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Ryuzo Kikushima (菊島 隆三, Kikushima Ryūzō, 1 March 1914 – 18 March 1989) was a Japanese writer 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.
Plot. Keiko (called "Mama" by the other characters), a young widow approaching 30, is a hostess at a bar in Ginza. Realizing she is getting older, she decides after talking to her bar manager, Komatsu, that she wants to open her own bar rather than remarrying and dishonoring her late husband to whose memory she is still devoted.
- Ryūzō Kikushima
- Toho
Writer: High and Low. Ryûzô Kikushima was born on 28 January 1914 in Japan. He was a writer and producer, known for High and Low (1963), Yojimbo (1961) and The Hidden Fortress (1958). He died on 18 March 1989 in Japan.
- Writer, Producer
- January 28, 1914
- Ryûzô Kikushima
- March 18, 1989
Ryūzō Kikushima. 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.
Ryūzō Kikushima (1914–1989) Author of Tora! Tora! [1970 film] 9 Works 984 Members 12 Reviews. Works by Ryūzō Kikushima. Popular Recent. Tora! [1970 film] (1970) — Screenwriter — 248 copies. Yojimbo [1961 film] (1961) — Screenwriter — 152 copies. Throne of Blood [1957 film] (1957) — Screenwriter — 141 copies.
Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Screenplay by Eijirô Hisaita, Ryūzō Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa, and Hideo Oguni. Based on the novel "King's Ransom" by Ed McBain. Produced by Akira Kurosawa. Cinematography by Asakazu Nakai and Takao Saito. Lighting by Ichiro Inohara. Music by Masaru Satô. Production Design by Yoshirô Muraki.
Ryuzo Kikushima (菊島 隆三, Kikushima Ryūzō, 1 March 1914 – 18 March 1989 [1]) is a Japanese writer and film producer who is best known for co-writing the screenplays for several Akira Kurosawa movies, including Throne of Blood, The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo and High and Low. [2]
