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{{Nihongo|'''Koreyoshi Kurahara'''|蔵原惟繕|Kurahara Koreyoshi}} (31 May 1927 &ndash; 28 December 2002) was a [[Japan]]ese screenwriter and director. He is perhaps best known for directing ''[[Nankyoku Monogatari|Antarctica]]'' (1983), which won several awards and was entered into the [[34th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1984/02_programm_1984/02_Programm_1984.html |title=Berlinale: 1984 Programme |accessdate=2011-01-04 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref> He also co-directed ''[[Hiroshima (film)|Hiroshima]]'' (1995) with [[Roger Spottiswoode]], which was nominated for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries]].
{{Nihongo|'''Koreyoshi Kurahara'''|蔵原惟繕|Kurahara Koreyoshi}} (31 May 1927 &ndash; 28 December 2002) was a Japanese screenwriter and director. He is perhaps best known for directing ''[[Nankyoku Monogatari|Antarctica]]'' (1983), which won several awards and was entered into the [[34th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1984/02_programm_1984/02_Programm_1984.html |title=Berlinale: 1984 Programme |accessdate=2011-01-04 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref> He also co-directed ''[[Hiroshima (1995 film)|Hiroshima]]'' (1995) with [[Roger Spottiswoode]], which was nominated for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
He was born in the city of [[Kuching]], then part of the kingdom of [[Sarawak]] (now a state of [[Malaysia]]) on [[Borneo]]. 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 [http://www.ishihara-pro.co.jp/ Ishihara International Productions Inc.], is currently secretary to politician [[Nobuteru Ishihara]].
He was born in [[Kuching]], Kingdom of [[Sarawak]] (now a state of [[Malaysia]]) on [[Borneo]],<ref name="Kinema" /> to an agricultural engineer. His family returned to Japan when Kurahara was in elementary school.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Inomata |first=Katsuhito |title=日本映画作家全史 ー下ー |publisher=社会思想社 |year=1978 |pages=192–195}}</ref> 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 [http://www.ishihara-pro.co.jp/ Ishihara International Productions Inc.], is currently secretary to politician [[Nobuteru Ishihara]].


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]].
While a film student at [[Nihon University|Nihon University College of Art]], he became a live-in student of [[Kajiro Yamamoto]]<ref name=kotoba>{{cite web |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%94%B5%E5%8E%9F%20%E6%83%9F%E7%B9%95-1644177 |title=Koreyoshi Kurahara |accessdate=2021-01-04 |work=kotobank}}</ref> at the introduction of [[Ishirō Honda]]. Upon graduation in 1952 he joined [[Shochiku]]'s [[Kyoto]] studio and worked as an assistant director.<ref name=kotoba/> He switched to [[Nikkatsu]] in 1954,<ref name=kotoba/> working mainly as chief assistant director to [[Eisuke Takizawa]].<ref name=Kinema>{{cite web |url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/person.aspx?person_id=86005 |title=Koreyoshi Kurahara bio|accessdate=2021-01-04 |work=[[Kinema Junpo]]}}</ref>


He made his directorial debut in 1957 with ''[[I Am Waiting (film)|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]].
He made his directorial debut in 1957 with ''[[I Am Waiting (film)|I Am Waiting]]'', starring [[Yujiro Ishihara]],<ref name=kotoba/> 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 (1964 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.
In 1960, he made the first Japanese film noir, ''[[Intimidation (film)|Intimidation]]'', and in 1964 he made the film ''[[Black Sun (1964 film)|Black Sun]]'', the story of a Black GI on the run who meets a Japanese jazz fan. The latter had a soundtrack from [[Max Roach]]'s band featuring [[Clifford Jordan]] and [[Abbey Lincoln]]. The soundtrack was issued on CD in Japan only in 2007.


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After going freelance in 1967, he helmed a succession of blockbusters and popular works including ''[[Safari 5000]]'', ''[[The Glacier Fox]]'', ''[[The Gate of Youth (1981 film)|The Gate of Youth]]'' and ''[[See You (1988 film)|See You]]''.<ref name=Kinema/> His 1983 film ''[[Nankyoku Monogatari]]'' (aka ''Antarctica'') 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.<ref name=Kinema/> The film was later adapted into a 2006 American remake, ''[[Eight Below]]'', which is also dedicated to him.
''[[Eight Below]]'' is dedicated to him.

