Highest rated movie: The Face of Jizo (2004)
Lowest rated movie: Ronin-gai (1990)
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Looking for reviews of films directed by Kazuo Kuroki? Cinafilm has a total of 19 reviews across 3 movies directed by Kazuo Kuroki.
Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 74%.
The Face of Jizo is Kazuo Kuroki's highest rated movie, with a score of 80% based on 3 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Kazuo Kuroki is Ronin-gai, with a score of 63% based on 1 reviews.
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 the PR films and documentary films, while also participating in the "Blue Group" (Ao no kai) with other Iwanami filmmakers such as Noriaki Tsuchimoto, by 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 a 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.
Kazuo Kuroki has directed films starring Yoshio Harada, Kunie Tanaka, Moeko Ezawa and Hiroyuki Nagato.
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