Juro Kara

Acting · Writing

Born February 11, 1940, Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Jūrō Kara (唐十郎, Kara Jūrō; born Ōtsuru Yoshihide (大靏 義英); 11 February 1940 – 4 May 2024) was a Japanese avant-garde playwright, theatre director, author, actor, and songwriter. He was at the forefront of the Angura ("underground") theatre movement in Japan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jūrō Kara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2009Ekiro
• 2004My Easygoing Sister — Original Story
• 2002Through the Night
• 2000Genji monogatari: Asaki yume mishi — Screenplay
• 1998Dr. Akagi — Umemoto
• 1996The Wicked Reporter 3: The One That Got Away
• 1995The Breath — Screenplay
• 1994800 Two Lap Runners — Yasu-san
• 1991The Last Frankenstein — Oyama
• 1986Jazz Daimyo — Kyunosuke
• 1983A Bridge of Tears — Screenplay
• 1979Demon Pond — Denkichi
• 1977Amorous Tales of Genpei — Minamoto no Yoshitomo
• 1977The Boxer — Referee for the Final Match
• 1976The Sea of Genkai — Director, Screenplay
• 1973Graveyard of Masks
• 1971Demons — Sangoro
• 1970Zenigeba
• 1969Diary of a Shinjuku Thief — Singer
• 1969Memoir of Japanese Assassinations — Shimada Ichiro
• 1967Violated Angels — Handsome Boy, Screenplay
• 1956Summer Storm — Daimon, a student