Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

July 19, 1955 · 71 years old

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 qu…

Known For

28 titles
1
Cloud

Cloud

2024 · 2h 4m · Movie

Yoshii, a young man who resells goods online, finds himself at the center of a series of mysterious events that put his life at risk.

7.0
2
Cure

Cure

1997 · 1h 51m · Movie

A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.

7.5
3
Pulse

Pulse

2001 · 1h 59m · Movie

Two groups of people discover evidence that suggests spirits may be trying to invade the human world through the Internet.

6.5
4
Hitchcock/Truffaut

Hitchcock/Truffaut

2015 · 1h 19m · Movie

Filmmakers discuss how Francois Truffaut's 1966 book "Cinema According to Hitchcock" influenced their work.

7.3
5
Tokyo Sonata

Tokyo Sonata

2008 · 2h 0m · Movie

An ordinary Japanese family slowly disintegrates after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company.

7.5
6
Creepy

Creepy

2016 · 2h 10m · Movie

Ex-detective Takakura and wife Yasuko face danger as their sinister neighbor Nishino is linked to disappearances and manipulates Yasuko. Themes of trust, trauma, and hidden darkness unfold in this psychological thriller of suburba...

6.4
7
Retribution

Retribution

2007 · 1h 44m · Movie

An experienced police detective has to investigate the murder of an unknown woman dressed in a scarlet dress.

6.4
8
Wife of a Spy

Wife of a Spy

2020 · 1h 55m · Movie

A Japanese merchant who leaves his wife behind in order to travel to Manchuria, where he witnesses an act of barbarism. His subsequent actions cause misunderstanding, jealousy and legal problems for his wife.

6.9
9
Chime

Chime

2024 · 45m · Movie

A school teacher is woken by a sound that fills him with dread.

6.4
10
Before We Vanish

Before We Vanish

2017 · 2h 9m · Movie

Three aliens travel to Earth in preparation for a mass invasion, taking possession of human bodies.

6.2
11
To the Ends of the Earth

To the Ends of the Earth

2019 · 2h 0m · Movie

A young Japanese woman finds her cautious and insular nature tested when she travels to Uzbekistan to shoot the latest episode of her travel variety show.

6.7
12
Serpent's Path

Serpent's Path

1998 · 1h 25m · Movie

A man enlists a friend to help him identify and exact revenge upon his daughter's murderer.

7.0
13
Daguerrotype

Daguerrotype

2016 · 2h 11m · Movie

When an assistant to a daguerreotypy photographer falls in love with the latter's daughter the relationship mirrors the art form as love and pain combine.

5.7
14
Eyes of the Spider

Eyes of the Spider

1998 · 1h 23m · Movie

A man discovers a darker side of himself after exacting revenge on his daughter's killer.

6.6
15
License to Live

License to Live

1999 · 1h 49m · Movie

24-year-old Yoshi awakes after 10 years in a coma and goes on to start a new life and rebuild his family.

6.9
16
The Guard from Underground

The Guard from Underground

1992 · 1h 36m · Movie

A woman begins working at the same company as a security guard that she believes might be a former sumo wrestling serial killer.

5.7
17
Foreboding

Foreboding

2017 · 2h 20m · Movie

Something's wrong and Etsuko is one of the first to notice. It's not just the sky that looks different, Etsuko suddenly begins hearing strange noises and an increasing number of inexplicable things are happening around her.

6.0
18
Mr. X, a Vision of Leos Carax

Mr. X, a Vision of Leos Carax

2014 · 1h 11m · Movie

The image of a mysterious, solitary filmmaker - a cineaste maudit - who flees from both the media and the public, is unrelentingly bound to the figure of Leos Carax, in France. Elsewhere, the real focus is on his films and he is c...

6.7
19
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

2014 · 1h 49m · Movie

A tribute from filmmakers and critics around the world to the Taiwan New Cinema movement in the 1980s.

6.8
20
Door III

Door III

1996 · 1h 29m · Movie

An ambitious insurance saleswoman is stalked by by the strange and supernatural after meeting a mysterious man named Mitsuru.

6.2
21
The Revenge I: A Visit from Fate

The Revenge I: A Visit from Fate

1997 · 1h 23m · Movie

Sho Aikawa plays a police detective whose dark personal history makes it impossible for him to stay within the limits of the legal system. But he is not just a detective; he is also a husband who has to explain to his wife how he ...

6.8
22
The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears

The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears

1997 · 1h 23m · Movie

A lawman (Shô Aikawa) works under cover to infiltrate the Yakuza

6.5
23
Katte ni shiyagare!! Eiyû keikaku

Katte ni shiyagare!! Eiyû keikaku

1996 · 1h 23m · Movie

Two men get involved with a brother and sister that want to drive a local gang out of their neighborhood.

6.7
24
Katte ni shiyagare!! Dasshutsu keikaku

Katte ni shiyagare!! Dasshutsu keikaku

1995 · 1h 20m · Movie

Hapless gangsters are hired by the yakuza to tail his daughter. Once the identity of the boy she's dating has been unveiled, the boss offers a reward for his capture.

6.8
25
Katte ni shiyagare!! Narikin keikaku

Katte ni shiyagare!! Narikin keikaku

1996 · 1h 21m · Movie

Two gangsters get mixed up with a girl who discovers a trunk load of heroin.

6.7
26
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Heist

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Heist

1995 · 1h 21m · Movie

Two petty gangsters get ransomed by a group of Yakuza members, fortunately they are rescued by a kindly Kindergarten teacher.

7.2
27
Katte ni shiyagare!! Ôgon keikaku

Katte ni shiyagare!! Ôgon keikaku

1996 · 1h 20m · Movie

After mistakenly killing an old man they were sent to pick up, two men are pursued by local police and yakuza.

7.8
28
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Gamble

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Gamble

1996 · 1h 20m · Movie

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Gamble Having lost everything to horse racing, Yûji accidentally gets 10 million yen. But this sum belongs to a Yakuza.

6.0