Yōji Kuri(1928-2024)

Director
Animation Department
Producer

Yōji Kuri was born on 9 April 1928 in Sabae, Fukui, Japan. He was a director and producer, known for Love (1964), Two Pikes (1960) and Au Fou! (1967). He died on 24 November 2024 in Tokyo, Japan.

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Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

Known for

Love

5.2

Short

Director(uncredited)

1964

Two Pikes

5.8

Short

Director(as Yôji Kuri)

1960

Au Fou!

6.1

Short

Director(as Yôji Kuri)

1967

Stamp Fantasy

5.7

Short

Director(as Yôji Kuri)

1960

Credits

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Director

Imagination of Marathon Runners
Short
- Director (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1984
Manga
6.2
Short
- Director (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1977
Living on the Boughs
Short
- Director (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1974
Pop
5.2
Short
- Director (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1974
The Midnight Parasites
7.1
Short
- Director (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1972
The Bathroom
6.3
Short
- Director (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1970
Tragedy on the G Line
5.1
Short
- Director (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1969
Baka baka baka na sekai
4.7
Short
- Director (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1968
Nihiki no sanma
Short
- Director (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1968
Love of Kemeko
5.8
Short
- Director (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1968
Au Fou!
6.1
Short
- Director (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1967
Flower
5.3
Short
- Director (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1967
The Room
5.5
Short
- Director (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1967
What do you think?
Short
- Director (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1967
Satsujinkyô jidai
Short
- Director (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1966

Animation Department

Winter Days
6.6
Short
- animator: segment 14 (as Yôji Kuri)
- 2003
Manga
6.2
Short
- animator (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1977
The Bathroom
6.3
Short
- animator (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1970
Baka baka baka na sekai
4.7
Short
- animator (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1968
Nihiki no sanma
Short
- animation (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1968
Au Fou!
6.1
Short
- animator (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1967
What do you think?
Short
- animator (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1967
Love
5.2
Short
- animator
- 1964
Atchi wa kotchi
6.3
Short
- animator (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1961
Two Pikes
5.8
Short
- animator (as Yôji Kuri)
- 1960

Producer

Personal details

Official sites
- France's national library catalogue
- Gens du
Alternative names
- Coolie
Born
- April 9, 1928
- Sabae, Fukui, Japan
Died
- November 24, 2024
- Tokyo, Japan(natural causes)

Did you know

Trivia
He began his career as an illustrator of children's books and a cartoonist, and expanded into animation, as well as painting, manga, sculptures, writing, and shell painting.