Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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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.
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The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026)
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Cure (1997)
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Pulse (2001)
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Cloud (2024)
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Tokyo Sonata (2008)
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Journey to the Shore (2015)
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Creepy (2016)
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Loft (2006)
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Chime (2024)
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To the Ends of the Earth (2019)
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Wife of a Spy (2020)
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Real (2013)
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Sweet Home (1989)
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Charisma (1999)
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Retribution (2007)
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Bumpkin Soup (1985)
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Penance (2013)
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Doppelgänger (2003)
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Bright Future (2003)
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Séance (2004)
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Kandagawa Pervert Wars (1983)
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Before We Vanish (2017)
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Serpent's Path (2024)
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The Guard from Underground (1992)
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School Ghost Story G (1998)
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License to Live (1999)
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Barren Illusion (1999)
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Serpent's Path (1998)
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School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special (2001)
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Dangerous Stories (1989)
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Door III (1996)
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Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Hero (1996)
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Foreboding (2017)
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Deka Matsuri (2003)
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The Revenge: A Visit from Fate (1997)
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Eyes of the Spider (1998)
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Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble (1996)
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Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche (1996)
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The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears (1997)
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Seventh Code (2014)
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Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist (1995)
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Henri Langlois vu par... (2014)
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School Ghost Story F (1997)
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Actually... (2022)
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Daguerrotype (2016)
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Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape (1995)
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Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot (1996)
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Kodama (1998)
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Yakuza Taxi (1994)
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Men of Rage (1994)
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Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs (2005)
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Wordholic Prisoner (2012)
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Hanako San (2001)
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Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Matasaburo the Wind Imp (2003)
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Beautiful 2013 (2013)
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Vertigo College (1980)
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The New Seven Lines Between Things (1983)
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Beautiful New Bay Area Project (2013)
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Ghost Cop (2004)
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Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita (1985)
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Soul Dancing (2004)
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School Days (1978)
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Record of Indefinite Travel (1976)
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Time Slip (2005)
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Rokkô (1973)
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Whirlpool of Joy (1992)
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The Night Before the Escape (1982)
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The Flashing Signal (1976)
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Teacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad Daylight (1975)
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Fangs Crazy for White Skin (1977)
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