Juro Kara

Juro Kara

Birthday: 1940-02-11

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Biography: Japanese playwright, theater and film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and songwriter.

Movies

Dr. Akagi
Dr. Akagi

At the end of WWII, Japanese doctor Akagi searches for the cure for hepatitis in the prisoner-of-war...

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Violated Angels
Violated Angels

Based on the factual case of a young man who broke into a nurses' home in Chicago, mutilating and ki...

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Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

In Tokyo's Shinjuku district, the lives of a young man prone to theft, a young woman he meets at a b...

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Jazz Daimyo
Jazz Daimyo

Shipwrecked African-American slaves arrive in the midst of Bakumatsu-era Japan; they soon carve out ...

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The Last Frankenstein
The Last Frankenstein

Professor Sarusawa and his psychic daughter Mai live together after the suicide of the Professor's w...

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The Breath
The Breath

Haida, once a famous private detective, is now down and out and running out of reasons to live. One ...

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800 Two Lap Runners
800 Two Lap Runners

A coming-of-age story about two runners, Kenji and Ryuji, tangled in love, loss, and rivalry, as the...

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Demons
Demons

Tells the story of the samurai Gengobe, who seeks revenge after falling prey to the schemes of a gei...

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Amorous Tales of Genpei
Amorous Tales of Genpei

Using the Genpei War as its theme, this work depicts the nature of poor Shirabyoshi Tokiwa Gozen who...

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Ekiro
Ekiro

An employee of a bank goes missing following his retirement from the bank. Veteran detective Yobuno ...

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Boxer
Boxer

In the midst of a match, a successful boxer - Hayato, has had enough of the sport. He lets himself g...

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Demon Pond
Demon Pond

When a lone traveler stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed in ...

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Zenigeba
Zenigeba

Based on the comic by George Akiyama...

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The Sea of Genkai
The Sea of Genkai

Two yakuza, one of whom frequently reflects on an uncomfortable past taking advantage of Korean wome...

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Through the Night
Through the Night

When poverty-stricken Korean-Japanese (Zainichi) discover there is valuable iron ore in the rubble o...

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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assass...

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The Wicked Reporter 3: The One That Got Away
The Wicked Reporter 3: The One That Got Away

A couple years have passed, Matsuzaki is divorced and has a daughter and is still up to his old comp...

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Summer Storm
Summer Storm

A woman falls in love with her sister's fiancé....

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Graveyard of Masks
Graveyard of Masks

In a struggling small theater troupe, director Inuo pressures an actor to perform a death role with ...

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