

Ryuzo Kikushima
Writing
January 28, 1914
Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
March 18, 1989
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.
The Filmography


Princess from the Moon

Willful Murder

Shag

Tora! Tora! Tora!

The Magoichi Saga

Gateway to Glory

Red Beard

Hoodlum Soldier

Fumiko's Five Benefactors

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

Legacy of the 500,000

High and Low

Sanjuro

Yojimbo

The Bad Sleep Well

Afraid to Die

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

The Three Treasures
