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.
Birthday: April 14, 1901
Death: October 17, 1974
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
January 01, 1951
November 01, 1963
June 21, 1960
November 28, 1968
March 29, 1934