Kiyoshi Kurosawa is one of present-day Japan's most important horror film directors. His career began in the 1980s as an assistant director.
Filmography:
Taiyo o nusunda otoko (1979; act, prod man; aka The Man Who Stole the Sun)
Kanda-gawa inran senso (1983; dir; aka Kandagawa Wars)
Ososhiki (1984; act; aka The Funeral)
Do-re-mi-fa-musume no chi wa sawagu (1985; dir, coscr; aka The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl )
Hoshikuzu kodai no densetsu (1985; act)
Suito Homu (1989; dir, scr; aka Sweet Home)
Abunai hanashi mugen monogatari (1989; dir)
Yuwakusha (1989, act; aka The Enchantment)
Mikadoroido (1991; act; aka Robokill Beneath Discoclub Layla)
Jigoku no keibîn (1992; dir, scr; aka The Guard from the Underground)
Katte ni shiyagare!! Ôgon keikaku (1996; dir, scr; made for TV; aka The Loot)
Doa 3 (1996; dir; aka Door 3)
Katte ni shiyagare!! Gyakuten keikaku (1996; dir, scr)
Katte ni shiyagare!! Narikin keikaku (1996; dir, scr)
Katte ni shiyagare! Eiyû-keikaku (1996; dir, scr; made for TV)
Bôrei gakkyû (1996; act; made for video)
Fukushu the Revenge Kienai Kizuato (1997; dir, scr)
Cure (1997; dir, scr, based on his novel; aka Kyua)
Kumo no hitomi (1998, dir, scr; aka Eyes of the Spider)
Hebi no michi (1998; dir; aka Serpent's Path)
Gakkô no kaidan G (1998; dir, based on his story; made for TV)
Ningen gokaku (1998; dir, scr; aka License to Live)
Karisuma (1999; dir, scr; aka Charisma)
Oinaru genei (1999; dir, scr; aka Barren Illusions)
Kôrei (2000; dir, scr; made for TV; aka Seance)
Chi wo sû uchû (2001; act; aka Gore from Outer Space)
Kairo (2001; dir, scr; aka Pulse, The Circuit)
Akarui mirai (2003; dir, scr, edit; aka Bright Future)
Ju-on: The Grudge (2003; creative consultant)
Dopperugengâ (2003; dir, scr, edit)
Ghost Cop (2004; dir)
Freedom2speak v2.0 (2004; act [himself])
Pinku ribon (2004; act)
Umezu Kazuo: Kyôfu gekijô - Mushi-tachi no ie (2005; dir; aka Bug House)
Rofuto (2005; dir, scr)
Pulse (2006; based on his screenplay)
Sakebi (2006; dir, scr; aka Retribution)
Tôkyô sonata (2008; dir; announced)
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