Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a Japanese film director and screenwriter renowned for his atmospheric horror and psychological thrillers such as "Cure" and "Pulse."
All labels observed (1)
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| Kiyoshi Kurosawa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13145886 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Context triple: [Kōji Yakusho, workedWith, Kiyoshi Kurosawa]
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A.
Heigo Kurosawa
Heigo Kurosawa was a Japanese benshi (silent film narrator) and the older brother of renowned film director Akira Kurosawa.
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B.
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa was a pioneering Japanese film director and screenwriter renowned for his influential samurai epics and innovative cinematic techniques that shaped world cinema.
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C.
Kon Ichikawa
Kon Ichikawa was a prominent Japanese film director known for his stylistic versatility and acclaimed works such as "The Burmese Harp" and "Fires on the Plain."
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D.
Shohei Tochimoto
Shohei Tochimoto is a Japanese ski jumper who has competed internationally, including at World Cup and World Championship events, as a member of Japan’s national team.
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E.
Yasujiro Homma
Yasujiro Homma was a Japanese general during World War II, best known for commanding the invasion of the Philippines and later being executed for war crimes related to the Bataan Death March.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Target entity description: Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a Japanese film director and screenwriter renowned for his atmospheric horror and psychological thrillers such as "Cure" and "Pulse."
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A.
Heigo Kurosawa
Heigo Kurosawa was a Japanese benshi (silent film narrator) and the older brother of renowned film director Akira Kurosawa.
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B.
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa was a pioneering Japanese film director and screenwriter renowned for his influential samurai epics and innovative cinematic techniques that shaped world cinema.
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C.
Kon Ichikawa
Kon Ichikawa was a prominent Japanese film director known for his stylistic versatility and acclaimed works such as "The Burmese Harp" and "Fires on the Plain."
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D.
Shohei Tochimoto
Shohei Tochimoto is a Japanese ski jumper who has competed internationally, including at World Cup and World Championship events, as a member of Japan’s national team.
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E.
Yasujiro Homma
Yasujiro Homma was a Japanese general during World War II, best known for commanding the invasion of the Philippines and later being executed for war crimes related to the Bataan Death March.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| almaMater | Rikkyo University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Asian Film Award for Best Director
NERFINISHED
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Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Un Certain Regard Jury Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1955-07-19 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| directed |
Before We Vanish
NERFINISHED
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Bright Future NERFINISHED ⓘ Charisma NERFINISHED ⓘ Creepy NERFINISHED ⓘ Cure NERFINISHED ⓘ Daguerrotype NERFINISHED ⓘ Journey to the Shore NERFINISHED ⓘ Loft NERFINISHED ⓘ Penance NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulse NERFINISHED ⓘ Real NERFINISHED ⓘ Retribution NERFINISHED ⓘ Seance NERFINISHED ⓘ Seventh Code NERFINISHED ⓘ To the Ends of the Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokyo Sonata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Tokyo University of the Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | cinema of Japan ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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horror film ⓘ psychological thriller ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alfred Hitchcock
NERFINISHED
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Mikio Naruse NERFINISHED ⓘ Yasujirō Ozu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isRenownedFor |
atmospheric horror films
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psychological thrillers ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| name | Kiyoshi Kurosawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 黒沢 清 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Before We Vanish
NERFINISHED
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Bright Future NERFINISHED ⓘ Creepy NERFINISHED ⓘ Cure NERFINISHED ⓘ Daguerrotype NERFINISHED ⓘ Journey to the Shore NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulse NERFINISHED ⓘ To the Ends of the Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokyo Sonata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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film professor ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| screenwrote |
Bright Future
NERFINISHED
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Cure NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulse NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokyo Sonata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Description of subject: Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a Japanese film director and screenwriter renowned for his atmospheric horror and psychological thrillers such as "Cure" and "Pulse."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.