Kiyoshi Kurosawa — Playwright (19)
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Cloud (2024) [Movie]
Cloud クラウド
director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa actor: Masaki Suda / Daiken Okudaira …
other title: Cloud クラウド
Ryōsuke Yoshii, an ordinary reseller, carelessly earns grudges by people and becomes entangled in a life-threatening struggle.
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The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears (1997) [Movie] TMDB
復讐 THE REVENGE 消えない傷痕
director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa actor: Show Aikawa / Shun Sugata …
other title: 復讐 THE REVENGE 消えない傷痕
Second half of the violent tale of revenge from actor Sho Aikawa and director Kiyoshi Kurosawa! It's been five years since he left the force, lost his wife, and waged all out revenge, and now our hero is idling his time with a failing yakuza group. When he discovers the secret of one of his superiors, he takes up the gun of vengeance and realizes that his life has only been to serve that purpose.
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Doppelganger (2003) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb
ドッペルゲンガー
director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa actor: Koji Yakusho / Hiromi Nagasaku …
other title: 自视性幻觉 / ドッペルゲンガー …
Hayasaki is an inventor working on an Artificial Body. It is not going well and he is stressed out and on the verge of being fired from the research division of his company. His doppelgänger appears to help him out of the rut he has created for himself.
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Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot (1996) [Movie] TMDB
勝手にしやがれ！！黄金計画
director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa actor: Show Aikawa / Yoriko Doguchi …
other title: 勝手にしやがれ！！黄金計画
Yûji and Kosaku are hired to track down an old man. But when he suddenly dies, his granddaughter surfaces with a map to his buried fortune, which the yakuza and a dirty cop are determined to find.
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Retribution (2007) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban WikiData IMDb
叫
director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa actor: Koji Yakusho / Manami Konishi …
other title: Castigo / 叫 …
A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since they all are in the same vicinity and by the same method, but as the evidence points toward the detective as the prime suspect, a ghost in red follows him, and he begins to question his identity. His realization of what seems to have really happened results in something much more sinister and larger in scope, and it leaves his psyche scarred.
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Real (2013) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban
リアル〜完全なる首長竜の日〜
director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa actor: Takeru Satoh / Haruka Ayase …
other title: リアル〜完全なる首長竜の日〜 / 真爱潜行(港) …
Koichi and Atsumi are lovers who have known each other all their lives. A year ago, however, a suicide attempt by Atsumi left her in a coma. Through 'sensing', a type of neurosurgical procedure allowing contact with the intentional aspect of a comatose patient's mind, Koishi tries to find out why Atsumi tried to kill herself, and to bring her back to consciousness. He enters her subconscious, and is told to find a picture of a plesiosaur she drew when she was a child. It turns out that a childhood incident buried in their past will bring their minds together.
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Charisma (1999) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB WikiData IMDb Douban
カリスマ
director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa actor: Koji Yakusho / Hiroyuki Ikeuchi …
other title: Charisma - Das Ende beginnt / Séance …
A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for action. Leaving his job and family without explanation, he makes his way to a mountain forest, encountering a peculiar tree called Charisma.
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Barren Illusion (1999) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB
大いなる幻影
director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa actor: Shinji Takeda / Miako Tadano …
other title: 大いなる幻影 / Vaine Illusion …
In a near future where allergies have become an epidemic, music producer Haru half-heartedly dates post office clerk and mail thief Michi. He searches for violent ways to reactivate his life, she dreams of escaping abroad; both volunteer to test a new drug which may provide a cure.
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Penance (2012) [TV] TMDB
贖罪
director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa actor: Kyoko Koizumi / Yu Aoi …
other title: Sühne / Shokuzai - Celles qui voulaient se souvenir …
The murder of a young girl shocks a small Japanese village, and the victim's mother is distraught when the classmates her daughter was playing with all claim not to remember the identity of the killer. In her anger, she puts a curse on them.
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Journey to the Shore (2015) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
岸辺の旅
director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa actor: Eri Fukatsu / Tadanobu Asano …
other title: Kishibe no tabi / 岸辺の旅 …
Mizuki’s husband Yusuke went missing for 3 years. He suddenly comes back home one day and asks Mizuki to go on a trip with him. Their trip consists of visiting the people that helped Yusuke on his previous travel. While travelling together, Misuki sees, touches and feels what Yusuke did for those 3 years.
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Creepy (2016) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData NeoDB
クリーピー 偽りの隣人
director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa actor: Hidetoshi Nishijima / Yuko Takeuchi …
other title: クリーピー 偽りの隣人
After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active service in the police force and takes up a position as a university lecturer in criminal psychology. But his desire to get to the bottom of criminals’ motives remains, and he does not hesitate long when former colleague Nogami asks him to reopen an old case.
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Before We Vanish (2017) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
散歩する侵略者
director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa actor: Masami Nagasawa / Ryuhei Matsuda …
other title: Avant que nous disparaissions / Before we Vanish …
Narumi is on bad terms with her husband, Shinji, when, one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a totally different person, and he is now gentle and tender. He goes for a walk every day. Meanwhile, journalist Sakurai covers the story of a family that was brutally murdered, when an unexplained phenomenon takes place.
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Pulse (2001) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
回路
7.9 (7 ratings) director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa actor: Kumiko Aso / Haruhiko Kato …
other title: Pulsação / Kaïro …
In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants who are desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.