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Ryuzo Kikushima was a Japanese writer 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.
Born
Wednesday, 28 January 1914
Died
Saturday, 18 March 1989
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Chichi to ko | 1983 |
Red Beard | 1965 |
High and Low | 1963 |
Sanjuro | 1962 |
Yojimbo | 1961 |
Chikûho no kodomotachi | 1960 |
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs | 1960 |