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Writer
Ryuzo Kikushima
- Born January 28, 1914 in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
- Died March 18, 1989
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
A Fistful of Dollars1964
Yojimbo1961
High and Low1963
Last Man Standing1996
Django1966
Throne of Blood1957
Sanjuro1962
The Hidden Fortress1958
Filmography
- TBAA Fistful of Dollars RemakeFilmOriginal Film Writer
- 2025Highest 2 LowestFilmOriginal Film Writer
- 2016黒の斜面FilmOriginal Story
- 2008The Last PrincessFilmOriginal Story
- 2007Tsubaki SanjuroFilmWriter
- 1999InfernoFilmOriginal Film Writer
- 1996Last Man StandingFilmOriginal Film Writer
- 1989My PhoenixFilmScreenplay
- 1989The Demon Comes in SpringFilmScreenplay
- 1987Princess from the MoonFilmWriter
- 1986The Greatest Man in the WorldFilmScreenplay
- 1984The Warrior and the SorceressFilmOriginal Film Writer
- 1982Cliff of DeathFilmOriginal Story
- 1981Willful MurderFilmScreenplay
- 1978ShagFilmWriter
- 1977Ame no meguri aiFilmOriginal Story, Screenplay
- 1976The Last RoundFilmOriginal Film Writer
- 1976The Sorrow of ParisFilmScreenplay
- 1974Hashū HankachōSeriesWriter
- 1973Stray DogFilmOriginal Story
- 1972Kogarashi MonjiroSeriesWriter
- 1971KaoyakuFilmScreenplay
- 1971Man on a False FlightFilmOriginal Story, Screenplay
- 1970Tora! Tora! Tora!FilmScreenplay
- 1970Live Again TomorrowFilmOriginal Story
- 1969The Magoichi SagaFilmScreenplay
- 1969Gateway to GloryFilmScreenplay
- 1969Tsugaru zesshoFilmScreenplay
- 1968Trigger-HappyFilmWriter
- 1967春日和FilmScreenplay, Original Story
- 1966DjangoFilmOriginal Film Writer
- 1965Red BeardFilmProducer, Screenplay
- 1965Hoodlum SoldierFilmScreenplay
- 1965You Can If You TryFilmAdaptation
- 1964A Fistful of DollarsFilmOriginal Story
- 1964The World's Most Beautiful SwindlersFilmWriter
- 1963High and LowFilmProducer, Screenplay
- 1963Legacy of the 500,000FilmScreenplay
- 1963Fifty-FiftyFilmScreenplay
- 1963She Came For LoveFilmScreenplay
- 1963Zero Escape VisibilityFilmWriter
- 1962SanjuroFilmScreenplay, Producer
- 1962Shin kitsune to tanukiFilmScreenplay
- 1962Yoru no keishaFilmScreenplay
- 1961YojimboFilmScreenplay, Executive Producer
- 1961Shadow of a FlowerFilmScreenplay
- 1961The Age of Lawless MoneymakingFilmOriginal Story, Adaptation
- 1960The Bad Sleep WellFilmWriter
- 1960When a Woman Ascends the StairsFilmProducer, Screenplay
- 1960Afraid to DieFilmWriter
- 1960Life of a Country DoctorFilmScreenplay, Adaptation
- 1960Chikuhō no kodomotachiFilmProducer, Screenplay
- 1960White CliffsFilmWriter
- 1960ÔanaFilmScreenplay
- 196012 Ounces to GloryFilmAdaptation, Original Story
- 1959The Three TreasuresFilmWriter
- 1959Across the DarknessFilmWriter
- 1959The Story of Iron Arm InaoFilmWriter
- 1959Fox and RaccoonFilmScreenplay
- 1959Tsuma no kunshōFilmAdaptation
- 1958The Hidden FortressFilmScreenplay
- 1958The Days of Evil WomenFilmScreenplay
- 1958The Undefeated WomanFilmWriter
- 1958The Gion TempestFilmScreenplay
- 1958Fancy TalkerFilmScreenplay
- 1957Throne of BloodFilmScreenplay
- 1957The Eleventh HourFilmNovel
- 1957Last Days of the SamuraiFilmScreenplay
- 1957The Unbalanced WheelFilmScreenplay
- 1956The StormFilmWriter
- 1956DotanbaFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1956Will-o'-the-WispFilmWriter
- 1956The UnderworldFilmScreenplay
- 1956Wakanohana: The Story of the Devil of the DohyōFilmStory
- 1956Gendai no yokubôFilmScreenplay
- 1956The Wicked BoyFilmScreenplay
- 1956The Fighter in the RingFilmOriginal Concept
- 1955Till We Meet AgainFilmScreenplay
- 1955The Samurai of EdoFilmScreenplay
- 1955Vanished Enlisted ManFilmScreenplay