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.
What's a Director?
3 on 3
The Funeral
(Assistant Director)
Deka Matsuri
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla
(Military Police Officer A)
The J-Horror Virus
Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts
(Himself)
The Man Who Stole the Sun
(Suspect on TV News)
Gore from Outer Space
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
(Self)
Mr. X
(Self)
The Enchantment
(Librarian)
Pulse
(Man in Internet (uncredited))
Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
Hitchcock/Truffaut
(Self)
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
(Self)
SCHOOL SOUNDS
West Wind
(Bazin)
All Girls Are Twins
Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
(Himself)
LOSING THE WAY
(Yakuza)
Japanese Cinema: New Territories
(Self)
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
(Self)
Les Cuisiniers of Chime
(Self)
Reincarnation
(Professor Kawashima)
A Haunted School
Occult
(Self)
Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits
(Himself)
Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images
(Himself)
Pink Ribbon
(Himself)
Henri Langlois vu par...
(Self)
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images
(Self)
Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'
(self)
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
(Visitor of Salon "Uonome")
Vertigo College
(Manager)
Fangs Crazy for White Skin
(Narrator (voice))
Leçon de Cinéma
(Self)
Bright Future
(Director)
Bright Future
(Writer)
Bright Future
(Editor)
Doppelganger
(Director)
Tokyo Sonata
(Director)
Tokyo Sonata
(Writer)
Pulse
(Director)
Loft
(Screenplay)
Séance
(Teleplay)
Séance
(Director)
Loft
(Director)
Foreboding
(Teleplay)
Cure
(Director)
Kandagawa Pervert Wars
(Director)
Retribution
(Writer)
Retribution
(Director)
Actually...
(Director)
Bumpkin Soup
(Director)
Bumpkin Soup
(Writer)
Eyes of the Spider
(Director)
License to Live
(Writer)
License to Live
(Director)
Rokkô
(Director)
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
(Assistant Director)
The Flashing Signal
(Director)
Record of Indefinite Travel
(Director)
Charisma
(Director)
Sweet Home
(Director)
Sweet Home
(Writer)
Wordholic Prisoner
(Director)
Whirlpool of Joy
(Director)
The Guard from Underground
(Writer)
The Guard from Underground
(Director)
Serpent's Path
(Director)
Barren Illusion
(Screenplay)
Barren Illusion
(Director)
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs
(Director)
Door III
(Director)
Real
(Screenplay)
Penance
(Director)
Real
(Director)
Seventh Code
(Director)
Penance
(Teleplay)
Soul Dancing
(Director)
Seventh Code
(Writer)
Beautiful New Bay Area Project
(Director)
Pulse
(Original Film Writer)
The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
(Director)
The Revenge: A Visit from Fate
(Director)
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape
(Director)
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
(Director)
Journey to the Shore
(Director)
Journey to the Shore
(Screenplay)
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape
(Writer)
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
(Writer)
Beautiful New Bay Area Project
(Writer)
Whirlpool of Joy
(Writer)
Chime
(Director)
Chime
(Writer)
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Gamble
(Screenplay)
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot
(Screenplay)
Daguerrotype
(Director)
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Hero
(Director)
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Gamble
(Director)
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Nouveau Riche
(Director)
Creepy
(Director)
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot
(Director)
Daguerrotype
(Scenario Writer)
School Ghost Story G
(Director)
Cure
(Writer)
Charisma
(Screenplay)
Cloud
(Screenplay)
Cloud
(Director)
Creepy
(Screenplay)
Dangerous Stories
(Director)
Eyes of the Spider
(Screenplay)
Pulse
(Writer)
Yakuza Taxi
(Director)
Before We Vanish
(Director)
Before We Vanish
(Screenplay)
The New Seven Lines Between Things
(Director)
Time Slip
(Director)
Deka Matsuri
(Director)
Serpent's Path
(Director)
The Man Who Stole the Sun
(Assistant Director)
Men of Rage
(Director)
Soul Dancing
(Writer)
School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special
(Director)
The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
(Screenplay)
To the Ends of the Earth
(Writer)
To the Ends of the Earth
(Director)
Yakuza Taxi
(Screenplay)
Dangerous Stories
(Screenplay)
Foreboding
(Director)
Wife of a Spy
(Director)
Henri Langlois vu par...
(Director)
Wife of a Spy
(Writer)
Ju-on: The Grudge
(Creative Consultant)
Wolf: Running Is Sex
(Production Assistant)
So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex
(Writer)
Teacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad Daylight
(Director)
Vertigo College
(Director)
School Days
(Director)
Fangs Crazy for White Skin
(Director)
The Night Before the Escape
(Director)
School Ghost Story F
(Director)
Doppelganger
(Editor)
Matasaburo the Wind Imp
(Director)
Doppelganger
(Screenplay)
Hanako San
(Director)
Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita
(Director)
Serpent's Path
(Writer)
Penance
(Writer)
Penance
(Director)
Foreboding: serial version
(Director)
Foreboding: serial version
(Teleplay)
Modern Love Tokyo
(Writer)
Modern Love Tokyo
(Director)
Penance
(Creator)