FILM DIRECTOR

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

1955 - Today

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Kiyoshi Kurosawa (黒沢 清, Kurosawa Kiyoshi; born July 19, 1955) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic, author, actor, and a former professor at Tokyo University of the Arts (2005-2023). 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. While most of his work has been in Japanese, two of his films, Daguerrotype (2016) and Serpent's Path (2024; a remake of his own 1998 film of the same name), were in French. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kiyoshi Kurosawa is the 380th most popular film director (up from 521st in 2019), the 656th most popular biography from Japan (up from 771st in 2019) and the 15th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Kiyoshi Kurosawa ranks 380 out of 2,041. Before him are Juan Antonio Bardem, Raúl Ruiz, Martin Ritt, Nadine Trintignant, Marcel Camus, and Jacques Doillon. After him are James Wong, Gustaf Gründgens, Ray Harryhausen, Carol Reed, Henry King, and John McTiernan.

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Among people born in 1955, Kiyoshi Kurosawa ranks 114. Before him are Tanya Roberts, Siri Hustvedt, Claudio Gugerotti, Horacio Pagani, Azar Nafisi, and Ron Johnson. After him are Maria Shriver, Thomas C. Südhof, Philippe Troussier, Bruno Conti, Joseph Dunford, and Brian Kobilka.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kiyoshi Kurosawa ranks 656 out of 6,245. Before him are Enomoto Takeaki (1836), Takaaki Kajita (1959), Machiko Kyō (1924), Hisao Sekiguchi (1954), Minamoto no Yorimasa (1106), and Emperor Horikawa (1079). After him are Kiyosi Itô (1915), Masashi Kishimoto (1974), Yoshio Nishina (1890), Teruki Miyamoto (1940), Momoko Kōchi (1932), and Emperor Reizei (949).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Kiyoshi Kurosawa ranks 15. Before him are Nagisa Oshima (1932), Shohei Imamura (1926), Mamoru Oshii (1951), Hideaki Anno (1960), Satoshi Kon (1963), and Makoto Shinkai (1973). After him are Kinji Fukasaku (1930), Ishirō Honda (1911), Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962), Mikio Naruse (1905), Kon Ichikawa (1915), and Yoshiyuki Tomino (1941).

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