A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Hachiro Guryu
具流八郎
Birthplace:
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Born:
April 1, 1918
Died:
March 21, 2010
Art Designer:
1959 The Fugitive
Art Direction:
1951 The Singing Baseball Kid
1952 Asu wa Nichiyōbi
1952 Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
1952 The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
1953 The Wild Geese
1954 A Certain Woman
1954 The Black Current
1955 A Hole of My Own Making
1955 Policeman's Diary
1955 Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955 The Maid's Kid
1955 The Moon Has Risen
1956 Confession
1957 Birth of a Jazz Maiden
1957 The Awakening
1958 A Slope in the Sun
1958 Showdown in the Storm
1959 Kamen no Onna
1959 The Echo of Love
1959 The Fugitive
1959 The Ghost of Iwojima
1959 The Stream of Youth
1960 The Call of the Foghorn
1960 Wind of Volcano
1961 A Killer Without a Grave
1961 He Killed Dad
1961 The Black Scar
1962 Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
1962 Glass-Hearted Johnny
1963 Attack Squadron
1963 Foggy Night Blues
1963 Kanto Wanderer
1963 Notorious Bastard
1963 The Incorrigible
1964 Gate of Flesh
1964 The Flower and the Angry Waves
1966 Carmen from Kawachi
1966 Fighting Elegy
1966 Oyuki
1967 Massacre Gun
1967 Velvet Hustler
1968 Monument to the Girl's Corps
1968 Outlaw: Gangster VIP
1968 Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
1968 Song of my Life
1969 Gambler's Dilemma
1969 Savage Wolf Pack
1969 The Cleanup
1971 Bad Girl Mako
1972 The Long Darkness
1975 Preparation for the Festival
1977 Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears
1977 The Skies of Haruo
1980 Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima
1980 Drive for the Future
1980 Zigeunerweisen
1981 Willful Murder
1983 A Bridge of Tears
1983 Rope and Breasts
1983 Sexual Crime
1985 Tampopo
1986 Beyond the Shining Sea
1986 Monster Heaven
1986 The House of Wedlock
1986 The Sea and Poison
1986 To Sleep So as to Dream
1988 Dogra Magra
1988 Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1989 Circus Boys
1989 Death of a Tea Master
1989 Tokyo: The Last War
1990 Takeshi: Childhood Days
1990 The Legend of Zipang
1993 Yearning
1994 The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1995 Deep River
1995 The Breath
1995 The Stairway to the Distant Past
1996 The Trap
1997 Cat's Eye
1997 To Love
2001 Closed Ward
2001 Darkness in the Light
2002 The Sea Is Watching
2003 The Soul Odyssey
2004 The Face of Jizo
2006 The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
2008 Sex Is No Laughing Matter
Director:
1951 The Singing Baseball Kid
1952 Asu wa Nichiyōbi
1952 Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
1952 The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
1953 The Wild Geese
1954 A Certain Woman
1954 The Black Current
1955 A Hole of My Own Making
1955 Policeman's Diary
1955 Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955 The Maid's Kid
1955 The Moon Has Risen
1956 Confession
1957 Birth of a Jazz Maiden
1957 The Awakening
1958 A Slope in the Sun
1958 Showdown in the Storm
1959 Kamen no Onna
1959 The Echo of Love
1959 The Fugitive
1959 The Ghost of Iwojima
1959 The Stream of Youth
1960 The Call of the Foghorn
1960 Wind of Volcano
1961 A Killer Without a Grave
1961 He Killed Dad
1961 The Black Scar
1962 Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
1962 Glass-Hearted Johnny
1963 Attack Squadron
1963 Foggy Night Blues
1963 Kanto Wanderer
1963 Notorious Bastard
1963 The Incorrigible
