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Yoshiyuki Kuroda(1928-2015)

  • Director
  • Special Effects
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Yoshiyuki Kuroda was born on 4 March 1928 in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. He was a director and assistant director, known for Mirrorman (1971), Tabiwa Oiroke (1961) and Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974). He died on 22 January 2015.
BornMarch 4, 1928
DiedJanuary 22, 2015(86)
BornMarch 4, 1928
DiedJanuary 22, 2015(86)
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Known for

Mirrorman (1971)
Mirrorman
8.0
TV Series
  • Director
Tabiwa Oiroke (1961)
Tabiwa Oiroke
  • Director
  • 1961
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
7.3
  • Director
  • 1974
The Invisible Swordsman (1970)
The Invisible Swordsman
5.9
  • Director
  • 1970

Credits

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Director

  • Chôshichirô Edo nikki
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1983–1991
  • The Shogun's Vault IV (1983)
    The Shogun's Vault IV
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1983
  • Gokinzô yaburi: Ieyasu no kubi (1983)
    Gokinzô yaburi: Ieyasu no kubi
    5.8
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1983
  • Fangs of Darkness: Vengeance (1982)
    Fangs of Darkness: Vengeance
    6.3
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1982
  • Yami wo Kire (1981)
    Yami wo Kire
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1981
  • Hachiman hatokurô (1981)
    Hachiman hatokurô
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1981
  • Kyôtarô Nishimura's Travel Mystery: the Mysteries of Ghost Ship
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1980
  • Shadow Warriors (1980)
    Shadow Warriors
    8.4
    TV Series
    • director
    • Director
    • 1980
  • Masaaki Sakai in Monkey (1978)
    Monkey
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1979–1980
  • Kyôtarô Nishimura's Travel Mystery: the Blue Train Murder Case (1979)
    Kyôtarô Nishimura's Travel Mystery: the Blue Train Murder Case
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1979
  • The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy (1978)
    The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy
    8.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1979
  • Shintarō Katsu in Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974)
    Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1974–1978
  • Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)
    Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
    7.3
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Tomisaburō Wakayama in Mute Samurai (1973)
    Mute Samurai
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1973–1974
  • Naoki Tachibana in Janbôgu Êsu (1973)
    Janbôgu Êsu
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1973

Special Effects

  • The Invisible Swordsman (1970)
    The Invisible Swordsman
    5.9
    • special effects technician
    • 1970
  • Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968)
    Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters
    6.5
    • special effects director
    • 1968
  • Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
    Wrath of Daimajin
    6.2
    • special effects director
    • 1966
  • Return of Daimajin (1966)
    Return of Daimajin
    6.4
    • special effects director
    • 1966
  • Daimajin (1966)
    Daimajin
    6.7
    • special effects director
    • 1966
  • Yukiko Fuji and Raizô Ichikawa in Yôsô (1963)
    Yôsô
    6.9
    • special effects
    • 1963
  • Sora tobu enban: Kyôfu no shûgeki (1956)
    Sora tobu enban: Kyôfu no shûgeki
    6.5
    • special effects supervisor
    • 1956

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Nemuri Kyôshirô: Engetsugiri (1964)
    Nemuri Kyôshirô: Engetsugiri
    6.8
    • assistant director
    • 1964
  • Buddha (1961)
    Buddha
    6.5
    • assistant director
    • 1961
  • Yûrei koban (1960)
    Yûrei koban
    • assistant director
    • 1960
  • Shiranui zukin
    • assistant director
    • 1957
  • The Fighting Birds (1956)
    The Fighting Birds
    • assistant director
    • 1956
  • Matashiro's Fighting Journey (1956)
    Matashiro's Fighting Journey
    • assistant director
    • 1956

Personal details

  • Born
    • March 4, 1928
    • Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
  • Died
    • January 22, 2015

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