Ryūzō Kikushima

Ryūzō Kikushima

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

28/01/1914

Day of Death

18/03/1989
(75) years old

Place of Birth

Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Biography

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, screen... Read More

Filmography

Crew

2025

Highest 2 Lowest

as Original Film Writer

2016

黒の斜面

as Original Story

2008

The Last Princess

as Original Story

2007

Tsubaki Sanjuro

as Writer

1996

Last Man Standing

as Original Film Writer

1989

My Phoenix

as Screenplay

1989

The Demon Comes in Spring

as Screenplay

1984

The Warrior and the Sorceress

as Original Film Writer

1982

Shi no dangai

as Original Story

1981

Willful Murder

as Screenplay

1978

Shag

as Writer

1977

Ame no meguri ai

as Original Story

1977

Ame no meguri ai

as Screenplay

1976

The Sorrow of Paris

as Screenplay

1973

Stray Dog

as Original Story

1971

Man on a False Flight

as Original Story

1971

Man on a False Flight

as Screenplay

1971

Kaoyaku

as Screenplay

1970

Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Screenplay

1969

The Magoichi Saga

as Screenplay

1969

Gateway to Glory

as Screenplay

1969

津軽絶唱

as Screenplay

1967

春日和

as Screenplay

1967

春日和

as Original Story

1965

Red Beard

as Producer

1965

Red Beard

as Screenplay

1965

Hoodlum Soldier

as Screenplay

1964

A Fistful of Dollars

as Original Story

1963

She Came For Love

as Screenplay

1963

Fifty-Fifty

as Screenplay

1963

Legacy of the 500,000

as Screenplay

1963

High and Low

as Producer

1963

High and Low

as Screenplay

1962

Shin kitsune to tanuki

as Screenplay

1962

Yoru no keisha

as Screenplay

1962

Sanjuro

as Screenplay

1962

Sanjuro

as Producer

1961

Kaei

as Screenplay

1961

Yojimbo

as Screenplay

1961

Yojimbo

as Executive Producer

1960

Chikuhō no kodomotachi

as Screenplay

1960

The Bad Sleep Well

as Writer

1960

Life of a Country Doctor

as Screenplay

1960

White Cliffs

as Writer

1960

Afraid to Die

as Writer

1959

Across the Darkness

as Writer

1959

The Three Treasures

as Writer

1958

The Hidden Fortress

as Screenplay

1958

The Days of Evil Women

as Screenplay

1957

The Unbalanced Wheel

as Screenplay

1957

The Eleventh Hour

as Novel

1957

Last Days of the Samurai

as Screenplay

1957

Throne of Blood

as Screenplay

1956

Dotanba

as Director

1956

Dotanba

as Screenplay

1956

The Storm

as Writer

1956

Will-o'-the-Wisp

as Writer

1956

The Underworld

as Screenplay

1955

Rikidozan: Man of Fury

as Screenplay

1955

The Samurai of Edo

as Screenplay

1955

Six Assassins

as Writer

1955

Till We Meet Again

as Screenplay

1955

No Time for Tears

as Writer

1955

Vanished Enlisted Man

as Screenplay

1955

A Man Among Men

as Story

1954

Hirate Miki the Swordman

as Screenplay

1954

The Black Current

as Screenplay

1954

Kunisada Chūji

as Writer

1954

Hanran

as Screenplay

1953

Made in Japan

as Screenplay

1952

Tange Sazen

as Screenplay

1950

Scandal

as Screenplay

1949

Stray Dog

as Writer