1964 Gate of Flesh
1964 The Flower and the Angry Waves
1966 Carmen from Kawachi
1966 Fighting Elegy
1966 Oyuki
1967 Massacre Gun
1967 Velvet Hustler
1968 Monument to the Girl's Corps
1968 Outlaw: Gangster VIP
1968 Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
1968 Song of my Life
1969 Gambler's Dilemma
1969 Savage Wolf Pack
1969 The Cleanup
1971 Bad Girl Mako
1972 The Long Darkness
1975 Preparation for the Festival
1977 Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears
1977 The Skies of Haruo
1980 Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima
1980 Drive for the Future
1980 Zigeunerweisen
1981 Willful Murder
1983 A Bridge of Tears
1983 Rope and Breasts
1983 Sexual Crime
1985 Tampopo
1986 Beyond the Shining Sea
1986 Monster Heaven
1986 The House of Wedlock
1986 The Sea and Poison
1986 To Sleep So as to Dream
1988 Dogra Magra
1988 Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1989 Circus Boys
1989 Death of a Tea Master
1989 Tokyo: The Last War
1990 Takeshi: Childhood Days
1990 The Legend of Zipang
1993 Yearning
1994 The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1995 Deep River
1995 The Breath
1995 The Stairway to the Distant Past
1996 The Trap
1997 Cat's Eye
1997 To Love
2001 Closed Ward
2001 Darkness in the Light
2002 The Sea Is Watching
2003 The Soul Odyssey
2004 The Face of Jizo
2006 Old Salmon
2006 The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
2007 Matouqin Nocturne
2008 Dreaming Awake
2008 Sex Is No Laughing Matter
2009 Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly
Original Concept:
1951 The Singing Baseball Kid
1952 Asu wa Nichiyōbi
1952 Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
1952 The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
1953 The Wild Geese
1954 A Certain Woman
1954 The Black Current
1955 A Hole of My Own Making
1955 Policeman's Diary
1955 Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955 The Maid's Kid
1955 The Moon Has Risen
1956 Confession
1957 Birth of a Jazz Maiden
1957 The Awakening
1958 A Slope in the Sun
1958 Showdown in the Storm
1959 Kamen no Onna
1959 The Echo of Love
1959 The Fugitive
1959 The Ghost of Iwojima
1959 The Stream of Youth
1960 The Call of the Foghorn
1960 Wind of Volcano
1961 A Killer Without a Grave
1961 He Killed Dad
1961 The Black Scar
1962 Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
1962 Glass-Hearted Johnny
1963 Attack Squadron
1963 Foggy Night Blues
1963 Kanto Wanderer
1963 Notorious Bastard
1963 The Incorrigible
1964 Gate of Flesh
1964 The Flower and the Angry Waves
1966 Carmen from Kawachi
1966 Fighting Elegy
1966 Oyuki
1967 Massacre Gun
1967 Velvet Hustler
1968 Monument to the Girl's Corps
1968 Outlaw: Gangster VIP
1968 Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
1968 Song of my Life
1969 Gambler's Dilemma
1969 Savage Wolf Pack
1969 The Cleanup
1971 Bad Girl Mako
1972 The Long Darkness
1975 Preparation for the Festival
1977 Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears
1977 The Skies of Haruo
1980 Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima
1980 Drive for the Future
1980 Zigeunerweisen
1981 Willful Murder
1983 A Bridge of Tears
1983 Rope and Breasts
1983 Sexual Crime
1985 Tampopo
1986 Beyond the Shining Sea
1986 Monster Heaven
1986 The House of Wedlock
1986 The Sea and Poison
1986 To Sleep So as to Dream
1988 Dogra Magra
1988 Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1989 Circus Boys
1989 Death of a Tea Master
1989 Tokyo: The Last War
1990 Takeshi: Childhood Days
1990 The Legend of Zipang