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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 (1981 film)|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.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==


===Film===
===Film===


* ''[[The Shadow of Fear]]'' (狙われた男 ''Nerawareta otoko'', 1956) (co-directed with [[Kō Nakahira]])
* ''[[I Am Waiting (film)|I Am Waiting]]'' (俺は待ってるぜ''Ore wa matteru ze'', 1957)
* ''[[I Am Waiting (film)|I Am Waiting]]'' (俺は待ってるぜ ''Ore wa matteru ze'', 1957)
* ''[[Fūsoku 40 metres]]'' (風速４０米 Fūsoku yonjū mētoru, 1958)
* ''The Jet That Flew Into the Storm'' (嵐の中を突っ走れ ''[[Arashi no naka o tsuppashire]]'', 1958)
* ''[[A Man in the Fog]]'' (霧の中の男 ''Kiri no naka no otoko'', 1958)
* ''A Man in the Fog'' (''Kiri no naka no otoko'', 1958)
* ''[[Fūsoku 40 metres]]'' (風速４０米 ''Fūsoku yonjū mētoru'', 1958)
* ''The Third Dead Angle'' (''Dai san no shikaku'', 1959)
* ''[[Arashi no naka o tsuppashire]]'' (嵐の中を突っ走れ ''Arashi no naka o tsuppashire'', 1958)
* ''[[The Third Dead Angle]]'' (第三の死角 ''Dai san no shikaku'', 1959)
* ''Dynamite Ni Hi o Tsukero'' (1959)
* ''The Women From The Sea'' (''Kaitei kara kita onna'', 1959)
* ''[[Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero]]'' (爆薬に火をつけろ ''Dynamite Ni Hi o Tsukero'', 1959)
* ''A Turning to Hell'' (''Jigoku no magarikado'', 1959)
* ''[[The Woman from the Sea]]'' (海底から来た女 ''Kaitei kara kita onna'', 1959)
* ''The Age of Our Own'' (''The Time of Youth'', ''Warera no jidai'', 1959)
* ''[[A Turning to Hell]]'' (地獄の曲り角 ''Jigoku no magarikado'', 1959)
* ''[[The Age of Our Own]]'' (われらの時代 ''Warera no jidai'', 1959)
* ''Intimidation'' (1960)
* ''[[Intimidation (film)|Intimidation]]'' (ある脅迫 ''Aru kyōhaku'', 1960)
* ''[[The Warped Ones]]'' (狂熱の季節 ''Kyōnetsu no kisetsu'', 1960)
* ''[[The Warped Ones]]'' (狂熱の季節 ''Kyōnetsu no kisetsu'', 1960)
* ''[[Desperation (1961 film)|Desperation]]'' (破れかぶれ ''Yabure kaburo'', 1961)
* ''[[Ginza Love Story]]'' (1962)
* ''[[I Hate But Love]]'' (''Nikui anchikusho'', 1962)
* ''[[Kono wakasa aru kagiri]]'' (この若さある限り ''Kono wakasa aru kagiri'', 1961)
* ''[[Gambler at Sea]]'' (海の勝負師 ''Umi no shōbuchi'', 1961)
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* ''[[Black Sun (1964 film)|Black Sun]]'' (1964) features a soundtrack by Max Roach
* ''[[The Jet That Flew Into the Storm]]'' (嵐を突っ切るジェット機 ''Arashi wo tsukkiru jettoki'', 1961)
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* ''[[Thirst for Love (film)|Thirst for Love]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Sunset, Sunrise]]'' (陽は沈み陽は昇る ''Hi wa shizumi, hi wa noboru'', 1973)
* ''[[Mexico mushuku]]'' (メキシコ無宿 ''Mexico Wanderer'', 1962)
* ''The Glacier Fox'' (キタキツネ物語 ''Kita-kitsune monogatari'', 1978)
* ''[[Love in Ginza]]'' (銀座の恋の物語 ''Ginza no koi no monogatari'', 1962)
* ''[[I Hate But Love]]'' (憎いあンちくしょう ''Nikui anchikushō'', 1962)
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* ''[[The Gate of Youth (1981 film)|The Gate of Youth]]'' (青春の門 ''Seishun no mon'', 1981)
* ''{{ill|Glass-hearted Johnny |ja|硝子のジョニー 野獣のように見えて}}'' (硝子のジョニー 野獣のように見えて ''Garasu no johnny yajû no yō ni miete'', 1962)
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* ''[[Antarctica (1983 film)|Antarctica]]'' (南極物語 ''[[Nankyoku Monogatari]]'', 1983)
* ''The Road'' (道 ''Michi'', aka ''Des gens sans importance'', 1986)
* ''[[I Fly for Kicks]]'' (何か面白いことないか ''Nani ka omoroi koto nai ka'', 1963)
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* ''[[Black Sun (1964 film)|Black Sun]]'' (黒い太陽 ''Kuroi taiyō'', 1964) – Features a soundtrack by Max Roach
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* ''[[Hiroshima (film)|Hiroshima]]'' (1995)
* ''[[The Flame of Devotion]]'' (執炎 ''Shûen'', 1964)
* ''[[Dawn Song (1965 film)|Dawn Song]]'' (夜明けのうた ''Yoake no uta'', 1965)
* ''[[The Hearth of Hiroshima]]'' (愛と死の記録 ''Ai to shi no kiroku'', 1966)
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* ''[[Thirst for Love (film)|Thirst for Love]]'' (愛の渇き ''Ai no kawaki'', 1967)
* ''[[Safari 5000]]'' (栄光への5000キロ ''Eiko e no 5000 kiro'', 1969)
* ''[[Sunset Sunrise (1973 film)|Sunset Sunrise]]'' (陽は沈み陽は昇る ''Hi wa shizumi hi wa noboru'', 1973)
* ''[[Two in the Amsterdam Rain]]'' (雨のアムステルダム ''Ame no Amsterdam'', 1975)
* ''[[The Glacier Fox]]'' (キタキツネ物語 ''Kita-kitsune monogatari'', 1978) (documentary)
* ''[[Elephant Story]]'' (象物語 ''Zou monogatari'', 1980) (documentary)
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* ''[[The Gate of Youth (1981 film)|The Gate of Youth]]'' (青春の門 ''Seishun no mon'', 1981) (co-directed with [[Kinji Fukasaku]])
* ''[[The Gate of Youth Part 2]]'' (青春の門 自立篇 ''Seishun no mon jiritsu-hen'', 1982)
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* ''[[Antarctica (1983 film)|Antarctica]]'' (南極物語 ''Nankyoku Monogatari'', 1983)
* ''[[Haru no Kane|Spring Bell]]'' (春の鐘 ''Haru no kane'', 1985)
* ''[[The Road (1986 film)|The Road]]'' (道 ''Michi'', aka ''Des gens sans importance'', 1986)
* ''[[See You (1988 film)|See You]]'' (海へ ''Umi e'', 1988)
* ''[[Strawberry Road (1991 film)|Strawberry Road]]'' (ストロベリーロード ''Sutoroberi rodo'', 1991)
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* ''[[Hiroshima (1995 film)|Hiroshima]]'' (1995) (co-directed with [[Roger Spottiswoode]])


