A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Ryûzô Kikushima
Ryūzō Kikushima
Birthplace:
Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Born:
January 28, 1914
Died:
March 18, 1989
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.
Director:
1956 Dotanba
Executive Producer:
1956 Dotanba
1961 Yojimbo
Novel:
1956 Dotanba
1957 The Eleventh Hour
1961 Yojimbo
Original Film Writer:
1956 Dotanba
1957 The Eleventh Hour
1961 Yojimbo
1984 The Warrior and the Sorceress
1996 Last Man Standing
???? A Fistful of Dollars Remake
???? High and Low
Original Story:
1956 Dotanba
1957 The Eleventh Hour
1961 Yojimbo
1964 A Fistful of Dollars
1971 Man on a False Flight
1973 Stray Dog
1977 Ame no meguri ai
1982 Shi no dangai
1984 The Warrior and the Sorceress
1996 Last Man Standing
2008 The Last Princess
???? A Fistful of Dollars Remake
???? High and Low
Producer:
1956 Dotanba
1957 The Eleventh Hour
1960 Chikûho no kodomotachi
1960 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1961 Yojimbo
1962 Sanjuro
1963 High and Low
1964 A Fistful of Dollars
1965 Red Beard
1971 Man on a False Flight
1973 Stray Dog
1977 Ame no meguri ai
1982 Shi no dangai
1984 The Warrior and the Sorceress
1996 Last Man Standing
2008 The Last Princess
???? A Fistful of Dollars Remake
???? High and Low
Screenplay:
1950 Scandal
1952 Tange Sazen
1953 Made in Japan
1954 Hanran
1954 Hirate Miki the Swordman
1954 The Black Current
1955 The Samurai of Edo
1955 Vanished Enlisted Man
1956 Dotanba
1956 The Underworld
1957 Last Days of the Samurai
1957 The Eleventh Hour
1957 The Unbalanced Wheel
1957 Throne of Blood
1958 The Days of Evil Women
1958 The Hidden Fortress
1960 Chikûho no kodomotachi
1960 Life of a Country Doctor
1960 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1961 Kaei
1961 Yojimbo
1962 Sanjuro
1962 Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962 Yoru no keisha
1963 High and Low
1963 Ichi ka bachi ka
1963 Legacy of the 500,000
1963 She Came For Love
1964 A Fistful of Dollars
1965 Hoodlum Soldier
1965 Red Beard
1969 Gateway to Glory
1969 The Magoichi Saga
1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!
1971 Kaoyaku
1971 Man on a False Flight
1973 Stray Dog
1976 The Sorrow of Paris
1977 Ame no meguri ai
1981 Willful Murder
1982 Shi no dangai
1984 The Warrior and the Sorceress
1986 The Greatest Man in the World
1989 My Phoenix
1989 The Demon Comes in Spring
1996 Last Man Standing
2008 The Last Princess
???? A Fistful of Dollars Remake
???? High and Low
Story:
1950 Scandal
1952 Tange Sazen
1953 Made in Japan
1954 Hanran
1954 Hirate Miki the Swordman
1954 The Black Current
1955 A Man Among Men
1955 The Samurai of Edo
1955 Vanished Enlisted Man
1956 Dotanba
1956 The Underworld
1956 Wakanohana: The Story of the Devil of the Dohyō
1957 Last Days of the Samurai
1957 The Eleventh Hour
1957 The Unbalanced Wheel
1957 Throne of Blood
1958 The Days of Evil Women
1958 The Hidden Fortress
1960 Chikûho no kodomotachi
1960 Life of a Country Doctor
1960 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1961 Kaei
1961 Yojimbo
1962 Sanjuro
1962 Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962 Yoru no keisha
1963 High and Low
1963 Ichi ka bachi ka
1963 Legacy of the 500,000
1963 She Came For Love
1964 A Fistful of Dollars
1965 Hoodlum Soldier
1965 Red Beard
1969 Gateway to Glory
1969 The Magoichi Saga
1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!
1971 Kaoyaku
1971 Man on a False Flight
1973 Stray Dog
1976 The Sorrow of Paris
1977 Ame no meguri ai
1981 Willful Murder
1982 Shi no dangai
1984 The Warrior and the Sorceress
1986 The Greatest Man in the World
1989 My Phoenix
1989 The Demon Comes in Spring
1996 Last Man Standing
2008 The Last Princess
???? A Fistful of Dollars Remake
???? High and Low
Writer:
1949 Stray Dog
1950 Scandal
1952 Tange Sazen
1953 Made in Japan
1953 The End of the Night
1954 Hanran
1954 Hirate Miki the Swordman
1954 Kunisada Chūji
1954 The Black Current
1955 A Man Among Men
1955 No Time for Tears
1955 Six Assassins
1955 The Samurai of Edo
1955 Till We Meet Again
1955 Vanished Enlisted Man
1956 Dotanba
1956 The Storm
1956 The Underworld
1956 Wakanohana: The Story of the Devil of the Dohyō
1956 Will-o'-the-Wisp
1957 Last Days of the Samurai
1957 The Eleventh Hour
1957 The Unbalanced Wheel
1957 Throne of Blood
1958 The Days of Evil Women
1958 The Hidden Fortress
1958 The Undefeated Woman
1959 Across the Darkness
1959 The Story of Iron Arm Inao
1959 The Three Treasures
1960 Afraid to Die
1960 Chikûho no kodomotachi
1960 Life of a Country Doctor
1960 The Bad Sleep Well
1960 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1961 Kaei
1961 Yojimbo
1962 Sanjuro
1962 Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962 Yoru no keisha
1963 High and Low
1963 Ichi ka bachi ka
1963 Legacy of the 500,000
1963 She Came For Love
1964 A Fistful of Dollars
1964 Fumiko's Five Benefactors
1964 The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1965 Hoodlum Soldier
1965 Red Beard
1969 Gateway to Glory
1969 The Magoichi Saga
1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!
1971 Kaoyaku
1971 Man on a False Flight
1973 Stray Dog
1976 The Sorrow of Paris
1977 Ame no meguri ai
1978 Shag
1981 Willful Murder
1982 Shi no dangai
1984 The Warrior and the Sorceress
1986 The Greatest Man in the World
1987 Princess from the Moon
1989 My Phoenix
1989 The Demon Comes in Spring
1996 Last Man Standing
2007 Tsubaki Sanjuro
2008 The Last Princess
???? A Fistful of Dollars Remake
???? High and Low
Writer:
1972 Kogarashi Monjiro
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