
Birthday: April 14, 1901
Death: October 17, 1974
Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, he began working at Nikkatsu's Kyoto studio in 1924 and eventually came to prominence for a series of realist, humanist films made at Nikkatsu's Tamagawa studio in the late 1930s such as Robō no ishi and Mud and Soldiers, both of which starred Isamu Kosugi.

June 17, 1932

January 21, 1928

February 15, 1939

June 04, 1942

March 03, 1932

March 27, 1952

January 07, 1938

November 15, 1941

May 09, 1930

January 21, 1956

November 13, 1966

December 08, 1943

September 21, 1938

April 15, 1958

October 15, 1939

June 28, 1955

June 10, 1962

January 15, 1959

November 22, 1961

April 10, 1965

September 27, 1960

October 30, 1931

February 22, 1945

August 31, 1928

June 26, 1957

March 24, 1951

November 01, 1963

June 21, 1960

November 28, 1968

March 29, 1934

June 20, 1964

December 31, 1927