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Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Director • Born 1955

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

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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

Cure posterCureMovie • 1997Modern Love Tokyo posterModern Love TokyoSeries • 2022Ju-on: The Grudge posterJu-on: The GrudgeMovie • 2002Pulse posterPulseMovie • 2001Chime posterChimeMovie • 2024Loft posterLoftMovie • 2006Pulse posterPulseMovie • 2006Penance posterPenanceSeries • 2012The Funeral posterThe FuneralMovie • 1984Tokyo Sonata posterTokyo SonataMovie • 2008To the Ends of the Earth posterTo the Ends of the EarthMovie • 2019The Man Who Stole the Sun posterThe Man Who Stole the SunMovie • 1979Doppelgänger posterDoppelgängerMovie • 2003Cloud posterCloudMovie • 2024Reincarnation posterReincarnationMovie • 2005Sailor Suit and Machine Gun posterSailor Suit and Machine GunMovie • 1981Charisma posterCharismaMovie • 1999Creepy posterCreepyMovie • 2016Journey to the Shore posterJourney to the ShoreMovie • 2015Before We Vanish posterBefore We VanishMovie • 2017Eyes of the Spider posterEyes of the SpiderMovie • 1998Wife of a Spy posterWife of a SpyMovie • 2020Serpent's Path posterSerpent's PathMovie • 2024Bright Future posterBright FutureMovie • 2003