1993 Yearning
1994 The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1995 Deep River
1995 The Breath
1995 The Stairway to the Distant Past
1996 The Trap
1997 Cat's Eye
1997 To Love
2001 Closed Ward
2001 Darkness in the Light
2002 The Sea Is Watching
2003 The Soul Odyssey
2004 The Face of Jizo
2006 Old Salmon
2006 The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
2007 Matouqin Nocturne
2008 Dreaming Awake
2008 Sex Is No Laughing Matter
2009 Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly
Production Design:
1951 The Singing Baseball Kid
1952 Asu wa Nichiyōbi
1952 Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
1952 The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
1953 The Wild Geese
1954 A Certain Woman
1954 The Black Current
1955 A Hole of My Own Making
1955 Policeman's Diary
1955 Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955 The Maid's Kid
1955 The Moon Has Risen
1956 Confession
1957 Birth of a Jazz Maiden
1957 The Awakening
1958 A Slope in the Sun
1958 Showdown in the Storm
1959 Kamen no Onna
1959 The Echo of Love
1959 The Fugitive
1959 The Ghost of Iwojima
1959 The Stream of Youth
1960 The Call of the Foghorn
1960 Wind of Volcano
1961 A Killer Without a Grave
1961 He Killed Dad
1961 The Black Scar
1962 Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
1962 Glass-Hearted Johnny
1963 Attack Squadron
1963 Foggy Night Blues
1963 Kanto Wanderer
1963 Notorious Bastard
1963 The Incorrigible
1964 Gate of Flesh
1964 The Call of Blood
1964 The Flower and the Angry Waves
1965 Born Under Crossed Stars
1965 Story of a Prostitute
1965 Tattooed Life
1966 Carmen from Kawachi
1966 Fighting Elegy
1966 Oyuki
1966 Tokyo Drifter
1967 Massacre Gun
1967 Velvet Hustler
1968 Man of a Stormy Era
1968 Monument to the Girl's Corps
1968 Outlaw: Gangster VIP
1968 Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
1968 Song of my Life
1969 Gambler's Dilemma
1969 Savage Wolf Pack
1969 The Cleanup
1971 Bad Girl Mako
1972 The Long Darkness
1974 Sandakan No. 8
1975 Preparation for the Festival
1977 Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears
1977 The Skies of Haruo
1980 An Ocean to Cross
1980 Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima
1980 Drive for the Future
1980 The Woman
1980 Zigeunerweisen
1981 The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story
1981 Willful Murder
1982 Yukko no Okurimono: Cosmos no Yō ni
1983 A Bridge of Tears
1983 Rope and Breasts
1983 Sexual Crime
1985 Fire Festival
1985 Tampopo
1986 Beyond the Shining Sea
1986 Monster Heaven
1986 The House of Wedlock
1986 The Sea and Poison
1986 To Sleep So as to Dream
1988 Dogra Magra
1988 Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1989 Circus Boys
1989 Death of a Tea Master
1989 Tokyo: The Last War
1990 Shikibu monogatari
1990 Takeshi: Childhood Days
1990 The Legend of Zipang
1992 About Love, Tokyo
1992 Luminous Moss
1993 Yearning
1994 The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1995 Deep River
1995 How Old Is the River?
1995 The Breath
1995 The Stairway to the Distant Past
1996 The Trap
1997 Cat's Eye
1997 To Love
2001 Closed Ward
2001 Darkness in the Light
2001 Pistol Opera
2002 The Sea Is Watching
2003 The Soul Odyssey
2004 The Face of Jizo
2006 Old Salmon
2006 The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
2007 Matouqin Nocturne
2008 Dreaming Awake
2008 Life Improvement Club
2008 Sex Is No Laughing Matter
2008 The Clone Returns Home
2009 Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly
Screenplay:
