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Ryuzo Kikushima

Ryuzo 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.

Release Date

Title

Job

Rating

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August 14th, 2025

Highest 2 Lowest

Original Film Writer

5.5

January 24th, 2016

黒の斜面

Original Story

TBD

May 10th, 2008

The Last Princess

Original Story

5.9

December 1st, 2007

Tsubaki Sanjuro

Writer

6.3

September 20th, 1996

Last Man Standing

Original Film Writer

6.4

May 13th, 1989

My Phoenix

Screenplay

10

April 15th, 1989

The Demon Comes in Spring

Screenplay

10

September 26th, 1987

Princess from the Moon

Writer

6.4

October 25th, 1986

The Greatest Man in the World

Screenplay

10

September 7th, 1984

The Warrior and the Sorceress

Original Film Writer

4.3

January 26th, 1982

Shi no dangai

Original Story

TBD

November 7th, 1981

Willful Murder

Screenplay

8

March 31st, 1978

Shag

Writer

7.5

May 21st, 1977

Ame no meguri ai

Original Story

TBD

May 21st, 1977

Ame no meguri ai

Screenplay

TBD

February 11th, 1976

The Sorrow of Paris

Screenplay

TBD

September 29th, 1973

Stray Dog

Original Story

7.9

August 25th, 1971

Man on a False Flight

Original Story

5.5

August 25th, 1971

Man on a False Flight

Screenplay

5.5

August 12th, 1971

Kaoyaku

Screenplay

6

May 27th, 1970

Live Again Tomorrow

Original Story

TBD

January 26th, 1970

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Screenplay

7.2

September 13th, 1969

The Magoichi Saga

Screenplay

6.2

July 12th, 1969

Gateway to Glory

Screenplay

8.3

April 12th, 1969

Tsugaru zessho

Screenplay

8

October 8th, 1968

Trigger-Happy

Writer

TBD

April 29th, 1967

春日和

Screenplay

TBD

April 29th, 1967

春日和

Original Story

TBD

March 18th, 1965

Hoodlum Soldier

Screenplay

7.2

March 4th, 1965

Red Beard

Screenplay

8.1

September 12th, 1964

A Fistful of Dollars

Original Story

7.8

August 14th, 1964

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

Writer

5.4

August 14th, 1964

Fumiko's Five Benefactors

Writer

6

August 28th, 1963

She Came For Love

Screenplay

9

June 30th, 1963

Zero Escape Visibility

Writer

TBD

June 16th, 1963

Fifty-Fifty

Screenplay

10

April 18th, 1963

Legacy of the 500,000

Screenplay

6.9

March 1st, 1963

High and Low

Screenplay

8.4

September 29th, 1962

Shin kitsune to tanuki

Screenplay

7

June 28th, 1962

Yoru no keisha

Screenplay

TBD

January 1st, 1962

Sanjuro

Screenplay

8

December 9th, 1961

Kaei

Screenplay

7

April 25th, 1961

Yojimbo

Screenplay

8.1

November 13th, 1960

Chikuhō no kodomotachi

Screenplay

TBD

September 19th, 1960

The Bad Sleep Well

Writer

7.7

August 14th, 1960

Life of a Country Doctor

Screenplay

8

April 22nd, 1960

Ôana

Screenplay

TBD

April 5th, 1960

White Cliffs

Writer

TBD

March 22nd, 1960

Afraid to Die

Writer

6.3

January 15th, 1960

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Screenplay

8

December 1st, 1959

Across the Darkness

Writer

9

November 1st, 1959

The Three Treasures

Writer

5.5

April 28th, 1959

Fox and Raccoon

Screenplay

9

March 21st, 1959

The Story of Iron Arm Inao

Writer

8

December 28th, 1958

The Hidden Fortress

Screenplay

8

November 30th, 1958

The Days of Evil Women

Screenplay

7

October 21st, 1958

The Undefeated Woman

Writer

TBD

November 26th, 1957

The Unbalanced Wheel

Screenplay

7

November 24th, 1957

The Eleventh Hour

Novel

7.4

July 13th, 1957

Last Days of the Samurai

Screenplay

9

January 15th, 1957

Throne of Blood

Screenplay

7.9

December 27th, 1956

Wakanohana: The Story of the Devil of the Dohyō

Story

TBD

November 10th, 1956

Dotanba

Screenplay

6

October 24th, 1956

The Storm

Writer

8.5

July 5th, 1956

Will-o'-the-Wisp

Writer

9

June 22nd, 1956

Gendai no yokubô

Screenplay

TBD

June 1st, 1956

The Wicked Boy

Screenplay

TBD

February 26th, 1956

The Underworld

Screenplay

7

December 27th, 1955

Rikidozan: Man of Fury

Screenplay

TBD

October 23rd, 1955

The Samurai of Edo

Screenplay

6

June 5th, 1955

Six Assassins

Writer

9

May 10th, 1955

No Time for Tears

Writer

9

January 14th, 1955

Vanished Enlisted Man

Screenplay

7

October 19th, 1954

Hirate Miki the Swordman

Screenplay

TBD

August 31st, 1954

The Black Current

Screenplay

10

June 29th, 1954

Kunisada Chūji

Writer

9

January 3rd, 1954

Hanran

Screenplay

TBD

December 8th, 1953

Made in Japan

Screenplay

TBD

April 8th, 1953

The End of the Night

Writer

10

TBD

A Fistful of Dollars Remake

Original Film Writer

TBD

May 29th, 1955

Till We Meet Again

Screenplay

7

March 15th, 1955

The Immortal Pitcher

Screenplay

TBD

January 3rd, 1955

A Man Among Men

Story

8

August 14th, 1952

Tange Sazen

Screenplay

10

April 26th, 1950

Scandal

Screenplay

6.9

October 17th, 1949

Stray Dog

Writer

7.6

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