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Kazuo Kuroki
Matsukasa, Japan
Kazuo Kuroki (黒木和雄 Kuroki Kazuo) was a Japanese film director who was particularly known for his films on World War II and the question of personal guilt. He attended Doshisha Un…
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Kazuo Kuroki (黒木和雄 Kuroki Kazuo) was a Japanese film director who was particularly known for his films on World War II and the question of personal guilt. He attended Doshisha University, but left before graduating, instead finding employment at Iwanami Productions. There he directed PR films and documentary films, while also participating in the "Blue Group" (Ao no kai) with other Iwanami filmmakers such as Noriaki Tsuchimoto, Shinsuke Ogawa, and Yōichi Higashi, a group that was exploring new paths in documentary. Kuroki left Iwanami after experiencing conflicts with the sponsors of Hokkaido, My Love (1960). With Record of a Marathon Runner (1964) that helped spark changes in the Japanese documentary world. Kuroki switched to fiction film, independently producing Silence Has No Wings (1966) and showing it at the Art Theatre Guild. He became one of the representative figures of ATG and independent Japanese cinema, and was particularly known for a series of works dealing with the atomic bombings of Japan, such as Tomorrow (1988) and The Face of Jizo (2004). These were in part spurred by his growing up near the city of Nagasaki. Kuroki's work also dealt with his own feelings of guilt from the war, as he felt responsible when some of his fellow students, who had been conscripted to work in a local factory, died in Allied bombings and he did not help
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2006
The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
Movie Director
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2004
The Face of Jizo
Movie Director
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2002
A Boy's Summer in 1945
Movie Director
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2000
Pickpocket
Movie Director
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1995
Woman's Deadly Blow! Woman's Skin-Covered Fall
Movie Music
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1993
A Tragic Prime Minister: The Life of Koki Hirota
Movie Director
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1990
Ronin-gai
Movie Director
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1988
Tomorrow
Movie Director
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1983
A Bridge of Tears
Movie Director
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1981
Hear the Wind Sing
Movie Shrink
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1980
Keishi-K
TV show Director
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1980
Until Evening
Movie Director
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1978
Lost Love
Movie Director
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1975
Preparation for the Festival
Movie Director
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1974
The Assassination of Ryoma
Movie Director
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1973
When the Night Breaks
Movie Director
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1973
Horror Theater Unbalance
TV show Director
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1970
Evil Spirits of Japan
Movie Director
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1969
Cuban Lover
Movie Screenplay
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1966
Silence Has No Wings
Movie Director
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1963
Record of a Marathon Runner
Movie Director
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1963
The Solar Thread
Movie Director
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1962
Hokkaido, My Love
Movie Director
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1961
The Seas Are Full of Sheep in Love
Movie Director
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1959
The Sea Wall
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