
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Known For
Directing
Born
1955-07-19 in Kobe, Japan
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.
Most Known For

Leçon de Cinéma
as Self

Mr. X
as Self

Horror's Greatest
as Self - Director, Cure

Pulse
as Man in Internet (uncredited)

The Detective Who Can Say No

Reincarnation
as Professor Kawashima

The Man Who Stole the Sun
as Suspect on TV News

Wild Life

Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
as Self

The Funeral
as Assistant Director

The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers

Deka Matsuri

Occult
as Self

Hitchcock/Truffaut
as Self

The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
as Visitor of Salon "Uonome"

The J-Horror Virus

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
as Self

Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla
as Military Police Officer A

Pink Ribbon
as Self

Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images
as Himself