Yôji Kuri

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

37

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-04-09

Deathday

2024-11-24 (96 years old)

Place of Birth

Sabae City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

Yōji Kuri
Yoji Kuri
くりようじ
Yôji Kuri

Yôji Kuri

Biography

Yôji Kuri was a Japanese cartoonist and independent filmmaker. He was the unofficial leader and most prolific of the "Animation Association of Three" collective who kick-started the renaissance of modern-styled, independently made, adult-aimed animation in early 1960s Japan.

Known For

4.9%

Love

Dec 31, 1964

Winter Days

5.9%

Winter Days

Nov 27, 2003

4.6%

Aos

Dec 31, 1964

The Midnight Parasites

6.4%

The Midnight Parasites

Jan 1, 1972

3.0%

Human Zoo

Sep 14, 1962

7.3%

Pop

Sep 20, 1974

3.0%

Human Zoo

Sep 14, 1962

7.3%

Pop

Sep 20, 1974

5.8%

Au Fou! (International Version)

Sep 20, 1967

4.0%

The Man Next Door

Sep 20, 1965

4.7%

Fashion

Jan 1, 1960

5.5%

Love of Kemeko

Sep 20, 1968

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Directing

—		Art, Life and Opinions: Shūsaku Arakawa as Director
—		The Commitment as Director

2006		Tokyo Loop as Director
2006		Funkorogashi as Director

2003

Winter Days as Director

1984

Imagination of Marathon Runners as Director

1977

Manga as Director

1974

Pop as Director

1973

Art, Life and Opinions: Ushio Shinohara as Director

1972		The Bathroom as Director
1972		The Midnight Parasites as Director

1969

Tragedy on the G Line as Director

1968		Crazy World as Director
1968		Love of Kemeko as Director
1968		Two Grilled Fish (Color Version) as Director

1967		The Room as Director
1967		What Do You Think? as Director
1967		Au Fou! (International Version) as Director
1967		Flower as Director

1965		The Man Next Door as Director
1965		The Window as Director
1965		Au Fou! (Original Version) as Director
1965		Samurai as Director

1964		Love as Director
1964		Aos as Director

1963		Isu as Director
1963		Man and Woman and Dog as Director
1963		Locus as Director

1962

Human Zoo as Director

1961		Stamp Fantasia as Director
1961		Punpun Polka as Director
1961		Here and There as Director

1960		Fashion as Director
1960		Two Grilled Fish (B/W Version) as Director

Visual Effects

1984

Imagination of Marathon Runners as Animation

1974

Pop as Animation

1962

Human Zoo as Animation

Yôji Kuri