As Writer
Tsubaki Sanjuro
2007
6.4
Ryuzo Kikushima
Writing
Birth Date
January 28, 1914
Place of Birth
Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Date of Death
March 18, 1989
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.
Complete Filmography
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Princess from the Moon
1987
6.4
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Willful Murder
1981
7.3
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Shag
1978
7.0
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
7.2
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The Magoichi Saga
1969
5.8
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Gateway to Glory
1969
7.5
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Red Beard
1965
8.1
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Hoodlum Soldier
1965
7.3
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Fumiko's Five Benefactors
1964
6.0
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The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964
5.3
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Legacy of the 500,000
1963
7.1
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High and Low
1963
8.4
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Sanjuro
1962
8.0
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Yojimbo
1961
8.1
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The Bad Sleep Well
1960
7.7
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Afraid to Die
1960
6.0
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
8.0
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The Three Treasures
1959
5.4
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The Hidden Fortress
1958
8.0