Tag Archives: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Review: Wife of a Spy (Japan 2020)

Posted on September 16, 2021 by David

Watching Kiyoshi Kurosawa experiment with new genres over this past decade or so has been fascinating. The man knows how to make an incredibly spooky supernatural chiller – his Kairo/Pulse is probably the pinnacle of J-horror for me – but … Continue reading →

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Review: Before We Vanish (Japan 2017)

Posted on February 2, 2018 by David

Before We Vanish is a return to a rarely-seen side of Kiyoshi Kurosawa – a puckish, tongue-in-cheek take on the atmospheric horror that is the master’s stock-in-trade. Though he’s much better known for his deadly serious supernatural horror like Kairo … Continue reading →

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Review: Daguerreotype (Japan/France 2017)

Posted on November 7, 2017 by David

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s latest horror film represents a major change in at least one respect. Filming in French, with a non-Japanese cast, takes Kurosawa out of his comfort zone, but he demonstrates that his touch with mood and actors remains constant … Continue reading →

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Review:  Creepy (Japan 2016)

Posted on April 12, 2017 by David

Creepy marks something of a return to form for the one-time po-mo J-horror master Kiyoshi Kurosawa.  There was a point in the late 1990s and early 2000s when Kurosawa was one of the most exciting filmmakers working, and his every … Continue reading →

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