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Ryuzo Kikushima

Ryuzo Kikushima

Writing • 1914-01-28 • Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

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.

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High and Low8.4

High and Low

1963

Yojimbo8.1

Yojimbo

1961

Throne of Blood7.9

Throne of Blood

1957

Django7.2

Django

1966

A Fistful of Dollars7.8

A Fistful of Dollars

1964

Last Man Standing6.4

Last Man Standing

1996

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