9.0
9.0
The Storm
1956
Writer
Ryuzo Kikushima
Also known as: Ryuzo Kikushima
Writing
Born:January 28, 1914
Died:March 18, 1989(aged 75)
Birthplace:Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Nationality:Japan
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (66 movies)
8.4
8.4
High and Low
1963
Producer
8.2
8.2
Red Beard
1965
Screenplay
8.1
8.1
Yojimbo
1961
Screenplay
8.0
8.0
The Hidden Fortress
1958
Screenplay
8.0
8.0
Sanjuro
1962
Producer
7.9
7.9
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
Producer
7.9
7.9
Throne of Blood
1957
Screenplay
7.7
7.7
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
Writer
7.5
7.5
Stray Dog
1949
Writer
7.5
7.5
Gateway to Glory
1969
Screenplay
7.3
7.3
Hoodlum Soldier
1965
Screenplay
7.3
7.3
Willful Murder
1981
Screenplay
7.1
7.1
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Screenplay
7.1
7.1
Legacy of the 500,000
1963
Screenplay
7.0
7.0
Shag
1978
Writer
6.9
6.9
Scandal
1950
Screenplay
6.4
6.4
Tsubaki Sanjuro
2007
Writer
6.3
6.3
Princess from the Moon
1987
Writer
6.2
6.2
Till We Meet Again
1955
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
The Samurai of Edo
1955
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
Afraid to Die
1960
Writer
6.0
6.0
Fumiko's Five Benefactors
1964
Writer
6.0
6.0
Dotanba
1956
Director
5.8
5.8
Kaoyaku
1971
Screenplay
5.8
5.8
The Magoichi Saga
1969
Screenplay
5.3
5.3
The Three Treasures
1959
Writer
5.3
5.3
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964
Writer
4.0
4.0
Man on a False Flight
1971
Screenplay
春日和
1967
Screenplay
Fox and Raccoon
1959
Screenplay
Ôana
1960
Screenplay
Tsugaru zessho
1969
Screenplay
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
Screenplay
The Black Current
1954
Screenplay
Kaei
1961
Screenplay
She Came For Love
1963
Screenplay
Tange Sazen
1952
Screenplay
Six Assassins
1955
Writer
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956
Writer
No Time for Tears
1955
Writer
The Underworld
1956
Screenplay
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
Screenplay
Ame no meguri ai
1977
Screenplay
The Sorrow of Paris
1976
Screenplay
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Screenplay
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
1959
Writer
The Greatest Man in the World
1986
Screenplay
Hirate Miki the Swordman
1954
Screenplay
Across the Darkness
1959
Writer
The Undefeated Woman
1958
Writer
Vanished Enlisted Man
1955
Screenplay
My Phoenix
1989
Screenplay
Fifty-Fifty
1963
Screenplay
Kunisada Chūji
1954
Writer
The Demon Comes in Spring
1989
Screenplay
Made in Japan
1953
Screenplay
Yoru no keisha
1962
Screenplay
Hanran
1954
Screenplay
Last Days of the Samurai
1957
Screenplay
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
Screenplay
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960
Screenplay
The End of the Night
1953
Writer
Rikidozan: Man of Fury
1955
Screenplay
Zero Escape Visibility
1963
Writer
White Cliffs
1960
Writer
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