Ryûzô Kikushima
b. 1914 — d. 1989 (aged 75)
Writer
Ryuzo Kikushima (菊島 隆三 Kikushima Ryūzō, 1 March 1914 – 18 March 1989) was a Japanese writer 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.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 5.5
Highest 2 Lowest
2025 Writer
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The Black Slope
2016 Writer
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★ 7.3
Stray Dog
2013 Writer
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★ 5.8
Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess
2008 Writer
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★ 5.7
Tsubaki Sanjûrô
2007 Writer
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★ 6.4
High and Low
2007 Writer
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★ 6.4
Last Man Standing
1996 Writer
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Onna nezumi kozô: Nerawareta Karakurijô shijô saiaku no dai hâdo
1995 Writer
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★ 6.9
The Demon Comes in Spring
1989 Writer
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My Phoenix
1989 Writer
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★ 6.3
Princess from the Moon
1987 Writer
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★ 5.6
Kokushi muso
1986 Writer
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★ 7.2
Runaway Train
1985 Writer
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★ 4.3
The Warrior and the Sorceress
1984 Writer
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Kuro no kairô
1984 Writer
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Chichi to ko
1983 Writer
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Shi no dangai
1982 Writer
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★ 7.1
Willful Murder
1981 Writer
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★ 7.6
Shag
1978 Writer
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The Sorrow of Paris
1976 Writer
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San'oku en o tsukamaero
1975 Writer
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★ 7.5
Stray Dog
1973 Writer
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★ 6.6
Kaoyaku
1971 Writer
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Man on a False Flight
1971 Writer
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★ 7.5
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 Writer
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★ 6.7
Gateway to Glory
1969 Writer
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★ 6.7
Shirikurae Magoichi
1969 Writer
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★ 7.2
The Last Day of Hsianyang
1968 Writer
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A Shot Rends the Darkness
1968 Writer
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Hârubiyorî
1967 Writer
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★ 7.2
Django
1966 Writer
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★ 8.3
Red Beard
1965 Writer
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★ 7.3
Hoodlum Soldier
1965 Writer
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Ore ni tsuite koi!
1965 Writer
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★ 7.9
A Fistful of Dollars
1964 Writer
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★ 5.6
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964 Writer
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★ 8.4
High and Low
1963 Writer
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★ 6.8
500,000
1963 Writer
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★ 6.9
Ichi ka bachi ka
1963 Writer
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★ 4.8
Onna ga aishite nikumu toki
1963 Writer
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Zankoku no kawa
1963 Writer
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★ 8.0
Sanjuro
1962 Writer
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Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962 Writer
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Yoru no keisha
1962 Writer
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Otoko no uta
1962 Writer
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★ 8.2
Yojimbo
1961 Writer
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★ 7.0
Kaei
1961 Writer
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Kinzukuri muhô jidai
1961 Writer
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★ 7.9
The Bad Sleep Well
1960 Writer
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★ 8.0
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960 Writer
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★ 6.4
Afraid to Die
1960 Writer
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★ 5.0
Fundoshi isha
1960 Writer
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Shiroi gake
1960 Writer
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Ôana
1960 Writer
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Tôi hitotsu no michi
1960 Writer
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Chikûho no kodomotachi
1960 Writer
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★ 6.4
The Three Treasures
1959 Writer
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★ 6.6
Across Darkness
1959 Writer
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★ 7.7
Tetsuwan tôshu Inao monogatari
1959 Writer
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Kitsune to tanuki
1959 Writer
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Tsuma no kunshô
1959 Writer
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★ 8.0
The Hidden Fortress
1958 Writer
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★ 6.6
Akujo no kisetsu
1958 Writer
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Yoru no hamon
1958 Writer
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Nokyô ichidai
1958 Writer
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Kuchi kara demakase
1958 Writer
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★ 8.0
Throne of Blood
1957 Writer
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★ 5.4
Last Day of Samurai
1957 Writer
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★ 4.4
The Underworld
1956 Writer
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★ 7.7
A Will o' the Wisp
1956 Writer
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★ 8.2
Arashi
1956 Writer
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Furyô shônen
1956 Writer
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Gendai no yokubô
1956 Writer
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Rikidozan otoko no tamashi
1956 Writer
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★ 6.7
Till We Meet Again
1955 Writer
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★ 7.3
Soman kokkyô 2-gô sakusen: Kieta chûtai
1955 Writer
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★ 7.2
No Time for Tears
1955 Writer
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★ 6.2
A Man Among Men
1955 Writer
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Ôshô ihidai
1955 Writer
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Edo issun no mushi
1955 Writer
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Fumetsu no nekkyû
1955 Writer
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Rikidôzan monogatari: Dotô no otoko
1955 Writer
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Rokunin no ansatsusha
1955 Writer
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★ 7.1
Kuroi ushio
1954 Writer
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Kunisada Chûji
1954 Writer
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Jigoku no hanataba
1954 Writer
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Hanran
1954 Writer
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Jigoku no kengô Hirate Miki
1954 Writer
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Kukkake toki Jirô
1954 Writer
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Zanpa misaki no kettô
1953 Writer
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Nippon sei
1953 Writer
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Yoru no owari
1953 Writer
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Wakaki hi no ayamachi
1952 Writer
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Ôzora no chikai
1952 Writer
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Daigaku no kotengu
1952 Writer
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Tange Sazen
1952 Writer
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Machi no ko tengu
1952 Writer
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Jigoku no kettô
1951 Writer
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★ 7.2
Scandal
1950 Writer
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Gorotsuki-bune
1950 Writer