Writing
Ryuzo Kikushima
EN, JA, IT, FR cinema · 94 credits
Born
28 January 1914
Died
18 March 1989 (aged 75)
Birthplace
Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Also known as Ryûzô Kikushima
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.
Known for
Filmography
A Fistful of Dollars Remake
A Fistful of Dollars Remake
Original Film Writer
Highest 2 Lowest
Original Film Writer
黒の斜面
Original Story
The Last Princess
Original Story
Inferno
Original Film Writer
Last Man Standing
Original Film Writer
My Phoenix
Screenplay
The Demon Comes in Spring
Screenplay
The Warrior and the Sorceress
Original Film Writer
Cliff of Death
Original Story
Willful Murder
Screenplay
Shag
Writer
Ame no meguri ai
Screenplay, Original Story
The Sorrow of Paris
Screenplay
The Last Round
Original Film Writer
Stray Dog
Original Story
黒の斜面
1971
Man on a False Flight
Screenplay, Original Story
Kaoyaku
Screenplay
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Screenplay
Live Again Tomorrow
Original Story
Gateway to Glory
Screenplay
The Magoichi Saga
Screenplay
Tsugaru zessho
Screenplay
春日和
Screenplay, Original Story
Django
Original Film Writer
Red Beard
Producer, Screenplay
Hoodlum Soldier
Screenplay
You Can If You Try
Adaptation
A Fistful of Dollars
Original Story
High and Low
Screenplay, Producer
Fifty-Fifty
Screenplay
She Came For Love
Screenplay
Legacy of the 500,000
Screenplay
Sanjuro
Screenplay, Producer
Yoru no keisha
Screenplay
Shin kitsune to tanuki
Screenplay
Yojimbo
Screenplay, Executive Producer
Shadow of a Flower
Screenplay
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
Original Story, Adaptation
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
Producer, Screenplay
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Producer, Screenplay
Life of a Country Doctor
Screenplay, Adaptation
Ôana
Screenplay
12 Ounces to Glory
Adaptation, Original Story
Fox and Raccoon
Screenplay
Tsuma no kunshō
Adaptation
The Hidden Fortress
Screenplay
The Days of Evil Women
Screenplay
The Gion Tempest
Screenplay
Fancy Talker
Screenplay
Throne of Blood
Screenplay
Last Days of the Samurai
Screenplay
The Unbalanced Wheel
Screenplay
The Storm
Writer
Dotanba
Director, Screenplay
The Underworld
Screenplay
Gendai no yokubô
Screenplay
The Wicked Boy
Screenplay
The Fighter in the Ring
Original Concept
The Samurai of Edo
Screenplay
Vanished Enlisted Man
Screenplay
Rikidozan: Man of Fury
Screenplay
Till We Meet Again
Screenplay
The Immortal Pitcher
Screenplay
Hanran
Screenplay
The Black Current
Screenplay
Made in Japan
Screenplay
Tange Sazen
Screenplay
Daigaku no kotengu
Screenplay
Machi no kotengu
Adaptation
Scandal
Screenplay
Stray Dog
Writer