Kazuo Kuroki

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1930-11-10

Deathday 2006-04-12 (75 years old)

Place of Birth Matsukasa, Japan

Also Known As Кадзуо Куроки

Kazuo Kuroki

Biography

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

Known For

Director

2004
The Face of Jizo

as Director

2002
2000
Pickpocket

as Director

1990
Ronin-gai

as Director

1988
Tomorrow

as Director

1983
A Bridge of Tears

as Director

1980
Until Evening

as Director

1980
Keishi-K

as Director

1978
Lost Love

as Director

1973
1973
1970
1969
Cuban Lover

as Director

1966
1963
The Solar Thread

as Director

1962
Hokkaido, My Love

as Director

1959
The Sea Wall

as Director

Writer

2004
The Face of Jizo

as Screenplay

2000
Pickpocket

as Screenplay

1988
Tomorrow

as Screenplay

1969
Cuban Lover

as Screenplay

1966
Silence Has No Wings

as Screenplay

1962

Editor

1966

Actor

1981