Ryūzō Kikushima

Writer

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.

Born: January 28, 1914 in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Died: March 18, 1989 (Age 75)

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Ryūzō Kikushima Movies & TV Credits

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
A Fistful of Dollars Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	8.1	Writing	Original Story	1964
The Last Princess Movie	5.7	Writing	Original Story	2008
High and Low Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	8.6	Production	Producer, Screenplay	1963
Last Man Standing Movie Available on 14 streaming services.	6.2	Writing	Original Film Writer	1996
Afraid to Die Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.2	Writing	Writer	1960
The Three Treasures Movie	6.3	Writing	Writer	1959
Stray Dog Movie	7.3	Writing	Original Story	1973
Princess from the Moon Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.1	Writing	Writer	1987
Red Beard Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	8.4	Production	Producer, Screenplay	1965
Sanjuro Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	8.2	Writing	Screenplay, Producer	1962
Scandal Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7.1	Writing	Screenplay	1950
Stray Dog Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	7.7	Writing	Writer	1949
The Bad Sleep Well Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	8.1	Writing	Writer	1960
The Hidden Fortress Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	8.2	Writing	Screenplay	1958
Hoodlum Soldier Movie	7.2	Writing	Screenplay	1965
The Warrior and the Sorceress Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	4.4	Writing	Original Film Writer	1984
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers Movie	5.5	Writing	Writer	1964
Throne of Blood Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	8.1	Writing	Screenplay	1957
Tora! Tora! Tora! Movie	7.6	Writing	Screenplay	1970
Tsubaki Sanjuro Movie	5.5	Writing	Writer	2007
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	8.1	Production	Producer, Screenplay	1960
Yojimbo Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	8.4	Writing	Screenplay, Executive Producer	1961
The Magoichi Saga Movie	6.8	Writing	Screenplay	1969
Man on a False Flight Movie		Writing	Original Story, Screenplay	1971
The Days of Evil Women Movie	7.1	Writing	Screenplay	1958
Kaoyaku Movie	7.2	Writing	Screenplay	1971
Shag Movie	7.5	Writing	Writer	1978
The Black Current Movie	7.2	Writing	Screenplay	1954
Gateway to Glory Movie	7.1	Writing	Screenplay	1969
The Unbalanced Wheel Movie	6.4	Writing	Screenplay	1957
The Underworld Movie	4.6	Writing	Screenplay	1956
No Time for Tears Movie	7.3	Writing	Writer	1955
The Storm Movie	8.2	Writing	Writer	1956
Life of a Country Doctor Movie	4.9	Writing	Screenplay	1960
The Eleventh Hour Movie	7.5	Writing	Novel	1957
Legacy of the 500,000 Movie	6.6	Writing	Screenplay	1963
Kaei Movie		Writing	Screenplay	1961
She Came For Love Movie		Writing	Screenplay	1963
Tange Sazen Movie		Writing	Screenplay	1952
Willful Murder Movie	7.2	Writing	Screenplay	1981
The Story of Iron Arm Inao Movie	7.8	Writing	Writer	1959
The Greatest Man in the World Movie	5.7	Writing	Screenplay	1986
Till We Meet Again Movie	6.5	Writing	Writer	1955
A Man Among Men Movie	6.3	Writing	Story	1955
Hirate Miki the Swordman Movie		Writing	Screenplay	1954
Across the Darkness Movie	7	Writing	Writer	1959
The Samurai of Edo Movie		Writing	Screenplay	1955
Vanished Enlisted Man Movie	7.6	Writing	Screenplay	1955
My Phoenix Movie		Writing	Screenplay	1989
Ichi ka bachi ka Movie	7	Writing	Screenplay	1963
Kunisada Chūji Movie		Writing	Writer	1954
The Demon Comes in Spring Movie	6.9	Writing	Screenplay	1989
Wakanohana: The Story of the Devil of the Dohyō Movie		Writing	Story	1956
にっぽん製 Movie		Writing	Screenplay
夜の傾斜 Movie		Writing	Screenplay
叛乱 Movie		Writing	Screenplay	1954
新・狐と狸 Movie		Writing	Screenplay	1962
筑豊のこどもたち Movie		Production	Producer, Screenplay	1960
High and Low Movie		Writing	Original Film Writer
六人の暗殺者 Movie		Writing	Writer	1955
鬼火 Movie	7.9	Writing	Writer	1956
夜の終り Movie		Writing	Writer
A Fistful of Dollars Remake Movie		Writing	Original Film Writer
Kogarashi Monjiro TV Show		Writing	Writer 2 Episodes	1972-1973
Shi no dangai Movie		Writing	Original Story	1982
Dotanba Movie		Directing	Director, Screenplay	1956
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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