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Kiyoshi Kurosawa on Anti-Capitalist Action Film ‘Cloud’ 5

31/08/2024 by Nik

The last time the journeyman Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa was at the Venice Film Festival, he took home the event’s prestigious best director award for his period drama Wife of a Spy. He is back in the Italian festival’s main competition this week with Cloud, the first action film of his expansive and acclaimed filmography. The …

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Action Satire Debuts at Venice 5

30/08/2024 by Nik

Although he’s primarily known as a director of thrillers and horror movies, Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa has never made regular genre flicks. There’s always a twist, aesthetic or otherwise, to the way he approaches his subjects — whether it’s a detective tracking a twisted serial killer in his international breakthrough, Cure, the real ghosts haunting …