Person
Ryuzo Kikushima
Writing · 1914–1989 · Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
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, 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
Original Story
High and Low
Screenplay
Highest 2 Lowest
Original Film Writer
Kogarashi Monjiro
Writer
Last Man Standing
Original Film Writer
Yojimbo
Executive Producer
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Screenplay
Red Beard
Producer
Stray Dog
Writer
Throne of Blood
Screenplay
Filmography
- 2025Highest 2 LowestOriginal Film Writer
- 2016黒の斜面Original Story
- 2008The Last PrincessOriginal Story
- 2007Tsubaki SanjuroWriter
- 1996Last Man StandingOriginal Film Writer
- 1989My PhoenixScreenplay
- 1989The Demon Comes in SpringScreenplay
- 1987Princess from the MoonWriter
- 1986The Greatest Man in the WorldScreenplay
- 1984The Warrior and the SorceressOriginal Film Writer
- 1982Cliff of DeathOriginal Story
- 1981Willful MurderScreenplay
- 1978ShagWriter
- 1977Ame no meguri aiOriginal Story
- 1976The Sorrow of ParisScreenplay
- 1974Hashū HankachōWriter
- 1973Stray DogOriginal Story
- 1972Kogarashi MonjiroWriter
- 1971Man on a False FlightOriginal Story
- 1971KaoyakuScreenplay
- 1970Live Again TomorrowOriginal Story
- 1970Tora! Tora! Tora!Screenplay
- 1969The Magoichi SagaScreenplay
- 1969Gateway to GloryScreenplay
- 1969Tsugaru zesshoScreenplay
- 1968Trigger-HappyWriter
- 1967春日和Screenplay
- 1965Hoodlum SoldierScreenplay
- 1965Red BeardProducer
- 1964A Fistful of DollarsOriginal Story
- 1964The World's Most Beautiful SwindlersWriter
- 1964Fumiko's Five BenefactorsWriter
- 1963She Came For LoveScreenplay
- 1963Zero Escape VisibilityWriter
- 1963Fifty-FiftyScreenplay
- 1963Legacy of the 500,000Screenplay
- 1963High and LowScreenplay
- 1962Shin kitsune to tanukiScreenplay
- 1962Yoru no keishaScreenplay
- 1962SanjuroScreenplay
- 1961Shadow of a FlowerScreenplay
- 1961YojimboExecutive Producer
- 1960Chikuhō no kodomotachiProducer
- 1960The Bad Sleep WellWriter
- 1960Life of a Country DoctorScreenplay
- 1960ÔanaScreenplay
- 1960White CliffsWriter
- 1960Afraid to DieWriter
- 1960When a Woman Ascends the StairsProducer
- 1959Across the DarknessWriter
- 1959The Three TreasuresWriter
- 1959Fox and RaccoonScreenplay
- 1959The Story of Iron Arm InaoWriter
- 1958The Hidden FortressScreenplay
- 1958The Days of Evil WomenScreenplay
- 1958The Undefeated WomanWriter
- 1957The Unbalanced WheelScreenplay
- 1957The Eleventh HourNovel
- 1957Last Days of the SamuraiScreenplay
- 1957Throne of BloodScreenplay
- 1956Wakanohana: The Story of the Devil of the DohyōStory
- 1956DotanbaDirector
- 1956The StormWriter
- 1956Will-o'-the-WispWriter
- 1956Gendai no yokubôScreenplay
- 1956The Wicked BoyScreenplay
- 1956The UnderworldScreenplay
- 1955Rikidozan: Man of FuryScreenplay
- 1955The Samurai of EdoScreenplay
- 1955Six AssassinsWriter
- 1955Till We Meet AgainScreenplay
- 1955No Time for TearsWriter
- 1955The Immortal PitcherScreenplay
- 1955Vanished Enlisted ManScreenplay
- 1955A Man Among MenStory
- 1954Hirate Miki the SwordmanScreenplay
- 1954The Black CurrentScreenplay
- 1954Kunisada ChūjiWriter
- 1954HanranScreenplay
- 1953Made in JapanScreenplay
- 1953The End of the NightWriter
- 1952Tange SazenScreenplay
- 1950ScandalScreenplay
- 1949Stray DogWriter
- —A Fistful of Dollars RemakeOriginal Film Writer
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