Biography
Japanese screenwriter and film producer who is best known for co-writing the screenplays for several Akira Kurosawa films, including Throne of Blood, The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo and High and Low. He also produced several of Kurosawa's early 1960s films. In addition to his work with Kurosawa, screenplays he wrote or co-wrote include Tora! Tora! Tora!, Hiroshi Inagaki's Arashi and The Birth of Japan, and Mikio Naruse's When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, on which he also served as producer.
Filmography
all 74
Movies 73
Writer 66
Screenplay 4
TV Shows 1
Director 1
Writer
High and Low (2007)
Movie
Writer
My Phoenix (1989)
Movie
Writer
Shag (1978)
Movie
Screenplay / Original Story
Ame no meguri ai (1977)
Movie
Writer
Stray Dog (1973)
Movie
Writer
Kaoyaku (1971)
Movie
Original Story
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Movie
5.72
Screenplay
Yoru no keisha (1962)
Movie
Writer
Sanjuro (1962)
Movie
3.86
Writer
Kaei (1961)
Movie
Writer
Yojimbo (1961)
Movie
3.88
Screenplay
The Unbalanced Wheel (1957)
Movie
Screenplay / Director
Dotanba (1956)
Movie
Writer
The Storm (1956)
Movie
Writer
Hanran (1954)
Movie
Screenplay
Made in Japan (1953)
Movie
Writer
Tange Sazen (1952)
Movie
Writer
Scandal (1950)
Movie
3.5
Writer
Stray Dog (1949)
Movie
5
Original Film Writer
A Fistful of Dollars Remake
Movie
Original Film Writer
High and Low
Movie
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1914-01-28
Deathday1989-03-18 (75 years old)
Birth PlaceKofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known AsRyūzō Kikushima, Ryûzô Kikushima
AwardsMainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay, Medal with Purple Ribbon
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