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Kiyoshi Kurosawa

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Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Born(1955-07-19)July 19, 1955(age 68)
Kobe,Japan
Alma materRikkyo University
Occupation(s)Film director,screenwriter,film critic, actor
Years active1973–present

Kiyoshi Kurosawa(Hắc trạch thanh,Kurosawa Kiyoshi,born July 19, 1955)[1]is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic, actor, and professor atTokyo University of the Arts.

Noted for hispsychologicalfilms that often focus on ambiguous narratives and on their characters' inner turmoils and quests for meaning and connections, he is best known for his contributions topsychological horrorandJapanese horror,notably his acclaimed 1997 filmCure,although he has also worked in a variety of other genres.

Biography[edit]

Born inKobeon July 19, 1955,[1]Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who is not related to directorAkira Kurosawa,[2]started making films about his life in high school. After studying atRikkyo UniversityinTokyounder the guidance of prominent film criticShigehiko Hasumi,[3]where he began making8mm films,[4]Kurosawa began directing commercially in the 1980s, working onpink films[5]and low-budgetV-Cinema(direct-to-video) productions such as formulayakuza films.[6]In 1981, his 8mm filmShigarami Gakuen(しがらみ học viên ) was nominated for the Oshima Prize at the PFF (Pia Film Festival). In 1983, after he worked withShinji Soumai,he released his first feature filmKandagawa Pervert Wars(1983). He became popular afterThe Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl(1985) andThe Guard from Underground(1992).[7]

In the early 1990s, Kurosawa won a scholarship to theSundance Instituteby submitting his original screen playCharisma.Then, he was able to study filmmaking in the United States, although he had been directing for nearly ten years professionally.[8]

Kurosawa first achieved international acclaim with his 1997 crime thriller filmCure.[9]A year later, he completed two thrillers back-to-back,Serpent's PathandEyes of the Spider,both of which shared the same premise (a father taking revenge for his child's murder) and lead actor (Show Aikawa) but spun entirely different stories.[10]In March 1999, the Hong Kong International Film Festival presented his first retrospective, a five-title-program includingThe Excitement of the Do-re-mi fa Girls,The Guard from Underground,Serpent's Path,Eyes of the Spider,andLicense to Live.

Kurosawa followed upCurewith a semi-sequel in 1999 withCharisma,a detective film starringKōji Yakusho.[8]In 2000,Seance,Kurosawa's adaptation of the novelSeance on a Wet Afternoonby Mark McShane, premiered onKansai TV.It also starred Yakusho, as well asJun Fubuki(the two had appeared together inCharismaas well). In 2001, he directed the horror filmPulse.[11]Kurosawa releasedBright Future,starringTadanobu Asano,Joe OdagiriandTatsuya Fuji,in 2003.[12]He followed this with another digital feature,Doppelganger,later the same year.[13]BothBright FutureandDoppelgangerhave nominated for theCannes Film Festivals[7]

In 2005, Kurosawa returned withLoft,his first love story sinceSeance.[14]Another horror film,Retribution,followed in the next year.[15]With his 2008 film,Tokyo Sonata,Kurosawa was considered to step "out of his usual horror genre and into family drama."[16]

He has written a novelization of his own filmPulse,as well as a history of horror cinema withMakoto Shinozaki.[17]

In September 2012, it was announced that he would direct1905,a film starringTony Leung Chiu-Wai,Shota MatsudaandAtsuko Maeda.[18]In February 2013, it was announced that production of the film had been cancelled before filming could start.[19]

Kurosawa directed a 2012 five-part television dramaPenance.[20]Beautiful 2013,an anthology film featuring Kurosawa'sBeautiful New Bay Area Project,screened at theHong Kong International Film Festivalin 2013.[21]

Kurosawa's next feature filmReal,which starsTakeru SatoandHaruka Ayase,was released in 2013.[22]He won the Best Director award at the 8thRome Film FestivalforSeventh Codelater that year.[23]

His 2015 filmJourney to the Shorewas screened in theUn Certain Regardsection at the2015 Cannes Film Festivalwhere he won the prize for Best Director.[24][25]

In 2016, his thrillerCreepypremiered at the66th Berlin International Film Festival.[26]The film marked Kurosawa's first cinematic return to the horror genre since 2006.

His 2017 filmBefore We Vanishwas screened in the Un Certain Regard category at the Cannes Film Festival.

His 2019 filmTo the Ends of the Earthwas screened as the closing film in the Piazza Grande program of the72nd Locarno Film Festival.

In 2020, Kurosawa won theSilver Lion for Best Directionat the77th Venice International Film Festivalfor his filmWife of a Spy.[27]

In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Kurosawa signed an open letter published inLibérationdemanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip,and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.[28][29][30]

Style and influences[edit]

Yasujiro Ozu

Kurosawa's directing style has been compared to those ofStanley KubrickandAndrei Tarkovsky,though he has never expressly listed those directors as influences.[31]In an interview, he claimed thatAlfred HitchcockandYasujirō Ozucontributed to shaping his personal vision of the medium.[32]He has also expressed admiration for American film directors such asDon Siegel,Sam Peckinpah,Robert Aldrich,Richard Fleischer,[33]andTobe Hooper.[34]

In a 2009 interview withIFC,Kurosawa talked about the reason why he has cast the actorKōji Yakushoin many of his films: "He has similar values and sensitivities. We’re from the same generation. That’s a big reason why I enjoy working with him on the set."[35]

According to Tim Palmer, Kurosawa's films occupy a peculiar position between the materials of mass genre, on the one hand, and esoteric or intellectual abstraction, on the other. They also clearly engage with issues of environmental critique, given Kurosawa's preference for shooting in decaying open spaces, abandoned (and often condemned) buildings, and in places rife with toxins, pestilence and entropy.[36]

In an interview with the Tokyo Art University, where he is a professor, Kurosawa talks about not wanting his directorial style to be too fixed.[37]The interviewer makes reference to Kurosawa's versatility when they talk aboutClint Eastwood;Kurosawa says he admires people who can do many things and that he doesn't box himself into one style or one theme. When asked what he wants to try next, he answered: "The next thing I want to do is something I have never done." Kurosawa also mentions that he has seen many films since he was young, and that he knows there are many great films from around the world. Those films motivate him to be a better filmmaker; he always asks himself how to make films that will be memorable for a long time.

