
About
Ryūzō Kikushima
Overview
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.
Known for
Directing |
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1956 | Dotanba | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
Writing |
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2016 | 黒の斜面 | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
2008 | The Last Princess | Writing | Original Story | 58 Average |
2007 | Tsubaki Sanjuro | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1996 | Last Man Standing | Writing | Original Film Writer | 61 Fair |
1989 | My Phoenix | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1989 | The Demon Comes in Spring | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1987 | Princess from the Moon | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1986 | The Greatest Man in the World | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1984 | The Warrior and the Sorceress | Writing | Original Film Writer | 57 Average |
1982 | Shi no dangai | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
1981 | Willful Murder | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
1978 | Shag | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1977 | Ame no meguri ai | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1977 | Ame no meguri ai | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
1976 | The Sorrow of Paris | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1974 | Hashū Hankachō | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1973 | Stray Dog | Writing | Original Story | 59 Average |
1971 | Man on a False Flight | Writing | Original Story | 58 Average |
1971 | Man on a False Flight | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
1971 | Kaoyaku | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Writing | Screenplay | 65 Fair |
1969 | The Magoichi Saga | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
1969 | Gateway to Glory | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
1967 | 春日和 | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
1967 | 春日和 | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1965 | Red Beard | Writing | Screenplay | 68 Fair |
1965 | Hoodlum Soldier | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
1964 | A Fistful of Dollars | Writing | Original Story | 76 Good |
1964 | Fumiko's Five Benefactors | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1964 | The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1963 | She Came For Love | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1963 | Zero Escape Visibility | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1963 | Ichi ka bachi ka | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1963 | Legacy of the 500,000 | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
1963 | High and Low | Writing | Screenplay | 74 Good |
1962 | Shin kitsune to tanuki | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1962 | Yoru no keisha | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1962 | Sanjuro | Writing | Screenplay | 70 Good |
1961 | Kaei | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1961 | Yojimbo | Writing | Screenplay | 75 Good |
1960 | Chikuhō no kodomotachi | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1960 | The Bad Sleep Well | Writing | Writer | 64 Fair |
1960 | Life of a Country Doctor | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1960 | White Cliffs | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1960 | Afraid to Die | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1960 | When a Woman Ascends the Stairs | Writing | Screenplay | 62 Fair |
1959 | Across the Darkness | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1959 | The Three Treasures | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1959 | The Story of Iron Arm Inao | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1958 | The Hidden Fortress | Writing | Screenplay | 70 Good |
1958 | The Days of Evil Women | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1958 | The Undefeated Woman | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1957 | The Unbalanced Wheel | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1957 | The Eleventh Hour | Writing | Novel | 59 Average |
1957 | Last Days of the Samurai | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1957 | Throne of Blood | Writing | Screenplay | 71 Good |
1956 | Wakanohana: The Story of the Devil of the Dohyō | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1956 | Dotanba | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
1956 | The Storm | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1956 | Will-o'-the-Wisp | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1956 | The Underworld | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1955 | Rikidozan: Man of Fury | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1955 | The Samurai of Edo | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
1955 | Six Assassins | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1955 | Till We Meet Again | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1955 | No Time for Tears | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1955 | Vanished Enlisted Man | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1955 | A Man Among Men | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1954 | Hirate Miki the Swordman | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1954 | The Black Current | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1954 | Kunisada Chūji | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1954 | Hanran | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1953 | Made in Japan | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1953 | The End of the Night | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1952 | Tange Sazen | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
1950 | Scandal | Writing | Screenplay | 60 Fair |
1949 | Stray Dog | Writing | Writer | 65 Fair |
Highest 2 Lowest | Writing | Original Film Writer | N/A N/A |
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A Fistful of Dollars Remake | Writing | Original Film Writer | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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1965 | Red Beard | Production | Producer | 68 Fair |
1963 | High and Low | Production | Producer | 74 Good |
1962 | Sanjuro | Production | Producer | 70 Good |
1961 | Yojimbo | Production | Executive Producer | 75 Good |
1960 | Chikuhō no kodomotachi | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
1960 | When a Woman Ascends the Stairs | Production | Producer | 62 Fair |