Directing

Junji Kurata

Born — Died

1930-01-18 — 2002-01-21

Place of birth

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Directing

Credits

18 titles

Known for

Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds poster
4.6

A Japanese geologist discovers that dinosaurs still exist in caves beneath the surface of a volcanic lake.

Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds

1977

Watari and the Fantasticks poster
NR

Based on Episodes 27 through 28, 33 through 35, Episode 37 and 39 of the 1967 Akakage TV Series "Upon learning of the evil general Yuri Danjo's rebellion, Oda Nobunaga rushes to Kyoto with a small force from his castle in Kiyosu. However, along the way, Negoro ninjas allied with Danjo are waiting with their terrifying monsters. The ninjas Red Shadow, Blue Shadow, and White Shadow engage in a fierce battle against the 13 Negoro ninjas and their monsters." - Official Japanese DVD Synopsis

Watari and the Fantasticks

1967

A Scream from Nowhere poster
6.7

In 1930, the chance meeting of a novelist and one of his fans opens the door to a series of mysterious events culminating in the death of a wealthy industrialist who may have been leading a double life.

A Scream from Nowhere

1977

Flames of Blood poster
8.0

​The story follows the chance meeting between Senkichi, a wandering gambler on the run, and Orin, a blind musician who offers him kindness and shelter. As their lives become intertwined, they attempt to find a sense of peace and domesticity while caught in the crossfire of the violent Bakumatsu revolution.

Flames of Blood

1981

Black Ninja poster
9.0

Historical action film about the struggle for gold of two feudal clans in the Edo period.

Black Ninja

1967

Yagyu Chronicles 9: Assassin's Sword poster
6.0

The Yagyu Family have been teaching the Shinkage style of fencing for generations. Now a new fencing school has opened in Edo, claiming to be the true Shinkage style. Yagyu Jubei faces his biggest challenge yet when the master of the new school claims he is the legitimate successor of Shinkage and tries to take the Yagyu's political power.

Yagyu Chronicles 9: Assassin's Sword

1964

Film credits

Behind the camera

Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds poster
4.6

A Japanese geologist discovers that dinosaurs still exist in caves beneath the surface of a volcanic lake.

Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds

1977

Watari and the Fantasticks poster
NR

Based on Episodes 27 through 28, 33 through 35, Episode 37 and 39 of the 1967 Akakage TV Series "Upon learning of the evil general Yuri Danjo's rebellion, Oda Nobunaga rushes to Kyoto with a small force from his castle in Kiyosu. However, along the way, Negoro ninjas allied with Danjo are waiting with their terrifying monsters. The ninjas Red Shadow, Blue Shadow, and White Shadow engage in a fierce battle against the 13 Negoro ninjas and their monsters." - Official Japanese DVD Synopsis

Watari and the Fantasticks

1967

Black Ninja poster
9.0

Historical action film about the struggle for gold of two feudal clans in the Edo period.

Black Ninja

1967

Yagyu Chronicles 9: Assassin's Sword poster
6.0

The Yagyu Family have been teaching the Shinkage style of fencing for generations. Now a new fencing school has opened in Edo, claiming to be the true Shinkage style. Yagyu Jubei faces his biggest challenge yet when the master of the new school claims he is the legitimate successor of Shinkage and tries to take the Yagyu's political power.

Yagyu Chronicles 9: Assassin's Sword

1964

No artwork available
6.0

Lord Gennosuke and Princess Yoshi are to be betrothed to one another, however Gennosuke is already in love with Suzue who is from a lower caste. The order has been sent from up on high that if Gennosuke won't change his mind then Suzue must be dealt with one way or another. When spearmaster, Fuwa Mondo, a Ronin and all around happy guy stumbles into the plot, things get a little hokey-pokey.

The Spear of Heroism

1961

Edo Ninja Scroll: Seven Shadows poster
NR

During the reign of Shogun Tsunayoshi, seven ninja of the Koga clan secretly plot against the illegitimate son of the former shogun.

Edo Ninja Scroll: Seven Shadows

1963

Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes poster
NR

A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames, convicts escaping from prison, houses robbed and vandalized, streets teeming with panicked citizens. Is Ijyuin Tanomo, highly-placed official of Owari clan, secretly using deadly ninja to foment riot and rebellion? Narumiya Shinbei, a lone samurai spy adept at ninjutsu must uncover the hidden hand orchestrating these shocking crimes. Shinbei enlists a small band of dedicated ninja to lay siege to the enemy’s stronghold, where his own sister works as an undercover agent. Now, ninja must fight ninja in a last desperate battle to save the shogunate.

Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes

1963

Watari the Conqueror poster
NR

Based on Episodes 14 , 22, and 24 through 26 of the Akakage 1967 TV Series. "A group of sorcerers called the Manji Clan go on a rampage in search of the Gearman bells. The three Gearman bells hold the formula for intense power. Nobunaga, summons the Masked Ninja "Red Shadow" to crush the ambitions of the Manji Party."- Official Japanese DVD Synopsis

Watari the Conqueror

1967

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Iron Mask Laughing in the Darkness poster
NR

The head clerk of a decorative shop that captivates Edo girls with goods from the Nanban trade is murdered. The weapon used is a Western longsword. The multifaceted exploits of the renowned Sakichi reveal the underlying complexities of a fierce fallout among remnants of pirates.

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Iron Mask Laughing in the Darkness

1960

10th Degree Earthquake poster
NR

World disasters wake up prehistoric beasts at the foot of Mt. Fuji.

10th Degree Earthquake

1978

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Street Demon Terror poster
NR

In the streets of Edo, influential official merchants are being brutally murdered one after another, casting fear over the entire city. Popular detective Sakichi, with diligent investigation, sets his sights on a mysterious blind samurai living in the eerie mansion of the blind.

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Street Demon Terror

1961

Akakage: 3-D Adventure Movie poster
7.0

Heroic masked ninja Akakage (Red Shadow) and his two companions fight evil warlords in feudal Japan with their superhuman powers and high tech gadgets. Theatrical film with 3-D sequences based on the TV series KAMEN NO NINJA AKAKAGE.

Akakage: 3-D Adventure Movie

1969

Akakage: 3-D Adventure Movie poster
7.0

Heroic masked ninja Akakage (Red Shadow) and his two companions fight evil warlords in feudal Japan with their superhuman powers and high tech gadgets. Theatrical film with 3-D sequences based on the TV series KAMEN NO NINJA AKAKAGE.

Akakage: 3-D Adventure Movie

1969

Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Kasane Swamp poster
NR

On a snowy winter night, Soetsu, a blind masseur, and his daughter Shiga visit the nobleman Shinzaemon Fukami. Drunk, he assaults Shiga, and when Soetsu tries to protect her, he’s brutally killed. Later, Soetsu's body is thrown into a swamp, but his spirit returns to haunt Shinzaemon, driving him inevitably toward death.

Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Kasane Swamp

1979

Jigoku no kagebōshi poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Jigoku no kagebōshi

1962

Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Tamagiku Lantern poster
NR

Dance teacher Omiyo survives a double suicide with her lover and is forced into life as the courtesan Tamagiku in Yoshiwara. Living in misery, she meets Gengo, her lover’s look-alike brother, and they fall in love. Jealous rival Naraya frames Gengo as a criminal, and he is struck by lightning and killed before Tamagiku’s eyes. After her own death, Tamagiku rises from hell to seek revenge on Naraya and his allies.

Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Tamagiku Lantern

1979