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IMAMURA, Shohei
Isaka, Satoshi
Junkerman, John
KINOSHITA, Keisuke
Kon, Satoshi
KORE-EDA, Hirokazu
Kurosawa, Kiyoshi
KUROSAWA, Akira
Mizoguchi, Kenji
Motohashi, Seiichi
Nakagawa, Yosuke
OGURI, Kohei
Oshima, Nagisa
OZU, Yasujiro
Shinozaki, Makoto
TESHIGAHARA, Hiroshi
Yamada, Yoji

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Biography

Kiyoshi Kurosawa was born in Kobe, Japan in 1955. After graduating from Rikkyo University with a degree in Sociology, the director made his debut feature, Kanda-gawa Inran Senso in 1983. In 1997 Kurosawa’s crime thriller Cure premiered in Tokyo International Film Festival and later screened at the Yokohama Film Festival where it received the award for Best Director. License to Live was screened in Berlin International Film Festival in 1999, followed by Charisma which attracted critical acclaim at Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival. The same year Barren Illusions was entered into Venice Film Festival. In 2001 the slow-burn thriller Pulse was screened in the Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard and won the Critics Prize. Kurosawa returned to Cannes in 2003 with Bright Future, an existential drama that screened in main competition. Also in 2003, Kurosawa’s Doppelganger was selected as the opening film for the Pusan International Film Festival. Recently in 2006, Kurosawa’s Retribution was screened out of competition in Venice International Film Festival.

FILMOGRAPHY

2008 TOKYO SONATA
2006 RETRIBUTION
2005 LOFT
2003 DOPPELGANGER
2003 BRIGHT FUTURE
2001 PULSE
2000 SÉANCE
1999 BARREN ILLUSIONS
1999 CHARISMA
1998 LICENSE TO LIVE
1998 SERPENT’S PATH
1998 EYES OF THE SPIDER
1997 CURE
1997 THE REVENGE: A SCAR THAT NEVER DISAPPEARS

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Tokyo Sonata
Tokyo Sonata, 2008

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