is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic and a professor at
Tokyo University of the Arts
or is the most prestigious art school in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, and Kitasenju and Adachi, Tokyo. The university has trained renowned artists in the fields of painting, scul ...
. Although he has worked in a variety of genres, Kurosawa is best known for his many contributions to the
Japanese horror
Japanese horror is horror fiction derived from popular culture in Japan, generally noted for its unique thematic and conventional treatment of the horror genre differing from the traditional Western representation of horror. Japanese horror tends ...
genre, his honorific nicknamed "
David Cronenberg
David Paul Cronenberg (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror genre, with his films exploring visceral bodily transformation ...
of Japan".
Biography
Born in
Kobe
Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whic ...
on July 19, 1955, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who is not related to director
Akira Kurosawa
was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Kurosawa displayed a bold, dyna ...
, started making films about his life in high school. After studying at
Rikkyo University
, also known as Saint Paul's University, is a private university, in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan.
Rikkyo is known as one of the six leading universities in the field of sports in Tokyo (東京六大学 "Big Six" — Rikkyo University, University of ...
in
Tokyo
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under the guidance of prominent film critic
Shigehiko Hasumi
(born 29 April 1936 in Roppongi, Tokyo) is a film critic and an academic researcher on French literature from Japan. He was president of the University of Tokyo from 1997 to 2001.
Life and work
Hasumi's father Shigeyasu was a professor at Kyot ...
, where he began making
8mm film 8 mm or 8mm may refer to:
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** Super 8 mm film
** Single-8 film
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s, Kurosawa began directing commercially in the 1980s, working on
pink films and low-budget
V-Cinema
Direct-to-video or straight-to-video refers to the release of a film, TV series, short or special to the public immediately on home video formats rather than an initial theatrical release or television premiere. This distribution strategy was p ...
(direct-to-video) productions such as formula
yakuza film
is a popular film genre in Japanese cinema which focuses on the lives and dealings of ''yakuza'', Japanese organized crime syndicates. In the silent film era, depictions of ''bakuto'' (precursors to modern yakuza) as sympathetic Robin Hood-li ...
s. In 1981, his 8mm film ''Shigarami Gakuen'' (しがらみ学園) was nominated for the Oshima Prize at the PFF (
Pia Film Festival
The (also known as the PIA Film Festival or PFF for short) is an annual film festival established in 1977. According to film scholar Jasper Sharp, the festival "not only ranks as a vital hotbed from which the careers of some of Japan's most talen ...
). In 1983, after he worked with
Shinji Soumai, he released his first feature film ''
Kandagawa Pervert Wars
is a 1983 Japanese pink film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who would later go on to a career directing mainstream horror films.
Synopsis
A young girl, Akiko, in a tenement block in Tokyo's Kandagawa area, uses a telescope to spy on her neighb ...
'' (1983). He became popular after ''The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl'' (1985) and ''
The Guard from Underground'' (1992).
In the early 1990s, Kurosawa won a scholarship to the
Sundance Institute
Sundance Institute is a non-profit organization founded by Robert Redford committed to the growth of independent artists. The institute is driven by its programs that discover and support independent filmmakers, theatre artists and composers f ...
by submitting his original screen play ''
Charisma
Charisma () is a personal quality of presence or charm that compels its subjects.
Scholars in sociology, political science, psychology, and management reserve the term for a type of leadership seen as extraordinary; in these fields, the term "ch ...
.'' Then, he was able to study filmmaking in the United States, although he had been directing for nearly ten years professionally.
Kurosawa first achieved international acclaim with his 1997 crime thriller film ''
Cure
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''. A year later, he completed two thrillers back-to-back, ''Serpent's Path'' and ''Eyes of the Spider'', both of which shared the same premise (a father taking revenge for his child's murder) and lead actor (
Show Aikawa
is a Japanese actor.
Career
Show Aikawa was born in Tokushima and raised in Kagoshima. Aikawa has appeared in a number of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's films, including ''Eyes of the Spider'', ''Serpent's Path'', ''License to Live'', ''Seance'', and ''Pu ...
