Director Kurosawah (Black)

Director Kurosawah (クロサワ監督 Kurosawa kantoku) is an enemy that appears in Legend Stages.

Director Kurosawah (Black)
Information
First Appearance:	SoL: Sub-chapter 13 - Shrimp Frontier
Latest Appearance:	UL: Sub-chapter 33 - Overnight Overtime
Money Drop:	1,000¢ - 3,950¢

Enemy

The Black variant of Dark Emperor Nyandam. He has more range (700), attack power, health and a faster attack rate. He also has a smaller hitbox than Dark Emperor Nyandam, making it harder for units like Pizza Cat or Bombercat to get an attack off.

Due to his high damage even at 100% strength magnification, when he is magnified to 200% or 300% in later stages, he can usually kill an entire stack of cats in a single hit, sometimes even your Ubers. This makes him a formidable threat if you aren't able to knock him back in time or push to far into his range, leaving you to rebuild the stack you just created.

Strategy

Fight him like you would Dark Emperor Nyandam. He can now kill Dragon Cats in one hit and has more range, so he might take longer to beat. He has a really long attack animation (four entire seconds) and 3 knockbacks, allowing Awakened Bahamut to deal a lot of damage to him if timed properly. Yukimura is even more effective, especially with his True Form and Talents unlocked.

Bringing along Sniper the Cat (or Sniper the Recruit if you don't have Sniper the Cat) to occasionally interrupt his long-cooldown attacks and get free hits on him, Tin Cat is also an easily obtainable cat that can interrupt Kurosawah's attack animation.

Bombercat can easily perma-freeze Kurosawah, making the task of dispatching him trivial. This is particularly effective on stages where Kurosawah is supported by other Black enemies, which Bombercat can also neutralize.

An effective strategy in some stages is to spam Eraser Cats and other meatshields to keep him back and then summoning Jamiera Cat to move in and put out damage. This works for a while until his magnification becomes greater than 300%. After that, your Jamiera Cat needs to be higher level.

Ring Girl Cat can heavily damage Director Kurosawah if she is high-leveled and if the Kurosawah in question isn't overly buffed, her True Form does a much better job though.

Kurosawah is often supported by powerful frontliners. In these cases, you can use Manic Macho Legs to snipe him with Shockwaves, other wave attackers are also helpful.

Dictionary

Switch EN/JP

Enemy Unit # 55		Black
Director Kurosawah
		A washed up director known for copying the very famous movie director. His works are all flops but he is famous for his raunchy scenes.

Enemy Unit # 55		Black
クロサワ監督 (Kurosawa kantoku)
		JP Script
		世界的に有名な映画の巨匠 を意識した泣かず飛ばずの映画監督 いつも売れない作品ばかりを作るが 作中のお色気要素には定評がある
		EN Translation
		Master of a world-famous movie. While making the only work that a film director cannot sell, He gets upset and cries when he realizes he's famous for sex scenes.

Encounters

Stories of Legend

• Stage 13-8: Shrimp Frontier (100% strength magnification)
• Stage 16-6: Ancient One-Piece (100% strength magnification)
• Stage 18-5: Pitfall Zone (200% strength magnification)
• Stage 20-4: Monkey Magic (200% strength magnification)
• Stage 22-6: Satan's Bedroom (100% strength magnification)
• Stage 24-5: Dark Nemesis (300% strength magnification)
• Stage 28-3: Cat Catharsis (150% strength magnification)
• Stage 31-5: Heavenly Creatures (150% strength magnification)
• Stage 33-2: Technocracy (300% strength magnification)
• Stage 38-5: Grand Exhibition (300% strength magnification)
• Stage 39-4: Soap Scum (300% strength magnification)
• Stage 46-4: 8K Fertilizer (300% strength magnification)
• Stage 47-3: Final Tower (400% strength magnification)
• Stage 48-7: Twilight Zephyr (300% strength magnification)

Uncanny Legends

• Stage 5-4: On The Rocks (400% strength magnification)
• Stage 14-5: Spa of Ascension (400% strength magnification)
• Stage 17-4: Chilly Pool (300% strength magnification)
• Stage 19-1: Beachhead Invasion (100% strength magnification)
• Stage 33-5: Overnight Overtime (400% strength magnification)

Event Stages

• XP Stage: Sweet XP (Expert) (100% strength magnification)
• XP Megablitz!: Refined Palate (Insane) (100% strength magnification)
• Bad to Worse: Doom Paradise (Insane) (200% strength magnification)
• XP Colosseum: Tempered In Flame (Deadly) (200% strength magnification)
• Merciless XP!: Taste of Success (Merciless) (400% strength magnification)
• Never Not Summer!: Lazy Tomorrow (200% strength magnification)
• Sports Night: 2 Bodies, 0 Legs (100% strength magnification)
• Ritual Confusion: Expired Joy (200% strength magnification)
• Bitter Irony: Revenge of Titanium (Deadly) (150% strength magnification)
• Lovesick Again: Biological Hourglass (200% strength magnification)
• Heavenly Tower: Floor 19 (100% strength magnification)
• First Errand: Baby Fake (Merciless) (400% strength magnification)

Stats

Director Kurosawah (Black)
Health	Attack Power	Attack Range	Attack Frequency	Movement Speed	Knockback	Attack Animation
200,000 HP	18,763 damage (1,432 DPS)	700 (Area Attack)	393f (13.1 seconds)	2	3 times	104f 3.47s (29f 0.97s backswing)
Special Ability						Attribute
-						Black

*In each stage, there is strength magnification, the value of health and attack power varies due to this value.

Trivia

• The filmmaker in his description is a reference to the legendary Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa.
• His name contains the Japanese word kuro, meaning "black".

Reference

• https://battlecats-db.com/enemy/055.html

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<< Shadow Boxer K | Super Metal Hippoe >>

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