Ryuzo Kikushima

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Ryuzo Kikushima

Writing January 28, 1914

Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

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…

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A Fistful of Dollars

A Fistful of Dollars

7.8 1964 Movie
Yojimbo

Yojimbo

8.1 1961 Movie
High and Low

High and Low

8.4 1963 Movie
Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing

6.4 1996 Movie
Django

Django

7.2 1966 Movie
Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood

7.9 1957 Movie
Sanjuro

Sanjuro

7.9 1962 Movie
The Hidden Fortress

The Hidden Fortress

8.0 1958 Movie
Highest 2 Lowest

Highest 2 Lowest

5.5 2025 Movie
Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

7.2 1970 Movie
Red Beard

Red Beard

8.2 1965 Movie
Stray Dog

Stray Dog

7.6 1949 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Highest 2 Lowest

    Movie Original Film Writer

  2. 2016
    黒の斜面

    Movie Original Story

  3. 2008
    The Last Princess

    Movie Original Story

  4. 2007
    Tsubaki Sanjuro

    Movie Writer

  5. 1999
    Inferno

    Movie Original Film Writer

  6. 1996
    Last Man Standing

    Movie Original Film Writer

  7. 1989
    My Phoenix

    Movie Screenplay

  8. 1989
    The Demon Comes in Spring

    Movie Screenplay

  9. 1987
    Princess from the Moon

    Movie Writer

  10. 1986
    The Greatest Man in the World

    Movie Screenplay

  11. 1984
    The Warrior and the Sorceress

    Movie Original Film Writer

  12. 1982
    Cliff of Death

    Movie Original Story

  13. 1981
    Willful Murder

    Movie Screenplay

  14. 1978
    Shag

    Movie Writer

  15. 1977
    Ame no meguri ai

    Movie Original Story

  16. 1976
    The Last Round

    Movie Original Film Writer

More credits
  1. 1976
    The Sorrow of Paris

    Movie Screenplay

  2. 1974
    Hashū Hankachō

    TV show Writer

  3. 1973
    Stray Dog

    Movie Original Story

  4. 1972
    Kogarashi Monjiro

    TV show Writer

  5. 1971
    Man on a False Flight

    Movie Original Story

  6. 1971
    Kaoyaku

    Movie Screenplay

  7. 1970
    Live Again Tomorrow

    Movie Original Story

  8. 1970
    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Movie Screenplay

  9. 1969
    The Magoichi Saga

    Movie Screenplay

  10. 1969
    Gateway to Glory

    Movie Screenplay

  11. 1969
    Tsugaru zessho

    Movie Screenplay

  12. 1968
    Trigger-Happy

    Movie Writer

  13. 1967
    春日和

    Movie Screenplay

  14. 1966
    Django

    Movie Original Film Writer

  15. 1965
    You Can If You Try

    Movie Adaptation

  16. 1965
    Hoodlum Soldier

    Movie Screenplay

  17. 1965
    Red Beard

    Movie Producer

  18. 1964
    A Fistful of Dollars

    Movie Original Story

  19. 1964
    The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

    Movie Writer

  20. 1964
    Fumiko's Five Benefactors

    Movie Writer

  21. 1963
    She Came For Love

    Movie Screenplay

  22. 1963
    Zero Escape Visibility

    Movie Writer

  23. 1963
    Fifty-Fifty

    Movie Screenplay

  24. 1963
    Legacy of the 500,000

    Movie Screenplay