) but spun entirely different stories. In March 1999, the Hong Kong International Film Festival presented his first retrospective, a five-title-program including ''The Excitement of the Do-re-mi fa Girls'', ''The Guard from Underground'', ''Serpent's Path'', ''Eyes of the Spider'', and ''License to Live''.
Kurosawa followed up ''Cure'' with a semi-sequel in 1999 with ''
Charisma
Charisma () is a personal quality of presence or charm that compels its subjects.
Scholars in sociology, political science, psychology, and management reserve the term for a type of leadership seen as extraordinary; in these fields, the term "ch ...
'', a detective film starring
Kōji Yakusho
, known professionally as , is a Japanese actor. He is well known for his starring roles in ''Shall We Dance?'' (1996), ''Cure'' (1997), ''Memoirs of a Geisha'' (2005), '' 13 Assassins'' (2010), ''The Third Murder'' (2017), '' The Blood of Wolv ...
.
In 2000, ''
Seance'', Kurosawa's adaptation of the novel ''Seance on a Wet Afternoon'' by Mark McShane, premiered on
Kansai TV
JODX-DTV, virtual channel 8 ( UHF digital channel 17), branded as or , is the Kansai region key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS), operated by the . Kansai TV is a company affiliated in Hankyu Hanshin Holdin ...
. It also starred Yakusho, as well as
Jun Fubuki
is a Japanese actress.
Career
Jun Fubuki received a Japanese Academy Award Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role in '' Muno no Hito'', and won at the Hochi Film Awards. This role also won Fubuki the "Best Actress" award at the Yokoh ...
(the two had appeared together in ''Charisma'' as well). In 2001, he directed the horror film ''
Pulse
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''. Kurosawa released ''
Bright Future'', starring
Tadanobu Asano
, better known by his stage name , is a Japanese actor. He is known for his roles as Dragon Eye Morrison in ''Electric Dragon 80.000 V'', Kakihara in ''Ichi the Killer'', Mamoru Arita in '' Bright Future'', Hattori Genosuke in ''Zatoichi'', Kenj ...
,
Joe Odagiri
, better known by his stage name , is a Japanese actor and musician.
Personal life
Joe Odagiri was born in Tsuyama, Okayama prefecture. Though he was accepted by Kochi University, he turned it down for an opportunity to study in the United States ...
and
Tatsuya Fuji
is a Japanese actor. He was born in Beijing and raised in Yokohama. In 1962, Fuji joined Nikkatsu Company and began his acting career with small roles in Nikkatsu film. In 1968, Fuji married actress Izumi Ashikawa. He gained popularity throu ...
, in 2003. He followed this with another digital feature, ''
Doppelganger'', later the same year. Both ''
Bright Future and
Doppelganger'' have nominated for the
Cannes Film Festival
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s
In 2005, Kurosawa returned with ''
Loft
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'', his first love story since ''Seance''. Another horror film, ''
Retribution'', followed in the next year. With his 2008 film, ''
Tokyo Sonata
is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It won the award for Best Film at the 3rd Asian Film Awards and received 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations for Achievement in Directing and Best Screenplay. At the 2008 Cannes Film Fe ...
'', Kurosawa was considered to step "out of his usual horror genre and into family drama."
He has written a novelization of his own film ''Pulse'', as well as a history of horror cinema with
Makoto Shinozaki
(born 1963 in Tokyo) is a Japanese film director.
Career
Born in Tokyo, Shinozaki attended Rikkyo University, where he studied under Shigehiko Hasumi, made 8mm films, and appeared in the then amateur works of other Rikkyo graduates such as Kiy ...
.
In September 2012, it was announced that he would direct ''
1905
As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...
'', a film starring
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
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Shota Matsuda
is a Japanese actor. Matsuda is best known for his roles in the ''Hana Yori Dango'' series, the ''Liar Game'' series, and '' Love Shuffle''.
Personal life
Matsuda was born on September 10, 1985 in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan, to Yūsaku Matsuda, a ...
and
Atsuko Maeda
is a Japanese actress and singer. She is a former member of the idol girl group AKB48, and was one of the most prominent members in the group at the time, regarded as the group's "absolute ace", "immovable center", and the "Face of AKB." After ...
