Junji Kurata was born on January 18, 1930 in Yokohama, Japan. He was a director and assistant director, known for
Ninja in Moonshade (1963),
Maboroshi kurozukin - yami ni tobu kage (1967) and
Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977). He died on January 21, 2002 in Kyoto, Japan.