Ryūzō Kikushima
Japanese screenwriter · Japan · On the map · Writers · Lived 1914 to 1989 · aged 75
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).
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Akira Kurosawa Directed Stray Dog, Scandal and Throne of Blood
Toshiro Mifune Ryūzō produced High and Low and Red Beard
Takashi Shimura Ryūzō produced High and Low and Red Beard
Sōjirō Motoki Produced Stray Dog, Scandal and A Man Among Men
Tatsuya Nakadai Ryūzō produced High and Low and Sanjuro
Eijirō Tōno Ryūzō produced High and Low and Red Beard
Hideo Oguni Also in Throne of Blood and The Hidden Fortress
Hiroshi Inagaki Directed The Storm and The Three Treasures
Kyōko Kagawa Ryūzō produced High and Low and Red Beard
Minoru Chiaki Ryūzō produced High and Low (1963)
Tomoyuki Tanaka Also in Yojimbo, Sanjuro and High and Low
Yuzo Kawashima Directed Till We Meet Again (1955)
Sanezumi Fujimoto Produced The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Yoshio Tsuchiya Ryūzō produced Red Beard (1968)
Susumu Fujita Also in The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Kin Sugai Ryūzō produced High and Low and Red Beard
Keiko Awaji Ryūzō produced When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1963)
Akira Kubo Ryūzō produced Sanjuro (1963)
Tsutomu Yamazaki Ryūzō produced High and Low and Red Beard
Gen Shimizu Directed The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Daisuke Katō Ryūzō produced When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1963)
Tatsuya Mihashi Also in Till We Meet Again (1955)
Chishū Ryū Ryūzō produced Red Beard (1968)- Shinobu Hashimoto Also in The Eleventh Hour and Throne of Blood
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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).
