Junji Kurata (1930-2002)

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Birthplace:
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Born:
January 18, 1930

Died:
January 21, 2002

Additional information:

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Assistant Director:
1959  The Acrobats of Death
1960  The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo

Director:
1959  The Acrobats of Death
1960  The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960  人形佐七捕物帖 闇に笑う鉄仮面
1961  The Spear of Heroism
1961  人形佐七捕物帖 恐怖の通り魔
1962  Jigoku no kagebōshi
1963  Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes
1963  江戸忍法帖 七つの影
1964  Yagyu Chronicles 9: Assassin's Sword
1967  Black Ninja
1967  Watari and the Fantasticks
1967  Watari the Conqueror
1969  Ninja Scope
1977  Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds
1979  Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Kasane-ga-Fuchi
1979  Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Tamagiku Dōrō

Screenplay:
1959  The Acrobats of Death
1960  The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960  人形佐七捕物帖 闇に笑う鉄仮面
1961  The Spear of Heroism
1961  人形佐七捕物帖 恐怖の通り魔
1962  Jigoku no kagebōshi
1963  Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes
1963  江戸忍法帖 七つの影
1964  Yagyu Chronicles 9: Assassin's Sword
1967  Black Ninja
1967  Watari and the Fantasticks
1967  Watari the Conqueror
1969  Ninja Scope
1977  Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds
1979  Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Kasane-ga-Fuchi
1979  Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Tamagiku Dōrō

Special Effects Supervisor:
1959  The Acrobats of Death
1960  The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960  人形佐七捕物帖 闇に笑う鉄仮面
1961  The Spear of Heroism
1961  人形佐七捕物帖 恐怖の通り魔
1962  Jigoku no kagebōshi
1963  Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes
1963  江戸忍法帖 七つの影
1964  Yagyu Chronicles 9: Assassin's Sword
1966  Watari, the Ninja Boy
1967  Black Ninja
1967  Watari and the Fantasticks
1967  Watari the Conqueror
1969  Ninja Scope
1977  Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds
1979  Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Kasane-ga-Fuchi
1979  Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Tamagiku Dōrō

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