Ryuzo Kikushima
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, 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.
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Filmography
Crew (101)
Movies (99)
Highest 2 Lowest
2025Original Film Writer
黒の斜面
2016Original Story
The Last Princess
2008Original Story
Tsubaki Sanjuro
2007Writer
Last Man Standing
1996Original Film Writer
The Demon Comes in Spring
1989Screenplay
My Phoenix
1989Screenplay
Princess from the Moon
1987Writer
The Greatest Man in the World
1986Screenplay
The Warrior and the Sorceress
1984Original Film Writer
Cliff of Death
1982Original Story
Willful Murder
1981Screenplay
Shag
1978Writer
Ame no meguri ai
1977Original Story
The Sorrow of Paris
1976Screenplay
Stray Dog
1973Original Story
Kaoyaku
1971Screenplay
Man on a False Flight
1971Original Story
Man on a False Flight
1971Screenplay
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970Screenplay
Live Again Tomorrow
1970Original Story
Tsugaru zessho
1969Screenplay
Gateway to Glory
1969Screenplay
The Magoichi Saga
1969Screenplay
春日和
1967Original Story
春日和
1967Screenplay
Red Beard
1965Producer
Red Beard
1965Screenplay
Hoodlum Soldier
1965Screenplay
You Can If You Try
1965Adaptation
A Fistful of Dollars
1964Original Story
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964Writer
Fumiko's Five Benefactors
1964Writer
High and Low
1963Producer
High and Low
1963Screenplay
Zero Escape Visibility
1963Writer
Legacy of the 500,000
1963Screenplay
Fifty-Fifty
1963Screenplay
She Came For Love
1963Screenplay
Sanjuro
1962Producer
Sanjuro
1962Screenplay
Yoru no keisha
1962Screenplay
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962Screenplay
Yojimbo
1961Executive Producer
Yojimbo
1961Screenplay
Shadow of a Flower
1961Screenplay
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
1961Adaptation
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
1961Original Story
The Bad Sleep Well
1960Writer
Afraid to Die
1960Writer
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960Producer
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960Screenplay
Life of a Country Doctor
1960Adaptation
Life of a Country Doctor
1960Screenplay
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960Producer
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960Screenplay
White Cliffs
1960Writer
Ôana
1960Screenplay
Across the Darkness
1959Writer
The Three Treasures
1959Writer
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
1959Writer
Fox and Raccoon
1959Screenplay
The Hidden Fortress
1958Screenplay
The Days of Evil Women
1958Screenplay
The Gion Tempest
1958Screenplay
The Undefeated Woman
1958Writer
Fancy Talker
1958Screenplay
Throne of Blood
1957Screenplay
Last Days of the Samurai
1957Screenplay
The Eleventh Hour
1957Novel
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957Screenplay
Dotanba
1956Director
The Underworld
1956Screenplay
Wakanohana: The Story of the Devil of the Dohyō
1956Story
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956Writer
The Storm
1956Writer
The Wicked Boy
1956Screenplay
The Fighter in the Ring
1956Original Concept
Vanished Enlisted Man
1955Screenplay
Till We Meet Again
1955Screenplay
Rikidozan: Man of Fury
1955Screenplay
Six Assassins
1955Writer
The Samurai of Edo
1955Screenplay
No Time for Tears
1955Writer
A Man Among Men
1955Story
The Black Current
1954Screenplay
Hanran
1954Screenplay
Kunisada Chūji
1954Writer
Hirate Miki the Swordman
1954Screenplay
Made in Japan
1953Screenplay
The End of the Night
1953Writer
Tange Sazen
1952Screenplay
Daigaku no kotengu
1952Screenplay
Machi no kotengu
1952Adaptation
Scandal
1950Screenplay
Stray Dog
1949Writer
A Fistful of Dollars Remake
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遠い一つの道
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Television (2)
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