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Ryuzo Kikushima

Writing
1914-01-28 - 1989-03-18
Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Also known as: Ryûzô 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 Japan, and Mikio Naruse's When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, on which he also served as producer.

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A Fistful of Dollars
7.8
A Fistful of Dollars

Original Story

Highest 2 Lowest
5.5
Highest 2 Lowest

Original Film Writer

High and Low
8.4
High and Low

Screenplay

High and Low
8.4
High and Low

Producer

Tora! Tora! Tora!
7.2
Tora! Tora! Tora!

Screenplay

Kogarashi Monjiro
8.0
TV
Yojimbo
8.1
Yojimbo

Executive Producer

Yojimbo
8.1
Yojimbo

Screenplay

Last Man Standing
6.4
Last Man Standing

Original Film Writer

Sanjuro
7.9
Sanjuro

Screenplay

Sanjuro
7.9
Sanjuro

Producer

Throne of Blood
7.9
Throne of Blood

Screenplay

Red Beard
8.2
Red Beard

Producer

Red Beard
8.2
Red Beard

Screenplay

The Hidden Fortress
8.0
The Hidden Fortress

Screenplay

Stray Dog
7.6
Stray Dog

Writer

The Warrior and the Sorceress
4.4
The Warrior and the Sorceress

Original Film Writer

Fancy Talker

Screenplay

Scandal
6.9
Scandal

Screenplay

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