer
2000Séance ... Teleplay
1999Barren Illusion ... Screenplay
1999Charisma ... Screenplay
1999License to Live ... Screenplay
1998Eyes of the Spider ... Screenplay
1997Cure ... Writer
1997The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears ... Screenplay
1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Nouveau Riche ... Screenplay
1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Gamble ... Screenplay
1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot ... Screenplay
1995Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape ... Screenplay
1995Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist ... Writer
1994Men of Rage ... Writer
1994Yakuza Taxi ... Screenplay
1992The Guard from Underground ... Writer
1992Whirlpool of Joy ... Writer
1989Dangerous Stories ... Screenplay
1989Sweet Home ... Writer
1985Bumpkin Soup ... Writer
1982So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex ... Writer
Creator
2012Penance ... Creator
Crew
2002Ju-on: The Grudge ... Creative Consultant
Production
1982Wolf: Running Is Sex ... Production Assistant