Kiyoshi Kurosawa (é»'æ²¢ 清, Kurosawa Kiyoshi, born July 19, 1955) is
a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic and a professor at
Tokyo University of the Arts. Although he has worked in a variety of
genres, Kurosawa is best known for his many contributions to the
Japanese horror genre.Born in Kobe on July 19, 1955, Kiyoshi Kurosawa,
who is not related to director Akira Kurosawa, started making films
about his life in high school. After studying at Rikkyo University in
Tokyo under the guidance of prominent film critic Shigehiko Hasumi,
where he began making 8mm films, Kurosawa began directing commercially
in the 1980s, working on pink films and low-budget V-Cinema
(direct-to-video) productions such as formula yakuza films. In 1981,
his 8mm film Shigarami Gakuen (㠗㠌ら㠿å¦åœ') was nominated for
the Oshima Prize at the PFF (Pia Film Festival). In 1983, after he
worked with Shinji Soumai, he released his first feature film
Kandagawa Pervert Wars (1983). He became popular after The Excitement
of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl (1985) and The Guard from Underground
(1992).In the early 1990s, Kurosawa won a scholarship to the Sundance
Institute by submitting his original screen play Charisma. Then, he
was able to study filmmaking in the United States, although he had
been directing for nearly ten years professionally.Kurosawa first
achieved international acclaim with his 1997 crime thriller film Cure.
Also that year, he experimented by filming two thrillers back-to-back,
Serpent's Path and Eyes 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.
a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic and a professor at
Tokyo University of the Arts. Although he has worked in a variety of
genres, Kurosawa is best known for his many contributions to the
Japanese horror genre.Born in Kobe on July 19, 1955, Kiyoshi Kurosawa,
who is not related to director Akira Kurosawa, started making films
about his life in high school. After studying at Rikkyo University in
Tokyo under the guidance of prominent film critic Shigehiko Hasumi,
where he began making 8mm films, Kurosawa began directing commercially
in the 1980s, working on pink films and low-budget V-Cinema
(direct-to-video) productions such as formula yakuza films. In 1981,
his 8mm film Shigarami Gakuen (㠗㠌ら㠿å¦åœ') was nominated for
the Oshima Prize at the PFF (Pia Film Festival). In 1983, after he
worked with Shinji Soumai, he released his first feature film
Kandagawa Pervert Wars (1983). He became popular after The Excitement
of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl (1985) and The Guard from Underground
(1992).In the early 1990s, Kurosawa won a scholarship to the Sundance
Institute by submitting his original screen play Charisma. Then, he
was able to study filmmaking in the United States, although he had
been directing for nearly ten years professionally.Kurosawa first
achieved international acclaim with his 1997 crime thriller film Cure.
Also that year, he experimented by filming two thrillers back-to-back,
Serpent's Path and Eyes 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.
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