. In February 2013, it was announced that production of the film had been cancelled before filming could start.
Kurosawa directed a 2012 five-part television drama ''
Penance
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''. ''Beautiful 2013'', an anthology film featuring Kurosawa's ''Beautiful New Bay Area Project'', screened at the
Hong Kong International Film Festival
The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF), is one of Asia’s oldest international film festivals. Founded in 1976, the festival features different movies, filmmakers from different countries in Hong Kong.
HKIFF screens around 230 films ...
in 2013.
Kurosawa's next feature film ''
Real
Real may refer to:
Currencies
* Brazilian real (R$)
* Central American Republic real
* Mexican real
* Portuguese real
* Spanish real
* Spanish colonial real
Music Albums
* ''Real'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) (2000)
* ''Real'' (Bright album) (2010) ...
'', which stars
Takeru Sato
is a Japanese actor. He is best known for his leading role as Ryotaro Nogami in the '' Kamen Rider Den-O'' franchise, and as Himura Kenshin in the live-action ''Rurouni Kenshin'' film and its sequels.
Satoh was born on 21 March 1989 in Iwatsu ...
and
Haruka Ayase
is a Japanese actress, model and singer who started her career as a gravure idol in 2000. She has since become a leading actress in television and film.
Life and career
Early life and education
Haruka Ayase was born as Aya Tademaru on March ...
, was released in 2013. He won the Best Director award at the 8th
Rome Film Festival
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Sections
The Rome Film Festival official program is divided into several sections:
Cinema d'Og ...
for ''
Seventh Code'' later that year.
His 2015 film ''
Journey to the Shore
is a 2015 Japanese romantic drama film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, starring Tadanobu Asano and Eri Fukatsu. It is adapted from Kazumi Yumoto's novel ''Kishibe no Tabi''. It screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Fe ...
'' was screened in the
Un Certain Regard
(, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.
The section presents 20 films w ...
section at the
2015 Cannes Film Festival
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where he won the prize for Best Director.
In 2016, his thriller ''
Creepy
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'' premiered at the
66th Berlin International Film Festival.
The film marked Kurosawa's first cinematic return to the horror genre since 2006.
His 2017 film ''
Before We Vanish
is a 2017 Japanese science fiction film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It is based on a stage play by Tomohiro Maekawa's Ikiume Theatre Company and the novel adaptation written by Maekawa. It stars Masami Nagasawa, Ryuhei Matsuda, Mahiro Takasu ...
'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard category at the Cannes Film Festival.
His 2019 film ''
To the Ends of the Earth
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'' was screened as the closing film in the Piazza Grande program of the
72nd Locarno Film Festival
The 72nd annual Locarno Festival was held from 7 August to 17 August 2019. The debut feature by Italian director-producer Ginevra Elkann's ''Magari'' opened the festival, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's ''To the Ends of the Earth (2019 film), To the En ...
.
In 2020, Kurosawa won the
Silver Lion for Best Direction
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The pri ...
at the
77th Venice International Film Festival
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for his film ''
Wife of a Spy
is a 2020 Japanese spy drama film directed and co-written by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Starring Yū Aoi and Issey Takahashi, the film is set in Japan during World War II, and centers on a wife who starts suspecting that her husband may be a spy for th ...
''.
Style and influences
![Yasujiro Ozu 01](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Yasujiro_Ozu_01.jpg)
Kurosawa's directing style has been compared to those of
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick (; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, his films, almost all of which are adaptations of nove ...
and
Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky ( rus, Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский, p=ɐnˈdrʲej ɐrˈsʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ tɐrˈkofskʲɪj; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Russian filmmaker. Widely considered one of the greates ...
, though he has never expressly listed those directors as influences. In an interview, he claimed that
Alfred Hitchcock
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and
Yasujirō Ozu
was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He began his career during the era of silent films, and his last films were made in colour in the early 1960s. Ozu first made a number of short comedies, before turning to more serious themes in t ...
contributed to shaping his personal vision of the medium. He has also expressed admiration for American film directors such as
Don Siegel
Donald Siegel ( ; October 26, 1912 – April 20, 1991) was an American film and television director and producer.
