Ryūzō Kikushima

Birthday:

01/28/1914

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, 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.



Credits

The Last Princess (2008)
Original Story
Tsubaki Sanjuro (2007)
Writer
Last Man Standing (1996)
Original Film Writer
My Phoenix (1989)
Screenplay
The Demon Comes in Spring (1989)
Screenplay
Princess from the Moon (1987)
Writer
The Greatest Man in the World (1986)
Screenplay
The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)
Original Film Writer
Shi no dangai (1982)
Original Story
Willful Murder (1981)
Screenplay
Dog Whistle (1978)
Writer
Ame no meguri ai (1977)
Original Story
Ame no meguri ai (1977)
Screenplay
Que C'est Triste Paris (1976)
Screenplay
Stray Dog (1973)
Original Story
Man on a False Flight (1971)
Original Story
Man on a False Flight (1971)
Screenplay
Kaoyaku (1971)
Screenplay
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Screenplay
The Magoichi Saga (1969)
Screenplay
Gateway to Glory (1969)
Screenplay
Red Beard (1965)
Producer
Red Beard (1965)
Screenplay
Hoodlum Soldier (1965)
Screenplay
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Original Story
Fumiko's Five Benefactors (1964)
Writer
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964)
Writer
She Came For Love (1963)
Screenplay
Ichi ka bachi ka (1963)
Screenplay
Legacy of the 500,000 (1963)
Screenplay
High and Low (1963)
Producer
High and Low (1963)
Screenplay
Shin kitsune to tanuki (1962)
Screenplay
Yoru no keisha (1962)
Screenplay
Sanjuro (1962)
Screenplay
Sanjuro (1962)
Producer
Kaei (1961)
Screenplay
Yojimbo (1961)
Screenplay
Yojimbo (1961)
Executive Producer
Chikûho no kodomotachi (1960)
Producer
Chikûho no kodomotachi (1960)
Screenplay
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Writer
Life of a Country Doctor (1960)
Screenplay
Afraid to Die (1960)
Writer
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Producer
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Screenplay
Across the Darkness (1959)
Writer
The Three Treasures (1959)
Writer
The Story of Iron Arm Inao (1959)
Writer
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Screenplay
The Days of Evil Women (1958)
Screenplay
The Undefeated Woman (1958)
Writer
The Eleventh Hour (1957)
Novel
Last Days of the Samurai (1957)
Screenplay
The Unbalanced Wheel (1957)
Screenplay
Throne of Blood (1957)
Screenplay
Wakanohana: The Story of the Devil of the Dohyō (1956)
Story
Dotanba (1956)
Director
Dotanba (1956)
Screenplay
The Storm (1956)
Writer
Will-o'-the-Wisp (1956)
Writer
The Underworld (1956)
Screenplay
The Samurai of Edo (1955)
Screenplay
Six Assassins (1955)
Writer
Till We Meet Again (1955)
Writer
No Time for Tears (1955)
Writer
Vanished Enlisted Man (1955)
Screenplay
A Man Among Men (1955)
Story
Hirate Miki the Swordman (1954)
Screenplay
The Black Current (1954)
Screenplay
Kunisada Chūji (1954)
Writer
Hanran (1954)
Screenplay
Made in Japan (1953)
Screenplay
Tange Sazen (1952)
Screenplay
Scandal (1950)
Screenplay
Stray Dog (1949)
Writer
High and Low ()
Original Film Writer