Ryuzo Kikushima

Ryuzo Kikushima

Ry Kikushima (菊島 隆三 Kikushima Ryūzō, 1 March 1914 – 18 March 1989) was a Japanese writer and film produce 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 Tori! Tori! Tory!, Hiroshi inagaki's Arashi and The Birth of Japan, and Miki naruse's When a Woman Ascend the Stairs, on which he also serves on as producers.

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Movies Made by Ryuzo Kikushima (71)

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Original Film Writer

The Last Princess (2008)

Original Story

Tsubaki Sanjuro (2007)

Writer

Inferno (1999)

Original Film Writer

Last Man Standing (1996)

Original Film Writer

My Phoenix (1989)

Screenplay

The Demon Comes in Spring (1989)

Screenplay

Princess from the Moon (1987)

Writer

The Greatest Man in the World (1986)

Screenplay

The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)

Original Film Writer

Cliff of Death (1982)

Original Story

Willful Murder (1981)

Screenplay

Dog Whistle (1978)

Writer

Ame no meguri ai (1977)

Original Story

The Last Round (1976)

Original Film Writer

The Sorrow of Paris (1976)

Screenplay

Stray Dog (1973)

Original Story

Man on a False Flight (1971)

Original Story

Kaoyaku (1971)

Screenplay

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

Screenplay

The Magoichi Saga (1969)

Screenplay

Gateway to Glory (1969)

Screenplay

Django (1966)

Original Film Writer

Hoodlum Soldier (1965)

Screenplay

Red Beard (1965)

Producer

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

Original Story

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964)

Writer

Fumiko's Five Benefactors (1964)

Writer

She Came For Love (1963)

Screenplay

Fifty-Fifty (1963)

Screenplay

Legacy of the 500,000 (1963)

Screenplay

High and Low (1963)

Producer

Shin kitsune to tanuki (1962)

Screenplay

Yoru no keisha (1962)

Screenplay

Sanjuro (1962)

Producer

Shadow of a Flower (1961)

Screenplay

Yojimbo (1961)

Executive Producer

Chikuhō no kodomotachi (1960)

Producer

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Writer

Life of a Country Doctor (1960)

Adaptation

Afraid to Die (1960)

Writer

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)

Producer

Across the Darkness (1959)

Writer

The Three Treasures (1959)

Writer

The Story of Iron Arm Inao (1959)

Writer

The Hidden Fortress (1958)

Screenplay

The Undefeated Woman (1958)

Writer

The Unbalanced Wheel (1957)

Screenplay

The Eleventh Hour (1957)

Novel

Last Days of the Samurai (1957)

Screenplay

Throne of Blood (1957)

Screenplay

Wakanohana: The Story of the Devil of the Dohyō (1956)

Story

Dotanba (1956)

Director

The Storm (1956)

Writer

Will-o'-the-Wisp (1956)

Writer

The Underworld (1956)

Screenplay

The Samurai of Edo (1955)

Screenplay

Six Assassins (1955)

Writer

Till We Meet Again (1955)

Screenplay

No Time for Tears (1955)

Writer

Vanished Enlisted Man (1955)

Screenplay

A Man Among Men (1955)

Story

Hirate Miki the Swordman (1954)

Screenplay

The Black Current (1954)

Screenplay

Kunisada Chūji (1954)

Writer

Hanran (1954)

Screenplay

Made in Japan (1953)

Screenplay

The End of the Night (1953)

Writer

Tange Sazen (1952)

Screenplay

Scandal (1950)

Screenplay

Stray Dog (1949)

Writer

Same first name: Ryûzô

Ryuzo Nakanishi

Ryūzō Hayashi

Ryūzō Shimada

Ryuzo Tanaka

Ryûzô Ueno

Same surname: Kikushima

Toshiaki Kikushima

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