Siegel was described by ''The New York Times'' as "a director of tough, cynical and forthright action-adventure films whose taut ...
,
Sam Peckinpah
David Samuel Peckinpah (; February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984) was an American film director and screenwriter. His 1969 Western epic ''The Wild Bunch'' received an Academy Award nomination and was ranked No. 80 on the American Film Institute ...
,
Robert Aldrich,
Richard Fleischer
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Though he ...
, and
Tobe Hooper
Willard Tobe Hooper (; January 25, 1943 – August 26, 2017) was an American director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work in the horror film, horror genre. The British Film Institute cited Hooper as one of the most influenti ...
.
In a 2009 interview with
IFC, Kurosawa talked about the reason why he has cast the actor
Kōji Yakusho
, known professionally as , is a Japanese actor. He is well known for his starring roles in ''Shall We Dance?'' (1996), ''Cure'' (1997), ''Memoirs of a Geisha'' (2005), '' 13 Assassins'' (2010), ''The Third Murder'' (2017), '' The Blood of Wolv ...
in many of his films: "He has similar values and sensitivities. We’re from the same generation. That’s a big reason why I enjoy working with him on the set."
According to Tim Palmer, Kurosawa's films occupy a peculiar position between the materials of mass genre, on the one hand, and esoteric or intellectual abstraction, on the other. They also clearly engage with issues of environmental critique, given Kurosawa's preference for shooting in decaying open spaces, abandoned (and often condemned) buildings, and in places rife with toxins, pestilence and entropy.
According to the Tokyo Art University where he is a professor, Kurosawa talks about his stye.
The interviewer mentions that Kurosawa is also versatile when they talk about
Clint Eastwood
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. Kurosawa said he admires people who can do many things. He says he does not box himself into one style or one theme. When asked what he wants to try next, he answered, "The next thing I want to do is something I have never done. "
In the same article, he mentions that he has seen many films since he was young, and he knows there are many great films over the world. Those films motivate him to be a better filmmaker; he always asks himself how to make films that are memorable for a long time.
In an article by Tokyo Art University, Kurosawa names film critic Hasumi Shigehiko as a mentor and early influence in his filmmaking career.
Much of Hasumi's influence would go on to shape the core of Kurosawa's filmography. Kurosawa met Hasumi in University, where he was one of the few students to finish his course, and credits Hasumi with teaching him that film is worth dedicating your entire life for. Hasumi and Kurosawa believe that every element of the film matters and must be meticulously planned. Kurosawa has also stated that one of his goals as a filmmaker is to share Hasumi's teachings.
Filmography
Feature films
*''
Kandagawa Pervert Wars
is a 1983 Japanese pink film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who would later go on to a career directing mainstream horror films.
Synopsis
A young girl, Akiko, in a tenement block in Tokyo's Kandagawa area, uses a telescope to spy on her neighb ...
'' (1983)
*''The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl'' (1985)
*''
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'' (1989)
*''
The Guard from Underground'' (1992)
*''
Cure
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'' (1997)
*''
License to Live
is a 1998 Japanese drama film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
Cast
* Hidetoshi Nishijima (actor), Hidetoshi Nishijima – Yutaka Yoshii
* Kōji Yakusho – Fujimori
* Shun Sugata – Shinichiro Yoshii
* Lily (entertainer), Lily – Sachiko
* Kumi ...
'' (1998)
*''
Charisma
Charisma () is a personal quality of presence or charm that compels its subjects.
Scholars in sociology, political science, psychology, and management reserve the term for a type of leadership seen as extraordinary; in these fields, the term "ch ...
'' (1999)
*''Barren Illusion'' (1999)
*''
Séance
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'' (2001)
*''
Pulse
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'' (2001); an American remake was done in 2006.
*''
Bright Future'' (2003)
*''
Doppelganger'' (2003)
*''
Loft
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'' (2005)
*''
Retribution'' (2006)
*''
Tokyo Sonata
is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It won the award for Best Film at the 3rd Asian Film Awards and received 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations for Achievement in Directing and Best Screenplay. At the 2008 Cannes Film Fe ...
