# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ryuzo-kikushima
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:23:58.086Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ryuzo-kikushima"
name: "Ryūzō Kikushima"
slug: "ryuzo-kikushima"
description: "Ryūzō Kikushima  was a Japanese screenwriter and film producer who is best known for co-writing the screenplays for several films directed by Akira Kurosawa, including Throne of Blood (1957), The Hidden Fortress (1958), Yojimbo (1961), and High and Low (1963). He also produced several of Kurosawa's films in the early 1960s. In addition to his work with Kurosawa, he wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for Arashi (1956); The Three Treasures (1959); When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960), for which he also was a producer; and Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)."
tagline: "Japanese screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ry%C5%ABz%C5%8D_Kikushima.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1914-01-28"
deathDate: "1989-03-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.62
  momentum:             1.469849246231156
  historical:           6.166201333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452878/"
    handle:    "nm0452878"
sources:
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABz%C5%8D_Kikushima"
    title: "Ryūzō Kikushima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7"
    title: "ريوزو كيكوشيما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABz%C5%8D_Kikushima"
    title: "Ryūzō Kikushima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88_%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7"
    title: "ریوزو کیکوشیما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABz%C5%8D_Kikushima"
    title: "Ryūzō Kikushima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8F%8A%E5%B3%B6%E9%9A%86%E4%B8%89"
    title: "菊島隆三"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11619626"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34373"
    title: "Ryuzo Kikushima"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump