Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Known for directing · Born 19 July 1955 · 71 · Kobe, Japan
133 credits
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
1997
Pulse
2001
Tokyo Sonata
2008
Creepy
2016
Pulse
2006
Cloud
2024
Retribution
2007
Wife of a Spy
2020
Before We Vanish
2017
Chime
2024
Journey to the Shore
2015
Real
2013
Acting (52)
2025The Ozu DiariesSelfFilm
2024Horror's GreatestSelf - Director, CureSeries
2024Les Cuisiniers of ChimeSelfFilm
2023Breakfast of the MovieFilm
2023The J-Horror VirusFilm
2023Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese GhostsHimselfFilm
2022No Boundaries: A Cure ConversationSelfFilm
2018The Brand New Legend of the Stardust BrothersFilm
2018Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des imagesSelfFilm
2017Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken CircuitsSelfFilm
2017Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy ImagesHimselfFilm
2017Terror from the InternetSelfFilm
2015Hitchcock/TruffautSelfFilm
2015Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle VagueFilm
2014Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New CinemaSelfFilm
2014Mr. XSelfFilm
2014Henri Langlois vu par...SelfFilm
2011Japanese Cinema: New TerritoriesSelfFilm
2010女優霊の原点・幻のフィルム 『シェラデコブレの幽霊』を探して自己Film
2009OccultSelfFilm
2007Val Lewton: The Man in the ShadowsSelfFilm
2006Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'selfFilm
2006What's a Director?Film
2006Masters of KillingFilm
2005ReincarnationProfessor KawashimaFilm
2004Pink RibbonSelfFilm
2004Leçon de CinémaSelfSeries
20033 on 3Film
2003Deka MatsuriFilm
2003Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi KurosawaHimselfFilm
2003The Detective Who Can Say NoFilm
2003突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験Film
2001PulseMan in Internet (uncredited)Film
2001Gore from Outer SpaceFilm
1999Making Of CharismaSelfFilm
1997Wild LifeFilm
1996A Haunted SchoolPhotography professorFilm
1991MikadroidMilitary Police Officer AFilm
1991StrangerPassenger with flowersFilm
1989The EnchantmentLibrarianFilm
1989Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'SelfFilm
1987Tanaka kozue-sei no kageki-ha kyō kara wa binetsu hitoFilm
1985The Legend of the Stardust BrothersVisitor of Salon "Uonome"Film
1984The FuneralAssistant DirectorFilm
1982LOSING THE WAYYakuzaFilm
1980All Girls Are TwinsFilm
1980Vertigo CollegeManagerFilm
1979The Man Who Stole the SunSuspect on TV NewsFilm
1978SCHOOL SOUNDSFilm
1977West WindBazinFilm
1977Fangs Crazy for White SkinNarrator (voice)Film
—Making of CharismaFilm
Crew (2)
2017Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy ImagesThanksFilm
2002Ju-on: The GrudgeCreative ConsultantFilm
Directing (65)
2026The Samurai and the PrisonerDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2024CloudDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2024ChimeDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2024Serpent's PathDirector, WriterFilm
2022Actually...DirectorFilm
2020Wife of a SpyDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2017Foreboding: Serial VersionDirector, TeleplaySeries
2016CreepyDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2016DaguerrotypeDirector, Scenario WriterFilm
2015Journey to the ShoreDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2014Seventh CodeDirector, WriterFilm
2014Henri Langlois vu par...DirectorFilm
2013RealDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2013PenanceDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2013Beautiful New Bay Area ProjectDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2013Beautiful 2013DirectorFilm
2012Wordholic PrisonerDirectorFilm
2008Tokyo SonataDirector, WriterFilm
2007RetributionDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2006LoftDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2005Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of BugsDirectorFilm
2005Time SlipDirectorFilm
2004SéanceDirector, TeleplayFilm
2004Ghost CopDirectorFilm
2004Soul DancingDirector, WriterFilm
2003DoppelgängerDirector, Screenplay, EditorFilm
2003Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Matasaburo the Wind ImpDirectorFilm
2003Deka MatsuriDirectorFilm
2001PulseDirector, WriterFilm
2001Hanako SanDirectorFilm
2001School Ghost Story: Mononoke SpecialDirectorFilm
1999CharismaDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1999License to LiveDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1998Serpent's PathDirectorFilm
1998Eyes of the SpiderDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1998School Ghost Story GDirectorFilm
1998KodamaDirectorFilm
1997CureDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1997The Revenge: A Scar That Never DisappearsDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1997The Revenge: A Visit from FateDirectorFilm
1997School Ghost Story FDirectorFilm
1996Door IIIDirectorFilm
1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau RicheDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The HeroDirectorFilm
1995Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The EscapeDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1995Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The HeistDirector, WriterFilm
1994Yakuza TaxiDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1994Men of RageDirector, WriterFilm
1992The Guard from UndergroundDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1992Whirlpool of JoyDirector, WriterFilm
1989Sweet HomeDirector, WriterFilm
1989Dangerous StoriesDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1985Yatsura wa konya mo yattekitaDirectorFilm
1983Kandagawa Pervert WarsDirectorFilm
1983The New Seven Lines Between ThingsDirectorFilm
1982The Night Before the EscapeDirectorFilm
1981Sailor Suit and Machine GunAssistant DirectorFilm
1980Vertigo CollegeDirectorFilm
1979The Man Who Stole the SunAssistant DirectorFilm
1978School DaysDirectorFilm
1977Fangs Crazy for White SkinDirectorFilm
1976The Flashing SignalDirectorFilm
1976Record of Indefinite TravelDirectorFilm
1975Teacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad DaylightDirectorFilm
1973RokkôDirectorFilm
Editing (1)
2003Bright FutureEditor, Writer, DirectorFilm
Production (1)
1982Wolf: Running Is SexProduction AssistantFilm
Writing (12)
2022Modern Love TokyoWriter, DirectorSeries
2019To the Ends of the EarthWriter, DirectorFilm
2017Before We VanishScreenplay, DirectorFilm
2017ForebodingTeleplay, DirectorFilm
2012PenanceWriter, Director, CreatorSeries
2006PulseOriginal Film WriterFilm
1999Barren IllusionScreenplay, DirectorFilm
1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The LootScreenplay, DirectorFilm
1996Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The GambleScreenplay, DirectorFilm
1985Bumpkin SoupWriter, DirectorFilm
1982So Long, My Partner: Rock Is SexWriterFilm
—PulseOriginal Film WriterFilm