About

Known credits:
79
Birthday:
1914-01-28
Place of birth:
Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Website:
N/A

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
1956 Dotanba Directing Director 59
Average

Writing
2008 The Last Princess Writing Original Story 58
Average
2007 Tsubaki Sanjuro Writing Writer 59
Average
1996 Last Man Standing Writing Original Film Writer 61
Fair
1989 My Phoenix Writing Screenplay N/A
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1989 The Demon Comes in Spring Writing Screenplay N/A
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1987 Princess from the Moon Writing Writer 59
Average
1986 The Greatest Man in the World Writing Screenplay N/A
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1984 The Warrior and the Sorceress Writing Original Film Writer 57
Average
1982 Shi no dangai Writing Original Story N/A
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1981 Willful Murder Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1978 Shag Writing Writer 59
Average
1977 Ame no meguri ai Writing Original Story N/A
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1977 Ame no meguri ai Writing Screenplay N/A
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1976 The Sorrow of Paris Writing Screenplay N/A
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1974 Hashū Hankachō Writing Writer N/A
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1973 Stray Dog Writing Original Story 59
Average
1971 Man on a False Flight Writing Original Story 59
Average
1971 Man on a False Flight Writing Screenplay 59
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
1965 Red Beard Writing Screenplay 68
Fair
1965 Hoodlum Soldier Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1964 A Fistful of Dollars Writing Original Story 75
Good
1964 The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers Writing Writer 58
Average
1964 Fumiko's Five Benefactors Writing Writer N/A
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1963 She Came For Love Writing Screenplay N/A
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1963 Ichi ka bachi ka Writing Screenplay N/A
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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
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1962 Yoru no keisha Writing Screenplay N/A
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1962 Sanjuro Writing Screenplay 69
Fair
1961 Kaei Writing Screenplay N/A
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1961 Yojimbo Writing Screenplay 75
Good
1960 The Bad Sleep Well Writing Writer 64
Fair
1960 Life of a Country Doctor Writing Screenplay N/A
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1960 Afraid to Die Writing Writer 59
Average
1960 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Writing Screenplay 62
Fair
1959 Across the Darkness Writing Writer N/A
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1959 The Three Treasures Writing Writer 58
Average
1959 The Story of Iron Arm Inao Writing Writer N/A
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1958 The Hidden Fortress Writing Screenplay 69
Fair
1958 The Days of Evil Women Writing Screenplay N/A
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1958 The Undefeated Woman Writing Writer N/A
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1957 The Eleventh Hour Writing Novel 59
Average
1957 Last Days of the Samurai Writing Screenplay N/A
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1957 The Unbalanced Wheel Writing Screenplay N/A
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1957 Throne of Blood Writing Screenplay 71
Good
1956 Wakanohana: The Story of the Devil of the Dohyō Writing Story N/A
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1956 Dotanba Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1956 The Storm Writing Writer 59
Average
1956 Will-o'-the-Wisp Writing Writer N/A
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1956 The Underworld Writing Screenplay N/A
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1955 Rikidozan: Man of Fury Writing Screenplay N/A
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1955 The Samurai of Edo Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1955 Six Assassins Writing Writer N/A
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1955 Till We Meet Again Writing Writer 58
Average
1955 No Time for Tears Writing Writer N/A
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1955 Vanished Enlisted Man Writing Screenplay N/A
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1955 A Man Among Men Writing Story N/A
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1954 Hirate Miki the Swordman Writing Screenplay N/A
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1954 The Black Current Writing Screenplay N/A
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1954 Kunisada Chūji Writing Writer N/A
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1954 Hanran Writing Screenplay N/A
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1953 Made in Japan Writing Screenplay N/A
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1953 The End of the Night Writing Writer N/A
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1952 Tange Sazen Writing Screenplay N/A
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1950 Scandal Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1949 Stray Dog Writing Writer 64
Fair
A Fistful of Dollars Remake Writing Original Film Writer N/A
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High and Low Writing Original Film Writer N/A
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Production
1965 Red Beard Production Producer 68
Fair
1963 High and Low Production Producer 74
Good
1962 Sanjuro Production Producer 69
Fair
1961 Yojimbo Production Executive Producer 75
Good
1960 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Production Producer 62
Fair