Kazuo Kuroki
Biography
Kazuo Kuroki was a Japanese film director known for his films on World War II and personal guilt. Born in Matsusaka, Mie, he attended Doshisha University before working at Iwanami Productions, where he directed PR films and documentaries that explored new paths in the genre. His Record of a Marathon Runner (1964) helped spark changes in Japanese documentary cinema, leading to his later work on atomic bombings such as Tomorrow (1988).