Ryuzo Kikushima
Writing • AGE 75
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 ...
Filmography
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Original Film Writer
2025
黒の斜面
Original Story
2016
The Last Princess
Original Story
2008
Tsubaki Sanjuro
Writer
2007
Last Man Standing
Original Film Writer
1996
My Phoenix
Screenplay
1989
The Demon Comes in Spring
Screenplay
1989
Princess from the Moon
Writer
1987
The Greatest Man in the World
Screenplay
1986
The Warrior and the Sorceress
Original Film Writer
1984
Cliff of Death
Original Story
1982
Willful Murder
Screenplay
1981
Shag
Writer
1978
Ame no meguri ai
Original Story
1977
The Sorrow of Paris
Screenplay
1976
Hashū Hankachō
Writer
1974
Stray Dog
Original Story
1973
Kogarashi Monjiro
Writer
1972
Kaoyaku
Screenplay
1971
Live Again Tomorrow
Original Story
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Screenplay
1970
The Magoichi Saga
Screenplay
1969
Gateway to Glory
Screenplay
1969
Tsugaru zessho
Screenplay
1969
Trigger-Happy
Writer
1968
春日和
Screenplay
1967
Hoodlum Soldier
Screenplay
1965
Red Beard
Producer
1965
A Fistful of Dollars
Original Story
1964
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Writer
1964
Fumiko's Five Benefactors
Writer
1964
She Came For Love
Screenplay
1963
Zero Escape Visibility
Writer
1963
Fifty-Fifty
Screenplay
1963
Legacy of the 500,000
Screenplay
1963
High and Low
Screenplay
1963
Shin kitsune to tanuki
Screenplay
1962
Yoru no keisha
Screenplay
1962
Sanjuro
Screenplay
1962
Shadow of a Flower
Screenplay
1961
Yojimbo
Executive Producer
1961
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
Producer
1960
The Bad Sleep Well
Writer
1960
Life of a Country Doctor
Screenplay
1960
Ôana
Screenplay
1960
White Cliffs
Writer
1960
Afraid to Die
Writer
1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Producer
1960
Across the Darkness
Writer
1959
The Three Treasures
Writer
1959
Fox and Raccoon
Screenplay
1959
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
Writer
1959
The Hidden Fortress
Screenplay
1958
The Days of Evil Women
Screenplay
1958
The Undefeated Woman
Writer
1958
The Unbalanced Wheel
Screenplay
1957
The Eleventh Hour
Novel
1957
Last Days of the Samurai
Screenplay
1957
Throne of Blood
Screenplay
1957
Wakanohana: The Story of the Devil of the Dohyō
Story
1956
Dotanba
Director
1956
The Storm
Writer
1956
Will-o'-the-Wisp
Writer
1956
Gendai no yokubô
Screenplay
1956
The Wicked Boy
Screenplay
1956
The Underworld
Screenplay
1956
Rikidozan: Man of Fury
Screenplay
1955
The Samurai of Edo
Screenplay
1955
Six Assassins
Writer
1955
Till We Meet Again
Screenplay
1955
No Time for Tears
Writer
1955
The Immortal Pitcher
Screenplay
1955
Vanished Enlisted Man
Screenplay
1955
A Man Among Men
Story
1955
Hirate Miki the Swordman
Screenplay
1954
The Black Current
Screenplay
1954
Kunisada Chūji
Writer
1954
Hanran
Screenplay
1954
Made in Japan
Screenplay
1953
The End of the Night
Writer
1953
Tange Sazen
Screenplay
1952
Scandal
Screenplay
1950
Stray Dog
Writer
1949