Ryūzō 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
WritingBirthday
January 28, 1914Deathday
March 18, 1989Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
68Place of birth
Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, JapanAlso known as
菊島隆三
Crew credits
Throne of Blood
Screenplay
Red Beard
Producer, Screenplay
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Screenplay
Stray Dog
Writer
Sanjuro
Screenplay, Producer
The Bad Sleep Well
Writer
Yojimbo
Screenplay, Executive Producer
High and Low
Producer, Screenplay
Princess from the Moon
Writer
Tsubaki Sanjuro
Writer
The Storm
Writer
Hoodlum Soldier
Screenplay
Shag
Writer
Afraid to Die
Writer
Gateway to Glory
Screenplay
The Three Treasures
Writer
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Producer, Screenplay
No Time for Tears
Writer
The Underworld
Screenplay
Life of a Country Doctor
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