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 81
Movies 79
Screenplay 36
Writer 30
Producer 6
TV Shows 2
Director 1
Original Story
黒の斜面 (2016)
Movie
Original Story
The Last Princess (2008)
Movie
Writer
High and Low (2007)
Movie
Original Film Writer
Last Man Standing (1996)
Movie
5.93
Screenplay
My Phoenix (1989)
Movie
Screenplay
The Demon Comes in Spring (1989)
Movie
Original Film Writer
The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)
Movie
Original Story
Shi no dangai (1982)
Movie
Screenplay
Willful Murder (1981)
Movie
Writer
Shag (1978)
Movie
Original Story / Screenplay
Ame no meguri ai (1977)
Movie
Screenplay
The Sorrow of Paris (1976)
Movie
Writer
Hashū Hankachō (1974)
TV
Original Story
Stray Dog (1973)
Movie
Original Story / Screenplay
Man on a False Flight (1971)
Movie
Screenplay
Kaoyaku (1971)
Movie
Screenplay
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Movie
6
Screenplay
The Magoichi Saga (1969)
Movie
Screenplay
Gateway to Glory (1969)
Movie
Screenplay
津軽絶唱 (1969)
Movie
Screenplay / Original Story
春日和 (1967)
Movie
Producer / Screenplay
Red Beard (1965)
Movie
4.33
Screenplay
Hoodlum Soldier (1965)
Movie
Original Story
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Movie
5.72
Screenplay
She Came For Love (1963)
Movie
Screenplay
Ichi ka bachi ka (1963)
Movie
Screenplay
Legacy of the 500,000 (1963)
Movie
Screenplay / Producer
High and Low (1963)
Movie
4.6
Screenplay
Shin kitsune to tanuki (1962)
Movie
Screenplay
Yoru no keisha (1962)
Movie
Screenplay / Producer
Sanjuro (1962)
Movie
3.86
Screenplay
Kaei (1961)
Movie
Screenplay / Executive Producer
Yojimbo (1961)
Movie
3.88
Producer / Screenplay
Chikuhō no kodomotachi (1960)
Movie
Screenplay
Life of a Country Doctor (1960)
Movie
Writer
White Cliffs (1960)
Movie
Producer / Screenplay
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Movie
Screenplay
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Movie
4.75
Screenplay
The Days of Evil Women (1958)
Movie
Screenplay
The Unbalanced Wheel (1957)
Movie
Screenplay
Last Days of the Samurai (1957)
Movie
Screenplay
Throne of Blood (1957)
Movie
4
Director / Screenplay
Dotanba (1956)
Movie
Writer
The Storm (1956)
Movie
Screenplay
The Underworld (1956)
Movie
Screenplay
Rikidozan: Man of Fury (1955)
Movie
Screenplay
The Samurai of Edo (1955)
Movie
Screenplay
Vanished Enlisted Man (1955)
Movie
Screenplay
Hirate Miki the Swordman (1954)
Movie
Screenplay
The Black Current (1954)
Movie
Screenplay
Hanran (1954)
Movie
Screenplay
Made in Japan (1953)
Movie
Screenplay
Tange Sazen (1952)
Movie
Screenplay
Scandal (1950)
Movie
3.5
Writer
Stray Dog (1949)
Movie
5
Original Film Writer
A Fistful of Dollars Remake
Movie
Original Film Writer
Highest 2 Lowest
Movie
Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1914-01-28
Deathday1989-03-18 (75 years old)
Birth PlaceKofu, Japan
CitizenshipsEmpire of Japan, Japan
Also Known AsRyūzō Kikushima, Ryûzô Kikushima
AwardsMainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay, Medal with Purple Ribbon
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