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Kiyoshi Kurosawa (黒沢 清, Kurosawa Kiyoshi, born July 19, 1955) [1] is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic, author, actor, and professor at Tokyo University of the Arts.
IMDb profile of Kiyoshi Kurosawa, a Japanese director and writer known for his horror and thriller films. See his birth date, spouse, trademarks, trivia, and upcoming and previous works.
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Sep 18, 2021 · Kiyoshi Kurosawa talks his "Wife of a Spy", shooting in 8K, tackling the past, confronting the present, and his philosophy of cinema. Kiyoshi Kurosawa is one of the key figures of the Japanese new auteurs' wave that emerged around the 1990s.
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- Sweet Home, 1989. For a director later revered for his mastery of brooding chills, Kurosawa’s first real project of note is something of a curiosity. A cliche-laden horror B movie that harks back to 1960s classics like The Haunting, Sweet Home is a formulaic and predictable, but nonetheless enjoyable yarn about a haunted house in the middle of a foggy forest.
- Cure, 1997. Refining his directorial style in the early 1990s in Japan’s straight-to-video ‘V-cinema’ sector, Kurosawa would, in 1997, release his mainstream breakthrough Cure.
- Serpent’s Path, 1997. Shot back-to-back with Eyes of the Spider over two weeks, this low-budget curio shares both leading actor and premise with its sibling counterpart, as Sho Aikawa (Gozu, Dead or Alive) twice seeks revenge on the perpetrator of a heinous child murder.
- Pulse, 2001. In 1998, Hideo Nakata’s Ring made audiences across the globe terrified of their own TV sets. Three years later, Kurosawa’s Pulse made people fear the sound of their internet dial-up connection.
Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a Japanese filmmaker known for his dark, visceral horror and thriller films. Explore his movies, ratings, reviews, and biography on Rotten Tomatoes, the leading site for movie and TV criticism.
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCreditNo Score YetNo Score YetDirector,ScreenwriterNo Score YetNo Score YetDirector,Screenwriter100%No Score YetSelf89%Fresh audience score.Director,ScreenwriterNov 10, 2020 · Kiyoshi Kurosawa is an intelligent sceptic who creates a melancholy cinematic experience, but punctuated with moments humour. “Pulse” is a horror spectacle imbued with a great sadness, and it is uncannily creepy !
Nov 8, 2022 · A film critic analyzes the unnerving, creepy masterwork by the Japanese director, which explores the possibility of a serial killer who can manipulate others' minds. He praises the subtle but ominous atmosphere, the twisty plot, and the performances of the main actors.
