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Ryuzo Kikushima

1914–1989 · 19 titles in the catalogue

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.

Their work

19
  1. A Fistful of Dollars1964Original Story
  2. Yojimbo1961Executive Producer · Screenplay
  3. High and Low1963Producer · Screenplay
  4. Last Man Standing1996Original Film Writer
  5. Throne of Blood1957Screenplay
  6. Sanjuro1962Producer · Screenplay
  7. The Hidden Fortress1958Screenplay
  8. Tora! Tora! Tora!1970Screenplay
  9. Highest 2 Lowest2025Original Film Writer
  10. Red Beard1965Producer · Screenplay
  11. Stray Dog1949Writer
  12. The Bad Sleep Well1960Writer
  13. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs1960Producer · Screenplay
  14. Scandal1950Screenplay
  15. The Last Princess2008Original Story
  16. Stray Dog1973Original Story
  17. Legacy of the 500,0001963Screenplay
  18. Tsubaki Sanjuro2007Writer
  19. Vanished Enlisted Man1955Screenplay