1951 The Singing Baseball Kid
1952 Asu wa Nichiyōbi
1952 Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
1952 The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
1953 The Wild Geese
1954 A Certain Woman
1954 The Black Current
1955 A Hole of My Own Making
1955 Policeman's Diary
1955 Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955 The Maid's Kid
1955 The Moon Has Risen
1956 Confession
1957 Birth of a Jazz Maiden
1957 The Awakening
1958 A Slope in the Sun
1958 Showdown in the Storm
1959 Kamen no Onna
1959 The Echo of Love
1959 The Fugitive
1959 The Ghost of Iwojima
1959 The Stream of Youth
1960 The Call of the Foghorn
1960 Wind of Volcano
1961 A Killer Without a Grave
1961 He Killed Dad
1961 The Black Scar
1962 Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
1962 Glass-Hearted Johnny
1963 Attack Squadron
1963 Foggy Night Blues
1963 Kanto Wanderer
1963 Notorious Bastard
1963 The Incorrigible
1964 Gate of Flesh
1964 The Call of Blood
1964 The Flower and the Angry Waves
1965 Born Under Crossed Stars
1965 Story of a Prostitute
1965 Tattooed Life
1966 Carmen from Kawachi
1966 Fighting Elegy
1966 Oyuki
1966 Tokyo Drifter
1967 Branded to Kill
1967 Massacre Gun
1967 Velvet Hustler
1968 Man of a Stormy Era
1968 Monument to the Girl's Corps
1968 Outlaw: Gangster VIP
1968 Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
1968 Song of my Life
1969 Gambler's Dilemma
1969 Savage Wolf Pack
1969 The Cleanup
1971 Bad Girl Mako
1972 The Long Darkness
1974 Sandakan No. 8
1975 Preparation for the Festival
1977 Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears
1977 The Skies of Haruo
1980 An Ocean to Cross
1980 Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima
1980 Drive for the Future
1980 The Woman
1980 Zigeunerweisen
1981 The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story
1981 Willful Murder
1982 Yukko no Okurimono: Cosmos no Yō ni
1983 A Bridge of Tears
1983 Rope and Breasts
1983 Sexual Crime
1985 Fire Festival
1985 Tampopo
1986 Beyond the Shining Sea
1986 Monster Heaven
1986 The House of Wedlock
1986 The Sea and Poison
1986 To Sleep So as to Dream
1988 Dogra Magra
1988 Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1989 Circus Boys
1989 Death of a Tea Master
1989 Tokyo: The Last War
1990 Shikibu monogatari
1990 Takeshi: Childhood Days
1990 The Legend of Zipang
1992 About Love, Tokyo
1992 Luminous Moss
1993 Yearning
1994 The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1995 Deep River
1995 How Old Is the River?
1995 The Breath
1995 The Stairway to the Distant Past
1996 The Trap
1997 Cat's Eye
1997 To Love
2001 Closed Ward
2001 Darkness in the Light
2001 Pistol Opera
2002 The Sea Is Watching
2003 The Soul Odyssey
2004 The Face of Jizo
2006 Old Salmon
2006 The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
2007 Matouqin Nocturne
2008 Dreaming Awake
2008 Life Improvement Club
2008 Sex Is No Laughing Matter
2008 The Clone Returns Home
2009 Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly
Writer:
1951 The Singing Baseball Kid
1952 Asu wa Nichiyōbi
1952 Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
1952 The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
1953 The Wild Geese
1954 A Certain Woman
1954 The Black Current
1955 A Hole of My Own Making
1955 Policeman's Diary
1955 Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955 The Maid's Kid
1955 The Moon Has Risen
1956 Confession
1957 Birth of a Jazz Maiden
1957 The Awakening
1958 A Slope in the Sun
1958 Showdown in the Storm
1959 Kamen no Onna
1959 The Echo of Love
1959 The Fugitive
1959 The Ghost of Iwojima
1959 The Stream of Youth
1960 The Call of the Foghorn
1960 Wind of Volcano
1961 A Killer Without a Grave
1961 He Killed Dad
1961 The Black Scar
1962 Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
1962 Glass-Hearted Johnny
1963 Attack Squadron
1963 Foggy Night Blues
1963 Kanto Wanderer
1963 Notorious Bastard
1963 The Incorrigible
1964 Gate of Flesh
1964 The Call of Blood
1964 The Flower and the Angry Waves
1965 Born Under Crossed Stars
1965 Story of a Prostitute
1965 Tattooed Life
1966 Carmen from Kawachi
1966 Fighting Elegy
1966 Oyuki
1966 Tokyo Drifter
1967 Branded to Kill
1967 Massacre Gun
1967 Velvet Hustler
1968 Man of a Stormy Era
1968 Monument to the Girl's Corps
1968 Outlaw: Gangster VIP
1968 Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
1968 Song of my Life
1969 Gambler's Dilemma
1969 Savage Wolf Pack
1969 The Cleanup
1971 Bad Girl Mako
1972 The Long Darkness
1974 Sandakan No. 8
1975 Preparation for the Festival
1977 Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears
1977 The Skies of Haruo
1980 An Ocean to Cross
1980 Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima
1980 Drive for the Future
1980 The Woman
1980 Zigeunerweisen
1981 The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story
1981 Willful Murder
1982 Yukko no Okurimono: Cosmos no Yō ni
1983 A Bridge of Tears
1983 Rope and Breasts
1983 Sexual Crime
1985 Capone Cries a Lot
1985 Fire Festival
1985 Tampopo
1986 Beyond the Shining Sea
1986 Monster Heaven
1986 The House of Wedlock
1986 The Sea and Poison
1986 To Sleep So as to Dream
1988 Dogra Magra
1988 Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1989 Circus Boys
1989 Death of a Tea Master
1989 Tokyo: The Last War
1990 Shikibu monogatari
1990 Takeshi: Childhood Days
1990 The Legend of Zipang
1992 About Love, Tokyo
1992 Luminous Moss
1993 Yearning
1994 The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1995 Deep River
1995 How Old Is the River?
1995 The Breath
1995 The Stairway to the Distant Past
1996 The Trap
1997 Cat's Eye
1997 To Love
2001 Closed Ward
2001 Darkness in the Light
2001 Pistol Opera
2002 The Sea Is Watching
2003 The Soul Odyssey
2004 The Face of Jizo
2006 Old Salmon
2006 The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
2007 Matouqin Nocturne
2008 Dreaming Awake
2008 Life Improvement Club
2008 Sex Is No Laughing Matter
2008 The Clone Returns Home
2009 Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly
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