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Koreyoshi Kurahara is a Director, Writer, Assistant Director and Editor Japonais born on 31 may 1927 at Kuching (Malaisie)

Koreyoshi Kurahara

Koreyoshi Kurahara
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Birth name 蔵原惟繕
Nationality Japon
Birth 31 may 1927 at Kuching (Malaisie)
Death 28 december 2002 (at 75 years) at Yokohama City (Japon)

Koreyoshi Kurahara (蔵原惟繕, Kurahara Koreyoshi) (May 31, 1927 – December 28, 2002) was a Japanese screenwriter and director. He is perhaps best known for directing Antarctica (1983), which won several awards and was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. He also co-directed Hiroshima (1995) with Roger Spottiswoode, which was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries.

He was the nephew of literary critic Korehito Kurahara, and older brother of film director Koretsugu Kurahara. His son Jun Iwasaki, a former producer for Ishihara International Productions Inc., is currently secretary to politician Nobuteru Ishihara.

He was born in the city of Kuching, then part of the kingdom of Sarawak (now a state of Malaysia) on Borneo.

While a film student at Nihon University College of Art, he became a live-in student of Kajiro Yamamoto at the introduction of Ishirō Honda. Upon graduation in 1952 he joined Shochiku's Kyoto studio and worked as an assistant director. He switched to Nikkatsu in 1954, working mainly as chief assistant director to Eisuke Takizawa.

He made his directorial debut in 1957 with I Am Waiting starring Yujiro Ishihara, and gained recognition for his bold camera work and angles. He subsequently directed numerous films starring Ishihara and Ruriko Asaoka.

In 1960 he made the first Japanese film noir Intimidation and in 1964 he made the film Black Sun the story of a Black GI on the run who meets a Japanese jazz fan with a soundtrack from Max Roach's band featuring Clifford Jordan and Abbey Lincoln. The soundtrack was issued on CD in Japan only in 2007.

After going freelance in 1967, he helmed a succession of blockbusters and popular works including Eiko e no 5,000 Kiro, Kitakitsune Monogatari, The Gate of Youth and Umi e, See You. His 1983 film Nankyoku Monogatari was a 5.9 billion yen hit and held the Japanese box office record for a domestic film until it was surpassed by Miyazaki Hayao's Princess Mononoke in 1997.

Biography

Koreyoshi Kurahara fait ses études à l'université Nihon. Il est le frère aîné du réalisateur Koretsugu Kurahara .

Il a réalisé 43 films et écrit 4 scénarios entre 1955 et 1991.

Usually with

Eiji Okada
Eiji Okada
(3 films)
Koichi Sato
Koichi Sato
(2 films)
Keiko Oginome
Keiko Oginome
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Koreyoshi Kurahara (12 films)

