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Ryuzo Kikushima
Screenwriter·Japan·1914–1989
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.
Also known as: Ryûzô Kikushima
Career
Stats
- Credits
- 10
- across 6 productions
- Active
- 1957–1965
- 2 decades
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Filmography
| Production | Year | Role | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Red Beard | 1965 | Screenwriter | — |
![]() | Red Beard | 1965 | Producer | — |
![]() | High and Low | 1963 | Screenwriter | — |
![]() | High and Low | 1963 | Producer |
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People who have worked on the most productions alongside Ryuzo Kikushima.














