Junji Kurata was born in 1930 in Yokohama, Japan. He was a director and actor, known for Tobidasu Boken Eiga: Akakage (1969), Maboroshi kurozukin - yami ni tobu kage (1967) and Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977). He died on January 21, 2002 in Kyoto, Japan.