Mitsuo Kurotsuchi

Kurotsuchi Mitsuo

  • Name: Kurotsuchi Mitsuo
  • Native name: 黒土三男
  • Also Known as: くろつち みつお
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: March 3, 1947
  • Died: March 25, 2023
Kurotsuchi Mitsuo was a Japanese screenwriter and director born in Kumamoto. Following his graduation from Kumamoto High School and the law department of Rikkyo University, he became an assistant director with Kinoshita Keisuke Productions.

After two years of work, he became a freelance writer. He debuted as a screenwriter through TBS's 1978 drama "Kometto-san". In 1988, he won the 7th Mukoda Kuniko Award for "Tonbo" and "Usagi no Kyujitsu". In 1989, he debuted as a film director with "Orugoru". He has written all the work that he has directed. He participated as one of the screenwriters for Yamada Yoji's "Kofuku no Kiiroi Hankachi".

Since May 6, 2006, he has served as the first chairman of the "Shonai Rice Fan Club" that supports the Shonai Plain rice following the filming of his movie "Semishigure". Since July 2011, he has participated in the writing of the script for Mito Komon.

Following the Great East Japan Earthquake in March of 2011, he moved to Toyota City in Aichi Prefecture.

He died on March 25, 2023, in his home in Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture, at the age of 76 due to multiple organ failure. Edit Biography
Screenwriter
Year Title Type Rating
2017 Izakaya Moheji 6
Special
0.0
2016 Futsu ga Ichiban: Sakka Fujisawa Shuhei Chichi no Hitokoto
Special
7.0
2016 Izakaya Moheji 5
Special
0.0
2016 Ito Oshikute
Drama
7.2
2015 Izakaya Moheji 4
Special
0.0
2014 Izakaya Moheji 3
Special
8.0
2014 The Woman Next Door
Special
7.0
2013 Izakaya Moheji 2
Special
8.0
2012 Hanayome
Special
7.0
2011 Izakaya Moheji
Special
7.5
2011 Mito Komon Season 43
Drama
0.0
2009 Mother's Gift
Special
7.0
2003 Semishigure
Drama
7.8
2003 Keiji Ichiro
Drama
10.0
1998 Gekai Natsume Sanshiro
Drama
0.0
1996 August Love Song
Drama
0.0
1994 Yellow Card Special
Special
4.0
1993 Yellow Card
Drama
8.0
1992 Onna Jiken Kisha Tachibana Keiko
Drama
2.0
1988 Usagi no Kyujitsu
Special
8.0
1988 Tonba
Drama
6.5
1988 Oyako Uozu
Drama
0.0
1987 Oyako Zigzag
Drama
6.0
1986 Atsumi Kiyoshi no Naite Tamaru Ka
Drama
8.0
1986 Oyako Game
Drama
5.0
1985 Hanada Harukichi Nandemo Yarimasu
Drama
10.0
1983 Sweet Home Satsujin Jiken
Special
0.0
1981 Bokura no Jidai
Drama
7.0
1980 Seishunshokun! Natsu
Drama
0.0
1978 Comet-san 2
Drama
0.0
Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
2018 Hoshi Meguri no Machi
Movie
7.0
2005 The Samurai I Loved
Movie
6.7
1999 Eiji
Movie
0.0
1997 The Bodyguard
Drama
0.0
1997 Eiji Futatabi
Special
2.0
1991 Traffic Jam
Movie
6.0
1989 Orugoru
Movie
0.0
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  • First Name: Mitsuo
  • Family Name: Kurotsuchi
  • Native name: 黒土三男
  • Also Known as: くろつち みつお
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: March 3, 1947
  • Died: March 25, 2023

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