Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 19, 1955
- Birthplace
- Kobe, Japan
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
- Pulse
Pulse TBA
Original Film Writer
Making of Charisma TBA
Actor
The Samurai and the Prisoner 2026
Director, Screenplay
The Ozu Diaries 2025
as Self
Cloud 2024
Director, Screenplay
Chime 2024
Director, Screenplay
Serpent's Path 2024
Director, Writer
Les Cuisiniers of Chime 2024
as Self
Breakfast of the Movie 2023
Actor
Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts 2023
as Himself
The J-Horror Virus 2023
Actor
No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation 2022
as Self
Actually... 2022
Director
Wife of a Spy 2020
Director, Screenplay
To the Ends of the Earth 2019
Writer, Director
- The Making Of Before We Vanish
The Making Of Before We Vanish 2019
as Self
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images 2018
as Self
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers 2018
Actor
Foreboding 2017
Teleplay, Director
Before We Vanish 2017
Screenplay, Director
Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images 2017
as Himself, Thanks
Terror from the Internet 2017
as Self
Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits 2017
as Self
Daguerrotype 2016
Director, Scenario Writer
Creepy 2016
Director, Screenplay
Journey to the Shore 2015
Director, Screenplay
Hitchcock/Truffaut 2015
as Self
Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague 2015
Actor
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema 2014
as Self
Henri Langlois vu par... 2014
as Self, Director
Mr. X 2014
as Self
Seventh Code 2014
Director, Writer
Real 2013
Director, Screenplay
Penance 2013
Director, Screenplay
Beautiful New Bay Area Project 2013
Director, Screenplay
Beautiful 2013 2013
Director
Wordholic Prisoner 2012
Director
Japanese Cinema: New Territories 2011
as Self
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 2010
as 自己
Occult 2009
as Self
Tokyo Sonata 2008
Director, Writer
Les fantômes de Kiyoshi 2007
as Self
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows 2007
as Self
Retribution 2007
Director, Screenplay
Masters of Killing 2006
Actor
What's a Director? 2006
Actor
Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku' 2006
as self
Loft 2006
Director, Screenplay
Pulse 2006
Original Film Writer
Reincarnation 2005
as Professor Kawashima
Time Slip 2005
Director
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs 2005
Director
Pink Ribbon 2004
as Self
- Ghost Cop
Ghost Cop 2004
Director
Séance 2004
Director, Teleplay
Soul Dancing 2004
Director, Writer
突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験 2003
Actor
Doppelgänger 2003
Director, Screenplay, Editor
3 on 3 2003
Actor
Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa 2003
as Himself
Bright Future 2003
Editor, Writer, Director
The Detective Who Can Say No 2003
Actor
Deka Matsuri 2003
Actor, Director
Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Matasaburo the Wind Imp 2003
Director
Ju-on: The Grudge 2002
Creative Consultant
School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special 2001
Director
Pulse 2001
as Man in Internet (uncredited), Director, Writer
Hanako San 2001
Director
Gore from Outer Space 2001
Actor
Making Of Charisma 1999
as Self
Barren Illusion 1999
Screenplay, Director
Charisma 1999
Director, Screenplay
License to Live 1999
Director, Screenplay
School Ghost Story G 1998
Director
Eyes of the Spider 1998
Director, Screenplay
Serpent's Path 1998
Director
Kodama 1998
Director
Cure 1997
Director, Screenplay
School Ghost Story F 1997
Director
The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears 1997
Director, Screenplay
Wild Life 1997
Actor
The Revenge: A Visit from Fate 1997
Director
A Haunted School 1996
as Photography professor
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Hero 1996
Director
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche 1996
Director, Screenplay
Door III 1996
Director
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble 1996
Screenplay, Director
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot 1996
Screenplay, Director
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape 1995
Director, Screenplay
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist 1995
Director, Writer
Men of Rage 1994
Director, Writer
Yakuza Taxi 1994
Director, Screenplay
The Guard from Underground 1992
Director, Screenplay
Whirlpool of Joy 1992
Director, Writer
Mikadroid 1991
as Military Police Officer A
Stranger 1991
as Passenger with flowers
The Enchantment 1989
as Librarian
- Dangerous Stories
Dangerous Stories 1989
Director, Screenplay
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home' 1989
as Self
Sweet Home 1989
Director, Writer
Tanaka kozue-sei no kageki-ha kyō kara wa binetsu hito 1987
Actor
Bumpkin Soup 1985
Writer, Director
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers 1985
as Visitor of Salon "Uonome"
- Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita
Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita 1985
Director
The Funeral 1984
as Assistant Director
Kandagawa Pervert Wars 1983
Director, Screenplay
The New Seven Lines Between Things 1983
Director
So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex 1982
Writer
Wolf: Running Is Sex 1982
Production Assistant
The Night Before the Escape 1982
Director
LOSING THE WAY 1982
as Yakuza
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun 1981
Assistant Director
Vertigo College 1980
as Manager, Director
All Girls Are Twins 1980
Actor
The Man Who Stole the Sun 1979
as Suspect on TV News, Assistant Director
School Days 1978
Director
SCHOOL SOUNDS 1978
Actor
- Fangs Crazy for White Skin
Fangs Crazy for White Skin 1977
as Narrator (voice), Director
West Wind 1977
as Bazin
- Record of Indefinite Travel
Record of Indefinite Travel 1976
Director
- The Flashing Signal
The Flashing Signal 1976
Director
- Teacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad Daylight
Teacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad Daylight 1975
Director
Rokkô 1973
Director
Credits from TMDB.