Ryuzo Kikushima

Ryuzo 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...

Known For

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Highest 2 Lowest

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黒の斜面

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The Last Princess

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Last Man Standing

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My Phoenix

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The Warrior and the Sorceress

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Shi no dangai

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Willful Murder

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Shag

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Ame no meguri ai

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Stray Dog

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Man on a False Flight

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Kaoyaku

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Live Again Tomorrow

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Tsugaru zessho

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春日和

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Hoodlum Soldier

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Red Beard

Producer

A Fistful of Dollars

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