Kurosawa Kiyoshi

Kurosawa Kiyoshi at IFFR

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  Retribution

  The literal translation of the Japanese title of the film is ‘The Scream’. In the case of Kurusawa Kiyoshi you may think both of the psychological

  • Maestros: Kings & Aces
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  Charisma

  Police inspector loses his way in a forest, and how. Surreal and mysterious thriller by international breakthrough Kurosawa Kiyoshi (no relation).<

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  Barren Illusions

  Is love possible in a world where we have freed ourselves from our desires? In this ironic investigation into alienation, Haru and Michi dream of e

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  Tokyo Sonata

  Kurosawa Kiyoshi, the masterful maker of occasionally dark, always strange films, wanted to make a very ordinary film this time. A film about a man

  • Spectrum
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  Ko-rei

  A misunderstood medium seizes on the kidnapping of a girl to raise his status. A psychological thriller that questions the usual ideas about spirit

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  Penance

  Kurosawa, always exploring the boundaries between art-house and genre films, gives us a fascinating TV series about a vengeful mother seeking her d

  • Signals: Changing Channels
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  Real

  Kurosawa is one of the most-screened filmmakers at this festival. During the past 20 years, he has had a new film virtually every year – and

  • Spectrum
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  Seventh Code

  Low-key crime comedy set in desolate, post-Communist Vladivostok. Japanese businessmen undertake dubious transactions as pop idol Atsuko Maeda (als

  • Mid-length
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  Cop Festival – Curated by Shinozaki Makoto

  Japanese film makers each indulged themselves for ten minutes on the genre of the police film. With the assistance of familiar faces and surprising

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  Doppelgänger

  Kurosawa, the Japanese master of modern sci-fi weirdness and modest budget invention gives us existential shivers as the living are haunted by thei

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