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Koreyoshi Kurahara(1927-2002)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Koreyoshi Kurahara was born on 31 May 1927 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. He was a director and writer, known for Antarctica (1983), Eight Below (2006) and Kaitei kara kita onna (1959). He was married to Yumiko Miyagino. He died on 28 December 2002 in Yokohama, Japan.
BornMay 31, 1927
DiedDecember 28, 2002(75)
BornMay 31, 1927
DiedDecember 28, 2002(75)
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  • Awards
    • 3 wins & 1 nomination

Known for

Takeshi Kusaka, Shigeru Kôyama, Masako Natsume, Keiko Oginome, Eiji Okada, Ken Takakura, Tsunehiko Watase, and Sô Yamamura in Antarctica (1983)
Antarctica
7.6
  • Director
  • 1983
Paul Walker in Eight Below (2006)
Eight Below
7.3
  • Writer
  • 2006
Kaitei kara kita onna (1959)
Kaitei kara kita onna
6.3
  • Director
  • 1959
Dai san no shikaku
  • Director
  • 1959

Credits

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Director

  • Undercover Spy Asahina I (1998)
    Undercover Spy Asahina I
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1998
  • Kenneth Welsh and Naohiko Umewaka in Hiroshima (1995)
    Hiroshima
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1995
  • Strawberry Road (1991)
    Strawberry Road
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1991
  • Umi e (1988)
    Umi e
    5.8
    • Director
    • 1988
  • Michi
    • Director
    • 1986
  • Haru no kane (1985)
    Haru no kane
    7.1
    • Director
    • 1985
  • Takeshi Kusaka, Shigeru Kôyama, Masako Natsume, Keiko Oginome, Eiji Okada, Ken Takakura, Tsunehiko Watase, and Sô Yamamura in Antarctica (1983)
    Antarctica
    7.6
    • Director
    • 1983
  • Seishun no mon: Jiritsu hen (1982)
    Seishun no mon: Jiritsu hen
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1982
  • Bunta Sugawara in The Gate of Youth (1981)
    The Gate of Youth
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1981
  • Zou monogatari
    • Director (supervisor)
    • 1980
  • The Glacier Fox (1978)
    The Glacier Fox
    7.3
    • Director
    • 1978
  • Fushoku no kôzô
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1977
  • Yûjirô Ishihara and Tetsuya Watari in Daitokai - Tatakai no hibi (1976)
    Daitokai - Tatakai no hibi
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1977
  • Yokomizo Seishi shirîzu (1977)
    Yokomizo Seishi shirîzu
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1977
  • Hissatsu shiokiya kagyô
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1975

Writer

  • Paul Walker in Eight Below (2006)
    Eight Below
    7.3
    • film Nankyoku Monogatari
    • 2006
  • Takeshi Kusaka, Shigeru Kôyama, Masako Natsume, Keiko Oginome, Eiji Okada, Ken Takakura, Tsunehiko Watase, and Sô Yamamura in Antarctica (1983)
    Antarctica
    7.6
    • written by
    • 1983
  • The Glacier Fox (1978)
    The Glacier Fox
    7.3
    • Japanese narration
    • 1978
  • Robert Dunham in The Centuries of the Emperors (1971)
    The Centuries of the Emperors
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • 1973
  • Thirst for Love (1966)
    Thirst for Love
    7.3
    • Writer
    • 1966
  • Kaitei kara kita onna (1959)
    Kaitei kara kita onna
    6.3
    • screenplay (as Yumiko Kurahara)
    • 1959
  • Dai san no shikaku
    • screenplay (as Yumiko Kurahara)
    • 1959

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • The Temptress and the Monk (1957)
    The Temptress and the Monk
    5.9
    • assistant director
    • 1957
  • Muhô ichidai (1957)
    Muhô ichidai
    • assistant director
    • 1957
  • Crazed Fruit (1956)
    Crazed Fruit
    7.2
    • assistant director
    • 1956
  • Oshun torimonochô - Nazo no ama goten (1955)
    Oshun torimonochô - Nazo no ama goten
    • assistant director
    • 1955

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Yumiko Kurahara
  • Born
    • May 31, 1927
    • Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
  • Died
    • December 28, 2002
    • Yokohama, Japan(lung infection)
  • Spouse
    • Yumiko Miyagino1956 - December 28, 2002 (his death)

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    Was educated at Nippon University.

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