Kurosawa Kiyoshi
KUROSAWA Kiyoshi (1955, Japan) started directing 8mm independent films while studying Sociology at Rikkyo University. In 1983, he made his debut with the feature Kandagawa Wars. His international breakthrough came with Cure (1997), which was also shown in Rotterdam. Tokyo Sonata (2008) won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard programme at Cannes 2008. In 2012, he switched to television with the thriller series Penance. Kurosawa also works as an actor, editor and scriptwriter.
Filmography
Shigarami (1981, short), Kandagawa Wars (1983), The Excitement of the do-re-mi-fa Girl (1985), They're Back (1988), Sweet Home (1989), The Guard from the Underground (1992), Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself 1-4 (1995), Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself 5-6 (1996), Door III (1996), The Revenge 1 & 2 (1997), Cure (1997), Serpent's Path (1997), Eyes of the Spider (1997), License to Live (1999), Charisma (1999), Barren Illusion (1999), Ko-rei (2000), Kaïro/Pulse (2001), Akarui mirai/Bright Future (2003), Dopperugengâ/Doppelgänger (2003), Umezu Kazuo: Kyôfu gekijô - Mushi-tachi no ie/Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Bug's House (2005), Rofuto/Loft (2005), Sakebi/Retrieval (2006), Tokyo Sonata (2008), Shokuzai/Penance (2012, TV), Riaru: Kanzen naru kubinagaryû no hi/Real (2013), Sebunsu kôdo/Seventh Code (2013), Beautiful New Bay Area Project (2013, short)
Kurosawa Kiyoshi at IFFR
Cure
115'
Japan
IFFR 1998
Barren Illusions
95'
Japan
IFFR 2000
Charisma
103'
Japan
IFFR 2000
Ko-rei
97'
Japan
IFFR 2001
Pulse
118'
Japan
IFFR 2002
Bright Future
92'
Japan
IFFR 2004
Cop Festival - Curated by Shinozaki Makoto
80'
Japan
IFFR 2004
Doppelgänger
107'
Japan
IFFR 2004
Retribution
103'
Japan
IFFR 2007
Tokyo Sonata
119'
Japan
IFFR 2009
Penance
270'
Japan
IFFR 2013
Real
127'
Japan
IFFR 2014
Seventh Code
60'
Japan
IFFR 2014