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Director

Hiroshima
Hiroshima (1995)
, 3h10
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode, Koreyoshi Kurahara, Hideo Sekigawa
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about nuclear technology, Documentary films about technology, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Eiji Okada, Kenneth Welsh, Ken Jenkins, Yumeji Tsukioka, Tatsuo Matsumura, Wesley Addy
Rating77% 3.889233.889233.889233.889233.88923
The film opens in April 1945 with the death of Franklin Roosevelt and the succession of Harry Truman to the presidency. In Europe, the Germans are close to surrender, but in the Pacific the bloody battle for Okinawa is still underway and an invasion of the Japanese home islands is not foreseen until the autumn. American battle casualties have almost reached 900,000, with Japanese casualties at 1.1 million, and some 8 million Asian civilians have died in the war that began with Japan's invasion of Manchuria in 1931.
Antarctica
Antarctica (1983)
, 2h25
Directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Ken Takakura, Tsunehiko Watase, Eiji Okada, Sō Yamamura, Masako Natsume, Keiko Oginome
Rating75% 3.78663.78663.78663.78663.7866
In February 1958, the Second Cross-Winter Expedition for the Japanese Antarctic Surveying Team rides on the icebreaker Sōya to take over from the 11-man First Cross-Winter Expedition. Due to the extreme weather conditions in Antarctica, Sōya can not get near enough to the Showa Base and they decide not to proceed with the stay-over.
Gate of Youth
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku, Koreyoshi Kurahara
Genres Drama
Actors Bunta Sugawara, Keiko Matsuzaka, Koichi Sato, Kaoru Sugita, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Kōji Tsuruta
Rating66% 3.305393.305393.305393.305393.30539
L'histoire de Shinsuke, un jeune homme qui vit une vie misérable en tant que mineur de charbon allant de son enfance à son adolescence. Les mineurs et la mine dominent presque tous les aspects de sa vie.
Black Sun
Black Sun (1964)
, 1h35
Directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara
Genres Drama
Actors Tatsuya Fuji, Hideji Ōtaki, Hayato Tani
Rating67% 3.3880353.3880353.3880353.3880353.388035
At the start of the film, Mei commits larceny and buys a jazz record, an upbeat recording of "Six Bits Blues." In town, he encounters civil insurrection following the killing of an American soldier, presumably by one of his colleagues who is now missing. When Mei returns to his home and his dog Monk in a half-destroyed church, the missing soldier appears from behind a curtain and points a gun at him. His leg is injured, supposedly by the real assailant's firearm. Since the soldier (Gill) is African-American, Akira is convinced that he will appreciate the jazz record he bought and tries to use it as a way of communication. He plays a few songs on the record, but the G.I. responds badly and, in a fit of restlessness, attacks and kills Mei's dog.
The Warped Ones, 1h16
Directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Hiroyuki Nagato
Rating68% 3.4430453.4430453.4430453.4430453.443045
Criminal and jazz aficionado Akira (Tamio Kawachi) and his prostitute girlfriend Yuki (Yuko Chishiro) are arrested when they are spotted fleecing foreigners in a jazz club by a reporter named Kashiwagi (Hiroyuki Nagato). In jail, Akira meets Masaru (Eiji Go) and on their release they and Yuki resume criminal activities. They spot Kashiwagi and his artist fiancée, Fumiko (Noriko Matsumoto), hit him with a stolen car and kidnap her. They take her to a remote beach where Akira rapes her while Masaru and Yuki fornicate in the ocean.
I Am Waiting, 1h31
Directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Yujiro Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Hideaki Nitani, Isamu Kosugi, Naoki Sugiura, Tomio Aoki
Rating69% 3.4892853.4892853.4892853.4892853.489285
On a dark night, Jōji (Yujiro Ishihara) an ex-boxer, meets Saeko (Mie Kitahara), a club singer on the verge of suicide. They live and work together at a restaurant where they begin to fall in love, struggling to escape from their dark pasts. Jōji deals with his failure as a boxer, shamed of having been barred from the ring. Saeko hopes to hide from gangsters who have forced her to work at their cabaret. She seeks his help as she is trying to run away from her gangster boss who is forcing her to continue working even though she no longer has a talented voice due to illnesses.

Scriptwriter

Antarctica
Antarctica (1983)
, 2h25
Directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Ken Takakura, Tsunehiko Watase, Eiji Okada, Sō Yamamura, Masako Natsume, Keiko Oginome
Roles Writer
Rating75% 3.78663.78663.78663.78663.7866
In February 1958, the Second Cross-Winter Expedition for the Japanese Antarctic Surveying Team rides on the icebreaker Sōya to take over from the 11-man First Cross-Winter Expedition. Due to the extreme weather conditions in Antarctica, Sōya can not get near enough to the Showa Base and they decide not to proceed with the stay-over.

Director

Crazed Fruit, 1h26
Directed by Kō Nakahira
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Mie Kitahara, Masahiko Tsugawa (津川 雅彦), Yujiro Ishihara, Shinsuke Ashida, Shintarō Ishihara, Masumi Okada
Roles Assistant Director
Rating72% 3.644673.644673.644673.644673.64467
Deux frères sont en compétition pour gagner les faveurs amoureuses d'une jeune femme, durant un été au bord de mer passé à jouer, naviguer et boire...

Editor

Antarctica
Antarctica (1983)
, 2h25
Directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Ken Takakura, Tsunehiko Watase, Eiji Okada, Sō Yamamura, Masako Natsume, Keiko Oginome
Roles Editor
Rating75% 3.78663.78663.78663.78663.7866
In February 1958, the Second Cross-Winter Expedition for the Japanese Antarctic Surveying Team rides on the icebreaker Sōya to take over from the 11-man First Cross-Winter Expedition. Due to the extreme weather conditions in Antarctica, Sōya can not get near enough to the Showa Base and they decide not to proceed with the stay-over.