He was the nephew of literary critic Korehito Kurahara, and older brother of film director Koretsugu Kurahara. His son Jun Iwasaki, a former producer for Ishihara International Productions Inc., is currently secretary to politician Nobuteru Ishihara. While a film student at Nihon University College of Art, _he_became a live-in student of Kajiro Yamamoto at the introduction of Ishir* Honda. <sep>, Pronoun: he <sep>, A: Jun Iwasaki <sep>, B: Nobuteru Ishihara