In the same article by the Tokyo Art University, Kurosawa names film critic Hasumi Shigehiko as a mentor and early influence in his filmmaking career. Much of Hasumi's influence would go on to shape the core of Kurosawa's filmography. Kurosawa met Hasumi in University, where he was one of the few students to finish his course, and credits Hasumi with teaching him that film is worth dedicating your entire life to. Hasumi and Kurosawa believe that every element of the film matters and should be meticulously planned. Kurosawa has also stated that one of his goals as a filmmaker is to share Hasumi's teachings.

Filmography[edit]

Feature films[edit]

Short films[edit]

  • Vertigo College(1980)
  • Ghost Cop(2003)
  • Beautiful New Bay Area Project(2013)

V-Cinema[edit]

  • Yakuza Taxi(1994)
  • Men of Rage(1994)
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Heist(1995)
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Escape(1995)
  • Door 3(1996)
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot(1996)
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Gamble(1996)
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Nouveau Riche(1996)
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Hero(1996)
  • The Revenge: A Visit from Fate(1997)
  • The Revenge: A Scar That Never Fades(1997)
  • Eyes of the Spider(1998)
  • Serpent's Path(1998)

DVD[edit]

  • Soul Dancing(2004)

Television[edit]

  • Wordholic Prisoner(1990)
  • Whirlpool of Joy(1992)
  • Seance(2000)
  • Matasaburo, the Wind Imp(2003)
  • Penance(2012)
  • Foreboding(2017)
  • Wife of a Spy(2020)
  • Modern Love Tokyo(2022, episode 5)[44]

Acting credits[edit]

  • The Funeral(1984) – Assistant director
  • The Legend of the Stardust Brothers(1985) – Customer
  • The Enchantment(1989) – Librarian
  • Stranger at Night(1991) – Taxi rider
  • Reincarnation(2005) – College professor
  • Occult(2009) – Himself

Music videos[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

Title Year Published Publisher Ref
Ánh tượng のカリスマ hắc trạch thanh ánh họa sử

(Film History of Kiyoshi Kurosawa)

1992 Film Art Inc. [45]
Ánh họa はおそろしい

(Eiga ha Osoroshi)

2001 Seidosha [46]
Hắc trạch thanh の ánh họa thuật

(technique of Kiyoshi Kurosawa)

2006 Shinchosha [47]
Ánh họa のこわい thoại hắc trạch thanh đối đàm tập

(Eiga no kowai hanashi, scary story of film)

2007 Seidosha [46]
Khủng phố の đối đàm ánh họa のもっとこわい thoại (Eigano Motto Kowai Hanashi, More scary story of film) 2008 Seidosha [46]
Hắc trạch thanh, 21 thế kỷ の ánh họa を ngữ る

(Kurosawa Kiyoshi talking about 21st century movie)

2010 Boid [48]

Co-written[edit]

ロスト イン アメリカ

Lost in America

2000 Digital Hollywood [49]
Hắc trạch thanh の khủng phố の ánh họa sử

(Kurosawa Kiyoshi no Kyofuno Eigashi - Scary film history of Kurosawa Kiyoshi)

2003 Seidosha [46]
Ánh họa の thụ nghiệp ánh họa mỹ học giáo の giáo thất から

(Eiga no Jyugyou, Eiga Bigakkou no Kyoushitsu Kara - Film Class, from class room of School of Cinema )

2004 Seidosha
Đông kinh から hiện đại アメリカ ánh họa đàm イーストウッド, スピルバーグ, タランティーノ (Modern American film discussion with Eastwood, Spielberg, and Tarantino from Tokyo) 2010 Seidosha
Nhật bổn ánh họa は sinh きている

(Nihon Eiga wa Ikiteiru - Japanese Film is Livning)

2010 Iwanami Shoten [50]
Ánh họa trường thoại

(Eiga Nagabanashi - Long Story about Film)

2011 Little More [51]

Films adapted into novels[edit]

キュア (Cure) 1997 Tokuma Bunko [52]
Hồi lộ (Pulse) 2001 Tokuma Bunko [52]

Achievements[edit]

Awards
Award Year Category Film Result Ref
54th Cannes Film Festival 2001 Prize of Un Certain Regard Pulse Nominated [53][54]
56th Cannes Film Festivals 2003 Competition Bright Future Nominated
61st Cannes Film Festivals 2008 Prize of Un Certain Regard Tokyo Sonata Won Prix du Jury
68th Cannes Film Festivals 2015 Prize of Un Certain Regard Journey to the Shore Won Best Director
70th Cannes Film Festivals 2017 Prize of Un Certain Regard Before We Vanish Nominated
41st Japan Academy Film Prize 2018 Best Director Before We Vanish Nominated [53][55]
77th Venice International Film Festival 2020 Best Director Silver Lion Wife of a Spy Won [56]
Honors
Honor Year Ref
Medal with Purple Ribbon 2021 [57]

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Further reading[edit]

  • White, Jerry (2007).The Films of Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Master of Fear.Stone Bridge Press.ISBN9781933330211.

External links[edit]

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