===Television===
===Television===
* ''[[Tasukenin Hashiru]]'' (1974) episode1,6,13,14,21,22,35,36
* ''[[Tasukenin Hashiru]]'' (1974) episodes 1, 6, 13, 14, 21, 22, 35, 36
* ''[[Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō]]'' (1975) episode1,6,7,12,15,18,28
* ''[[Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō]]'' (1975) episodes 1, 6, 7, 12, 15, 18, 28
* ''[[Hissatsu Karakurinin Keppūhen]]'' (1976) episode1,5,7
* ''[[Hissatsu Karakurinin Keppūhen]]'' (1976) episodes 1, 5, 7
*''[[Dai Tokai Series|Daitokai]]'' (1976-79)
*''[[Dai Tokai Series|Daitokai]]'' (1976–79)


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0475542|Koreyoshi Kurahara}}
*{{IMDb name|0475542|Koreyoshi Kurahara}}
*[http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0244210.htm Koreyoshi Kurahara at the Japanese Movie Database] (in Japanese)
*{{jmdb name|id=0244210|name=Koreyoshi Kurahara}}
*[http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1963-eclipse-series-28-the-warped-world-of-koreyoshi-kurahara Criterion Collection Essay] by Chuck Stephens
*[https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1963-eclipse-series-28-the-warped-world-of-koreyoshi-kurahara Criterion Collection Essay] by Chuck Stephens


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Latest revision as of 02:59, 15 December 2024

Koreyoshi Kurahara
Koreyoshi Kurahara in 1967
Born(1927-05-31)31 May 1927
Kuching, Sarawak
Died28 December 2002(2002-12-28) (aged 75)
Japan
Occupation(s)Film director and screenwriter
Years active1942 - 2002

Koreyoshi Kurahara (蔵原惟繕, Kurahara Koreyoshi) (31 May 1927 – 28 December 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.[1] He also co-directed Hiroshima (1995) with Roger Spottiswoode, which was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries.

Biography

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He was born in Kuching, Kingdom of Sarawak (now a state of Malaysia) on Borneo,[2] to an agricultural engineer. His family returned to Japan when Kurahara was in elementary school.[3] 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.

While a film student at Nihon University College of Art, he became a live-in student of Kajiro Yamamoto[4] at the introduction of Ishirō Honda. Upon graduation in 1952 he joined Shochiku's Kyoto studio and worked as an assistant director.[4] He switched to Nikkatsu in 1954,[4] working mainly as chief assistant director to Eisuke Takizawa.[2]

He made his directorial debut in 1957 with I Am Waiting, starring Yujiro Ishihara,[4] 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. The latter had 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 Safari 5000, The Glacier Fox, The Gate of Youth and See You.[2] His 1983 film Nankyoku Monogatari (aka Antarctica) 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.[2] The film was later adapted into a 2006 American remake, Eight Below, which is also dedicated to him.

Filmography

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Film

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Television

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References

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  1. ^ "Berlinale: 1984 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d "Koreyoshi Kurahara bio". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  3. ^ Inomata, Katsuhito (1978). 日本映画作家全史 ー下ー. 社会思想社. pp. 192–195.
  4. ^ a b c d "Koreyoshi Kurahara". kotobank. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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