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Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Directing

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.

Known For

Modern Love Tokyo
6.8

This seven-episode anthology features a cast of leading actors and depicts various forms of "love," such as love almost forgotten, love between sons and mothers, and love that transcends borders.

Modern Love Tokyo

2022
Ju-on: The Grudge
6.7

When a social worker is sent to check on a traumatized elderly woman whose family have moved in at the site of a notorious murder case, she unwittingly unleashes a cycle of terror that transmits via its victims.

Ju-on: The Grudge

2002
Cure
7.6

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

Cure

1997
Penance
7.8

The murder of a young girl shocks a small Japanese village, and the victim's mother is distraught when the classmates her daughter was playing with all claim not to remember the identity of the killer. In her anger, she puts a curse on them.

Penance

2012
Leçon de Cinéma
7.0

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Leçon de Cinéma

2004
Horror's Greatest
6.3

A deep dive into everything we love about horror — from fresh looks at classics to unearthing scores of hidden gems, this series has something for every fright film enthusiast.

Horror's Greatest

2024
Pulse
6.7

In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.

Pulse

2001
Pulse
5.1

When the dead discover a means to contact the living through electronic devices, cellphones and computers become open gateways to monstrosities and destruction.

Pulse

2006
Tokyo Sonata
7.4

The winds of change blow as a family grapples with unemployment, alienation, mistrust and a lack of communication. When a Japanese salaryman loses his job to outsourcing to China, it's simply the beginning of a series of shattering incidents, leading to the implosion of the family unit.

Tokyo Sonata

2008
Foreboding: Serial Version
6.0

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. (Contains the same footage as the movie version)

Foreboding: Serial Version

2017
The Samurai and the Prisoner
N/A

Based on Honobu Yonezawa's novel. Set in 16th century Japan, follows Lord Murashige Araki who, besieged in his castle, confronts mysterious crimes and allies with imprisoned strategist Kanbei Kuroda to uncover the truth.

The Samurai and the Prisoner

2026
Cloud
6.7

Ryōsuke Yoshii, an ordinary reseller, carelessly earns grudges by people and becomes entangled in a life-threatening struggle.

Cloud

2024
The Man Who Stole the Sun
7.3

A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb in his apartment.

The Man Who Stole the Sun

1979
Chime
6.9

A chef's life is disrupted by a chime that brings with it an increasing sense of dread.

Chime

2024
Serpent's Path
6.0

A mysterious woman teams up with a man whose daughter was killed and who is now seeking revenge. Together they kidnap members of an organization and torture them to find out what really happened. Despite what the language listing says, the movie is mostly in French.

Serpent's Path

2024
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
7.1

A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

1981
Reincarnation
6.1

A Japanese actress begins having strange visions and experiences after landing a role in a horror film about a real-life murder spree that took place over forty years ago.

Reincarnation

2005
Creepy
6.7

After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active service in the police force and takes up a position as a university lecturer in criminal psychology. But his desire to get to the bottom of criminals’ motives remains, and he does not hesitate long when former colleague Nogami asks him to reopen an old case.

Creepy

2016
Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts
N/A

An exploration of the spirit world as portrayed in the height of the J-horror era of the late ‘90s.

Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts

2023
Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
N/A

A “Cinéma, de notre temps” series episode directed by french filmmaker Philippe-Emmanuel Sorlin, originally aired 16 June 2015.

Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague

2015