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Writer: Ryuzo Kikushima

Ryuzo Kikushima co-wrote Stray Dog, Throne of Blood, The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo, Sanjuro and High and Low, and his particular contribution was to the contemporary crime films more than the period pieces.

High and Low is the clearest example, a police procedural built on class geography that spends its first hour in a single room and its second across a city.

The partnership ended over the aborted Tora Tora Tora production and the two never worked together again, which removed one of the three voices that had built the writing room.

Sanjuro (1962) film poster

Sanjuro (1962)

Kurosawa's 1962 Yojimbo sequel. Mifune returns as the ronin.

The Hidden Fortress (1958) film poster

The Hidden Fortress (1958)

Kurosawa's 1958 medieval adventure. Mifune as general, two bumbling peasants.

Yojimbo (1961) film poster

Yojimbo (1961)

Kurosawa's 1961 samurai-noir. Mifune as the masterless ronin who plays two factions against each other.

Throne of Blood (1957) film poster

Throne of Blood (1957)

Kurosawa's 1957 Macbeth set in feudal Japan. The arrow finale is among the most committed practical-effects sequences ever filmed.

High and Low (1963) film poster

High and Low (1963)

Kurosawa's 1963 kidnapping procedural. Mifune as the shoe executive.

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) film poster

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) Review

Foundational dual-perspective Pearl Harbor film. Equal substantive treatment of American and Japanese forces.