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Ryūzō Kikushima

Ryūzō Kikushima

Known For Writing
Birthday Jan 28, 1914
Died Mar 18, 1989 (75)
Birthplace Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Popularity 0.6 (history)
Updated Aug 11, 2025
Entry Date Aug 11, 2025
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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, screen ... plays 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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Original Film Writer

Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing

1996

Original Film Writer

The Warrior and the Sorceress

The Warrior and the Sorceress

1984

Original Film Writer

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

Screenplay

A Fistful of Dollars

A Fistful of Dollars

1964

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Yojimbo

Yojimbo

1961

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Yojimbo

Yojimbo

1961

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Organization Category Movie
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