Ryuzo Kikushima
Writing
- Born
- January 28, 1914 · Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
- Died
- March 18, 1989 (age 75)
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
A Fistful of Dollars
September 12, 1964
Yojimbo
April 25, 1961
High and Low
March 1, 1963
Last Man Standing
September 20, 1996
Django
April 6, 1966
Throne of Blood
January 15, 1957
Sanjuro
January 1, 1962
The Hidden Fortress
December 28, 1958
Tora! Tora! Tora!
January 26, 1970
Highest 2 Lowest
August 14, 2025
Red Beard
March 4, 1965
Stray Dog
October 17, 1949
Behind the camera94
- 2025Highest 2 Lowest Original Film Writer
- 2016黒の斜面 Original Story
- 2008The Last Princess Original Story
- 2007Tsubaki Sanjuro Writer
- 1999Inferno Original Film Writer
- 1996Last Man Standing Original Film Writer
- 1989My Phoenix Screenplay
- 1989The Demon Comes in Spring Screenplay
- 1987Princess from the Moon Writer
- 1986The Greatest Man in the World