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Ryuzo Kikushima

Ryuzo Kikushima

Writing

Basic Information

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Birth Date

January 28, 1914(112 yrs)

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Birth Place

Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Summary

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.