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Kiyoshi Kurosawa

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Directed credits

58

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Very extensive directing filmography.

TMDB popularity

1.7

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Directed movies: 57Directed series: 1All crew credits: 72

TMDB ID: 26882

IMDb ID: nm0475905

Known for: Directing

Born: July 19, 1955

Age: 70

Place of birth: Kobe, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1973 - 2026

Years active: 54

Average TMDB rating: 6.61

Wikidata: Q53834

Also known as

黒沢 清 • 구로사와 기요시 • Киёси Куросава • 黑泽清 • Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Frequent jobs

Director (56)Assistant Director (2)Writer (5)Screenplay (4)Creative Consultant (1)Editor (1)Original Film Writer (1)Production Assistant (1)Teleplay (1)

Biography

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.

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