
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.
Born: July 19, 1955 · Kobe, Japan
Filmography (51)

Cloud
2024

Horror's Greatest
2024

Chime
2024

Serpent's Path
2024

Modern Love Tokyo
2022

Wife of a Spy
2020

To the Ends of the Earth
2019

Foreboding
2017

Before We Vanish
2017

Daguerrotype
2016

Creepy
2016

Journey to the Shore
2015

Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014

Mr. X
2014

Seventh Code
2013

Real
2013

Penance
2013

Beautiful New Bay Area Project
2013

Penance
2012

Occult
2009

Tokyo Sonata
2008

Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
2007

Retribution
2007

Loft
2006

Pulse
2006

Reincarnation
2005

Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs
2005

Leçon de Cinéma
2004

Doppelganger
2003

Bright Future
2003

Ju-on: The Grudge
2002

Pulse
2001

Séance
2000

Barren Illusion
1999

Charisma
1999

License to Live
1999

School Ghost Story G
1998

Eyes of the Spider
1998

Serpent's Path
1998

Cure
1997

Door III
1996

The Guard from Underground
1992

Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla
1991

Sweet Home
1989

Bumpkin Soup
1985

The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
1985

The Funeral
1984

Kandagawa Pervert Wars
1983

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
1981

The Man Who Stole the Sun
1979
