Writer
Ryûzô Kikushima
1914 – 1989
- Active years (films on this site)
- 1949–1960
- Schools and movements
- Japanese Golden Age
Directors worked with
Biography
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).
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Awards and honours
National / local
- Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay 1964
- Medal with Purple Ribbon 1980
4 films on this site
- Stray Dog 1949 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 7.8 · Writer
- The Hidden Fortress 1958 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 8.0 · Writer
- The Three Treasures 1959 · Hiroshi Inagaki · IMDb 6.3 · Writer
- When a Woman Ascends the Stairs 1960 · Mikio Naruse · IMDb 8.0 · Writer