Kiyoshi KUROSAWA

黒沢清

Kiyoshi KUROSAWA


Kiyoshi KUROSAWA, born in Kobe in 1955, began his career as an assistant director for veterans such as Shinji SOMAI. His international breakthrough came with CURE (1997 / NC ‘16). He won the Prix Un Certain Regard twice at the Cannes Film Festival: in 2008 for TOKYO SONATA (NC ‘16) and in 2015 for JOURNEY TO THE SHORE (NC ‘16). He also taught for 20 years at Tokyo University of the Arts in Yokohama. He received the NIPPON HONOR AWARD at the Nippon Connection Film Festival 2016.

Winner of the Nippon Honor Award 2016

Films shown at Nippon Connection

SERPENT’S PATH (2024), France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Japan 2024 (Director) NC25
SERPENT’S PATH (2024), France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Japan 2024 (Script) NC25
Cloud, Japan 2024 (Director) NC25
Cloud, Japan 2024 (Script) NC25
Charisma, Japan 1999 (Director) NC25
Charisma, Japan 1999 (Script) NC25
SERPENT’S PATH (1998), Japan 1998 (Director) NC25
To The Ends Of The Earth, Japan, Uzbekistan 2019 (Director) NC21
To The Ends Of The Earth, Japan, Uzbekistan 2019 (Script) NC21
Foreboding, Japan 2018 (Director) NC18
Foreboding, Japan 2018 (Script) NC18
Daguerreotype, Japan, France, Belgium 2016 (Director) NC17
Daguerreotype, Japan, France, Belgium 2016 (Script) NC17
Cure, Japan 1997 (Director) NC16
Cure, Japan 1997 (Script) NC16
Journey To The Shore, Japan 2015 (Director) NC16
Journey To The Shore, Japan 2015 (Script) NC16
Tokyo Sonata, Japan 2008 (Director) NC16, NC09
Creepy, Japan 2016 (Director) NC16
Tokyo Sonata, Japan 2008 (Script) NC16, NC09
Creepy, Japan 2016 (Script) NC16
Beautiful New Bay Area Project, Japan 2013 (Director) NC14
Beautiful New Bay Area Project, Japan 2013 (Script) NC14
Penance Teil 1, Japan 2012 (Director) NC13
Penance Teil 1, Japan 2012 (Script) NC13
Penance Teil 2, Japan 2012 (Director) NC13
Penance Teil 2, Japan 2012 (Script) NC13
Eve Of Runaway, Japan 1983 (Director) NC07
Loft, Japan, South Korea 2004 (Director) NC06
Loft, Japan, South Korea 2004 (Script) NC06
Soul Dancing, Japan 2004 (Director) NC05
Ghost Cop, Japan (Director) NC04

Guest at Nippon Connection

Creepy, NC16
Cure, NC16
Journey To The Shore, NC16