Koreyoshi Kurahara (è"µåŽŸæƒŸç¹•, Kurahara Koreyoshi) (31 May 1927 â€"
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. He also co-directed Hiroshima (1995) with Roger
Spottiswoode, which was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for
Outstanding Miniseries.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 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 IshirÅ 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.
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. He also co-directed Hiroshima (1995) with Roger
Spottiswoode, which was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for
Outstanding Miniseries.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 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 IshirÅ 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.
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