Portrait of Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Directing

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Career

Active from 1973 to 2026, busiest in 1996 with 6 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Tokyo Sonata
Tokyo Sonata
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 41 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kiyoshi Kurosawa Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wholesome
    1.8, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7
  • Historical
    1.2, average 2.6
  • Nostalgia
    2.5, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 11
  • Japanese Cinema 11
  • Character-Driven 7
  • Psychological Horror 6
  • Moral Ambiguity 5
  • Slow Burn 5
  • Mystery 5
  • Existential Dread 4
  • Atmospheric 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Japanese Horror 4
  • Slow Burn Suspense 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

88
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Pulse
Pulse

Original Film Writer

2020s

6 titles · average score 66
The Samurai and the Prisoner
The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026)
GoodWatch score 82

Screenplay, Director

Chime
Chime (2024)
GoodWatch score 50

Director, Screenplay

Cloud
Cloud (2024)
GoodWatch score 75

Screenplay, Director

Serpent's Path
Serpent's Path (2024)
GoodWatch score 47

Writer, Director

Actually...
Actually... (2022)

Director

Wife of a Spy
Wife of a Spy (2020)
GoodWatch score 74

Screenplay, Director

2010s

15 titles · average score 60
To the Ends of the Earth
To the Ends of the Earth (2019)
GoodWatch score 76

Director, Writer

Before We Vanish
Before We Vanish (2017)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay, Director

Foreboding
Foreboding (2017)
GoodWatch score 58

Teleplay, Director

Creepy
Creepy (2016)
GoodWatch score 73

Director, Screenplay

Daguerrotype
Daguerrotype (2016)
GoodWatch score 48

Director, Scenario Writer

Journey to the Shore
Journey to the Shore (2015)
GoodWatch score 48

Screenplay, Director

Seventh Code
Seventh Code (2014)
GoodWatch score 58

Writer, Director

Henri Langlois vu par...
Henri Langlois vu par... (2014)

Director

Real
Real (2013)
GoodWatch score 54

Director, Screenplay

Penance
Penance (2013)
GoodWatch score 62

Director, Screenplay

Beautiful New Bay Area Project
Beautiful New Bay Area Project (2013)
GoodWatch score 58

Director, Screenplay

Wordholic Prisoner
Wordholic Prisoner (2012)

Director

2000s

18 titles · average score 62
Tokyo Sonata
Tokyo Sonata (2008)
GoodWatch score 83

Writer, Director

Retribution
Retribution (2007)
GoodWatch score 65

Director, Screenplay

Loft
Loft (2006)
GoodWatch score 59

Screenplay, Director

Pulse
Pulse (2006)
GoodWatch score 32

Original Film Writer

Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs (2005)
GoodWatch score 54

Director

Séance
Séance (2004)
GoodWatch score 73

Teleplay, Director

Ghost Cop
Ghost Cop (2004)

Director

Doppelgänger
Doppelgänger (2003)
GoodWatch score 66

Editor, Director

Bright Future
Bright Future (2003)
GoodWatch score 60

Editor, Director

Ju-on: The Grudge
Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)
GoodWatch score 66

Creative Consultant

Pulse
Pulse (2001)
GoodWatch score 69

as Man in Internet (uncredited)

School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special
School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special (2001)

Director

1990s

25 titles · average score 63
Charisma
Charisma (1999)
GoodWatch score 71

Director, Screenplay

License to Live
License to Live (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

Screenplay, Director

Barren Illusion
Barren Illusion (1999)
GoodWatch score 50

Screenplay, Director

Eyes of the Spider
Eyes of the Spider (1998)
GoodWatch score 67

Director, Screenplay

Serpent's Path
Serpent's Path (1998)
GoodWatch score 69

Director

School Ghost Story G
School Ghost Story G (1998)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

Cure
Cure (1997)
GoodWatch score 81

Screenplay, Director

The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears (1997)

Director, Screenplay

Door III
Door III (1996)
GoodWatch score 58

Director

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot (1996)

Screenplay, Director

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape (1995)

Director, Screenplay

The Guard from Underground
The Guard from Underground (1992)
GoodWatch score 44

Screenplay, Director

1980s

15 titles · average score 65
Sweet Home
Sweet Home (1989)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Writer

Dangerous Stories
Dangerous Stories (1989)

Screenplay, Director

The Enchantment
The Enchantment (1989)

as Librarian

Bumpkin Soup
Bumpkin Soup (1985)
GoodWatch score 54

Director, Writer

The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985)
GoodWatch score 67

as Visitor of Salon "Uonome"

The Funeral
The Funeral (1984)
GoodWatch score 88

as Assistant Director

Kandagawa Pervert Wars
Kandagawa Pervert Wars (1983)
GoodWatch score 49

Director

So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex
So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex (1982)

Writer

The Night Before the Escape
The Night Before the Escape (1982)

Director

Wolf: Running Is Sex
Wolf: Running Is Sex (1982)

Production Assistant

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)
GoodWatch score 66

Assistant Director

Vertigo College
Vertigo College (1980)

as Manager

1970s

8 titles · average score 80
The Man Who Stole the Sun
The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
GoodWatch score 80

as Suspect on TV News

School Days
School Days (1978)

Director

Fangs Crazy for White Skin
Fangs Crazy for White Skin (1977)

as Narrator (voice)

West Wind
West Wind (1977)

as Bazin

The Flashing Signal
The Flashing Signal (1976)

Director

Record of Indefinite Travel
Record of Indefinite Travel (1976)

Director

Teacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad Daylight
Teacher of Violence: Massacre in Broad Daylight (1975)

Director

Rokkô
Rokkô (1973)

Director