The Samurai and the Prisoner
2026 · 7.7/10
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Director & actor · born 19 July 1955 · Kobe, Japan
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.
Where to start: Cure (1997).
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Cloud
2024 · 6.7/10
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Chime
2024 · 6.7/10
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Serpent's Path
2024 · 5.9/10
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Actually...
2022 · 6.2/10
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Wife of a Spy
2020 · 6.7/10
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To the Ends of the Earth
2019 · 6.3/10
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Foreboding
2017 · 5.7/10
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Before We Vanish
2017 · 6.5/10
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Daguerrotype
2016 · 5.6/10
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Creepy
2016 · 6.7/10
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Journey to the Shore
2015 · 6.5/10
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Henri Langlois vu par...
2014 · 5.0/10
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Seventh Code
2014 · 5.9/10
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Real
2013 · 6.2/10
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Penance
2013 · 7.1/10
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Beautiful New Bay Area Project
2013 · 6.1/10
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Beautiful 2013
2013
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Wordholic Prisoner
2012 · 5.0/10
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Tokyo Sonata
2008 · 7.4/10
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Retribution
2007 · 6.5/10
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Loft
2006 · 5.6/10
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Time Slip
2005
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Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs
2005 · 5.5/10
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Ghost Cop
2004 · 9.0/10
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Séance
2004 · 7.1/10
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Soul Dancing
2004
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Doppelgänger
2003 · 6.9/10
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Bright Future
2003 · 6.9/10
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Deka Matsuri
2003
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Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Matasaburo the Wind Imp
2003 · 5.5/10
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School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special
2001
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Pulse
2001 · 6.7/10
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Hanako San
2001 · 5.3/10
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Barren Illusion
1999 · 5.7/10
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Charisma
1999 · 7.0/10
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License to Live
1999 · 6.3/10
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School Ghost Story G
1998 · 6.6/10
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Eyes of the Spider
1998 · 6.8/10
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Serpent's Path
1998 · 6.9/10
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Kodama
1998 · 5.0/10
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Cure
1997 · 7.6/10
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School Ghost Story F
1997 · 1.0/10
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The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
1997 · 6.6/10
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The Revenge: A Visit from Fate
1997 · 7.2/10
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Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Hero
1996 · 9.0/10
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Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche
1996 · 8.0/10
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Door III
1996 · 5.6/10
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Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble
1996 · 6.0/10
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Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot
1996 · 8.0/10
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Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape
1995 · 7.5/10
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Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
1995 · 8.0/10
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Men of Rage
1994 · 5.5/10
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Yakuza Taxi
1994 · 6.1/10
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The Guard from Underground
1992 · 6.0/10
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1992 · 5.0/10
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Dangerous Stories
1989 · 7.0/10
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Sweet Home
1989 · 6.4/10
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Bumpkin Soup
1985 · 5.4/10
NewYatsura wa konya mo yattekita
Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita
1985
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Kandagawa Pervert Wars
1983 · 5.1/10
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The New Seven Lines Between Things
1983
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The Night Before the Escape
1982
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Vertigo College
1980
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School Days
1978
NewFangs Crazy for White Skin
Fangs Crazy for White Skin
1977
NewThe Flashing Signal
The Flashing Signal
1976 · 7.0/10
NewRecord of Indefinite Travel
Record of Indefinite Travel
1976
NewTeacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad Daylight
Teacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad Daylight
1975
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Rokkô
1973
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Breakfast of the Movie
2023 · 7.5/10
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Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts
2023
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The J-Horror Virus
2023
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The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
2018 · 2.0/10
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Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015 · 7.2/10
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Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014 · 7.1/10
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2014 · 5.0/10
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Mr. X
2014 · 6.1/10
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Japanese Cinema: New Territories
2011 · 3.0/10
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女優霊の原点・幻のフィルム 『シェラデコブレの幽霊』を探して
2010 · 9.0/10
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Occult
2009 · 6.7/10
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Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
2007 · 6.9/10
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Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'
2006 · 6.0/10
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Reincarnation
2005 · 6.1/10
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Pink Ribbon
2004 · 6.4/10
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2001 · 6.7/10
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Gore from Outer Space
2001 · 6.3/10
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Wild Life
1997 · 8.0/10
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A Haunted School
1996 · 6.7/10
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Mikadroid
1991 · 5.7/10
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Stranger
1991 · 6.7/10
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The Enchantment
1989 · 4.5/10
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Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
1989 · 4.2/10
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The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
1985 · 6.9/10
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The Funeral
1984 · 7.2/10
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The Man Who Stole the Sun
1979 · 7.4/10
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best Kiyoshi Kurosawa movie?
By viewer score, Cure (1997) at 7.6/10.
What are Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s most popular movies?
Cure, Pulse, Pulse.
How many movies has Kiyoshi Kurosawa made?
96 films on TMDB, 70 as director, 26 as actor.