Ryūzō Kikushima

Ryūzō Kikushima

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Writing

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1914-01-28

  • Day of Death

    1989-03-18 (75 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Biography

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 Japan, and Mikio Naruse's When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, on which he also served as producer.

Known For

Crew