
Directing · Born Apr 14, 1901 · Died Oct 17, 1974 (73) · Hiroshima, Japan
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.

Scrap Collectors
19688.0

Koto—The Lake of Tears
19667.2

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
19657.0

The Sharks
19649.0

A House in the Quarter
19636.4

A Carpenter and Children
19627.5

Run, Genta, Run!
19618.3

Shinran, Part II
19609.0

Shinran
196010.0

The Stream of Youth
1959

A Slope in the Sun
19585.9

This Day's Life
19578.0

The Baby Carriage
19568.0

The Maid's Kid
19558.3

Eternal Song of Nagasaki
1952

Yukiwarisō
1951

Doburoku no Tatsu
1949

Victory Song
19455.7

Navy
19438.0

You and I
19417.0

Mud and Soldiers
19397.0

Explosion!
19396.5

A Pebble by the Wayside
19386.3

Five Scouts
19386.0

Tsuki yori no shisha
1934

Daughter and Springtime
1932

Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
19317.0

Behold This Mother
19309.0

Kekkon nijuso: zenpen
1928