'' (2008)
*''
Real
Real may refer to:
Currencies
* Brazilian real (R$)
* Central American Republic real
* Mexican real
* Portuguese real
* Spanish real
* Spanish colonial real
Music Albums
* ''Real'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) (2000)
* ''Real'' (Bright album) (2010) ...
'' (2013)
*''
Seventh Code'' (2013)
*''
1905
As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...
'' (cancelled)
*''
Journey to the Shore
is a 2015 Japanese romantic drama film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, starring Tadanobu Asano and Eri Fukatsu. It is adapted from Kazumi Yumoto's novel ''Kishibe no Tabi''. It screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Fe ...
'' (2015)
*''
Creepy
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'' (2016)
*''
Daguerrotype
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Invented by Loui ...
'' (2016)
*''
Before We Vanish
is a 2017 Japanese science fiction film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It is based on a stage play by Tomohiro Maekawa's Ikiume Theatre Company and the novel adaptation written by Maekawa. It stars Masami Nagasawa, Ryuhei Matsuda, Mahiro Takasu ...
'' (2017)
*''
Foreboding'' (2017)
*''
To the Ends of the Earth
''To the Ends of the Earth'' is the title given to a trilogy of nautical, relational novels—''Rites of Passage'' (1980), ''Close Quarters'' (1987), and ''Fire Down Below'' (1989)—by British author William Golding. Set on a former British ...
'' (''Tabi no Owari, Sekai no Hajimari'') (2019)
*''
Wife of a Spy
is a 2020 Japanese spy drama film directed and co-written by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Starring Yū Aoi and Issey Takahashi, the film is set in Japan during World War II, and centers on a wife who starts suspecting that her husband may be a spy for th ...
: Theatrical Edition'' (2020)
Short films
*''Vertigo College'' (1980)
*''Ghost Cop'' (2003)
*''House of Bugs'' (2005)
*''Beautiful New Bay Area Project'' (2013)
V-Cinema
*''Yakuza Taxi'' (1994)
*''Men of Rage'' (1994)
*''Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Heist'' (1995)
*''Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Escape'' (1995)
*''Door 3'' (1996)
*''Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot'' (1996)
*''Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Reversal'' (1996)
*''Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Nouveau Riche'' (1996)
*''Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Hero'' (1996)
*''The Revenge: A Visit from Fate'' (1997)
*''The Revenge: A Scar That Never Fades'' (1997)
*''Eyes of the Spider'' (1998)
*''Serpent's Path'' (1998)
DVD
*''Soul Dancing'' (2004)
Television
*''Wordholic Prisoner'' (1990)
*''Whirlpool of Joy'' (1992)
*''
Seance'' (2000)
*''Matasaburo, the Wind Imp'' (2003)
*''
Penance
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'' (2012)
*''Foreboding'' (2017)
*''Wife of a Spy'' (2020)
*''Modern Love Tokyo'' (2022, episode 5)
Acting Credit
''・
The Funeral'' (1984) - Assistant AD
''・The Legend of the Stardust Brothers'' (1985) - Customer
* Yu Waku Sha (1989) - libralian
* Stranger at Night (1991) - Taxi rider
* Rinne (2006) - College professor
* ''
Occult
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'' - Himself
Music Video
* MARQUEES - Tongati Musume (1991)
*
SOUTAISEIRIRON - FLASHBACK (2016)
*
Nogizaka46
is a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto, created as the of the group AKB48. They are the first group from the Sakamichi Series, which also includes sister groups Sakurazaka46 (formerly Keyakizaka46), Yoshimotozaka46, and ...
-
Actually... (2022)
Bibliography
Achievement
;Awards
;Honors
References
Further reading
*
External links
*
*
Notebook Primer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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1955 births
Living people
Japanese film critics
Japanese film directors
Japanese screenwriters
Japanese horror fiction
Horror film directors
People from Kobe
Rikkyo University alumni
Venice Best Director Silver Lion winners
Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon