Why this filmmaker matters
Koji Kurata has 0 features photographed in the Nutevio catalogue.
Performer
Cinematographer in the Nutevio catalogue.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Koji Kurata has 0 features photographed in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are visual style, rewatchability, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Kurata set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Catalogue work still being written up by our editors.
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Kodai Wakamatsu
Editor
4 shared titles · Kamen Rider Geats × Revice: Movie Battle Royale

Yuya Takahashi
Writer
3 shared titles · Kamen Rider Zero-One: Real Time

Fumiya Takahashi
Actor
2 shared titles · Kamen Rider Zero-One: Real Time

Noa Tsurushima
Actor
2 shared titles · Kamen Rider Zero-One: Real Time

Hiroe Igeta
Actor
2 shared titles · Kamen Rider Zero-One: Real Time

Hideyoshi Kan
Actor
2 shared titles · Kamen Rider Geats × Revice: Movie Battle Royale

Ryuga Sato
Actor
2 shared titles · Kamen Rider Geats × Revice: Movie Battle Royale

Yuna Hoshino
Actor
2 shared titles · Kamen Rider Geats × Revice: Movie Battle Royale

Reiyo Matsumoto
Actor
2 shared titles · Kamen Rider Eins with Girls Remix
Taisuke Furuya
Producer
2 shared titles · Kamen Rider Zero-One: Real Time

Teruaki Sugihara
Director
2 shared titles · Kamen Rider Zero-One: Real Time
Katsuhiro Takagi
Producer
2 shared titles · Kamen Rider Zero-One: Real Time
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