Writer
Ryuzo Kikushima
112 years · Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan · 71 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 71
Tsubaki Sanjuro
2007 · Writer
My Phoenix
1989 · Screenplay
The Demon Comes in Spring
1989 · Screenplay
Princess from the Moon
1987 · Writer
On Criterion Channel
The Greatest Man in the World
1986 · Screenplay
Willful Murder
1981 · Screenplay
Shag
1978 · Writer
Ame no meguri ai
1977 · Screenplay
The Sorrow of Paris
1976 · Screenplay
Kaoyaku
1971 · Screenplay
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · Screenplay
On Amazon Prime Video
The Magoichi Saga
1969 · Screenplay
Gateway to Glory
1969 · Screenplay
Tsugaru zessho
1969 · Screenplay
Trigger-Happy
1968 · Writer
春日和
1967 · Screenplay
Hoodlum Soldier
1965 · Screenplay
Red Beard
1965 · Producer, Screenplay
On HBO Max
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964 · Writer
She Came For Love
1963 · Screenplay
Zero Escape Visibility
1963 · Writer
Fifty-Fifty
1963 · Screenplay
Legacy of the 500,000
1963 · Screenplay
High and Low
1963 · Screenplay, Producer
On Plex