Professional director and screenwriter was born in Yonago in 1923. His real name is Kihachiro Okamoto. He served in the military during the Pacific War, and was later demobilized to work at the Toho Studio. He founded a unique genre of non-Japanese comedy, with jumping montage techniques, manga-style graphics and operetta-style musical effects, giving Japanese entertainment films a profound influence. The main works include "the elegant life of ordinary people" and so on.
Directed
by Daiyukai (1991)
Sugata Sanshiro (1977)
Zatôichi to Yôjinbô (1970)
Nihon no ichiban nagai hi (1967) Screenwriters
Daiyukai (1991) Sugata Sanshiro (1977 ) ) Zatôichi to Yôjinbô (1970)
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