A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Born:
April 6, 1903
Died:
May 22, 1991
Adaptation:
1953 Hana no shôgai
1954 素浪人日和
1958 Zesshou
1959 Pilgrimage at Night
Idea:
1953 Hana no shôgai
1953 The Last Embrace
1954 素浪人日和
1958 Zesshou
1959 Pilgrimage at Night
Novel:
1953 Hana no shôgai
1953 The Last Embrace
1954 素浪人日和
1958 Zesshou
1959 Pilgrimage at Night
1961 Aces Wild
Original Film Writer:
1953 Hana no shôgai
1953 The Last Embrace
1954 素浪人日和
1958 Zesshou
1959 Pilgrimage at Night
1961 Aces Wild
1974 Prophecies of Nostradamus
1981 The Last Days of Planet Earth
Original Story:
1951 のど自慢三羽烏
1952 Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
1953 Hana no shôgai
1953 The Last Embrace
1954 素浪人日和
1958 Zesshou
1959 Pilgrimage at Night
1961 Aces Wild
1963 Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1974 Prophecies of Nostradamus
1981 The Last Days of Planet Earth
Screenplay:
1937 Mother's Melody
1938 Shimizu Jirocho
1938 Ōma no tsuji
1939 Enoken's Yaji and Kita
1939 Machi
1940 Bellflower
1941 Yukiko and Natsuyo
1943 Hot Wind
1943 Military Song of the Morning Mist
1943 Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1944 This Happy Life
1945 I Believe I Am Being Followed
1945 Uta e! Taiyō
1947 Chikagai nijuyojikan
1947 Four Love Stories
1948 Enoken's Singing Detective Story
1949 A Woman's Life
1949 Odoroki ikka
1950 Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi
1950 Snow-Flake
1950 Somersault on the Way
1950 The Tattooed Magistrate: Cherry Blossoms Dance Volume
1950 The Tattooed Magistrate: Fallen Flowers Showdown Volume
1950 Till We Meet Again
1950 憧れのハワイ航路
1951 Honoo no hada
1951 のど自慢三羽烏
1952 Foghorn
1952 Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
1952 Okuni and Gohei
1952 Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers!
1952 Ushiwakamaru
1952 ひばり姫 初夢道中
1952 娘十八びっくり天国
1952 母山彦
1953 Bravo! Five Men
1953 Hana no shôgai
1953 Lady Chatterley of Japan
1953 Nonsense - Fireball Boy Thief
1953 Six Men Mustered in Great Edo
1953 The Battleship Yamato
1953 The Last Embrace
1953 Wild Lion
1953 珍説忠臣蔵
1954 A Certain Woman
1954 An Inn at Osaka
1954 Student Double Suicide
1954 The Messenger from the Moon
1954 浮かれ狐千本櫻
1954 素浪人日和
1954 続変化大名
1955 (Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
1955 Floating Weeds Diary
1955 Goblin Warrior
1955 Growing Up
1955 Marital Relations
1955 The Mask and Destiny
1955 美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
1956 Our Town
1956 Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956 The Legend of the White Serpent
1956 The Maiden Courtesan
1956 Typhoon
1957 Elegy of the North
1957 Geisha in the Old City
1957 Lofty Ambitions
1957 Roar and Earth
1957 Snow Country
1957 The Temptress and the Monk
1958 Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958 Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958 The Hotelman's Holiday
1958 The Shop Curtain
1958 Zesshou
1959 Flower Shop Curtain
1959 Pilgrimage at Night
1959 The Ghost of Iwojima
1959 The Makioka Sisters
1960 A Woman's Testament
1960 Castle of Flames
1960 The Twilight Story
1961 Aces Wild
1961 Hunting Rifle
1961 Love's Family Tree
1961 The Last War
1961 Three Young Samurai
1961 With Wife, Children, and Friends
1962 A Woman's Life
1962 Chûshingura
1962 Doburoku no Tatsu
1962 Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962 Till Tomorow Comes
1963 Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1963 The Maid Story
1964 Mr. Giants
1964 Shutsugeki
1965 Illusion of Blood
1965 Nami kage
1966 No Greater Love
1974 Prophecies of Nostradamus
1976 Tsuma to onna no aida
1981 The Last Days of Planet Earth
Story:
1937 Mother's Melody
1938 Shimizu Jirocho
1938 Ōma no tsuji
1939 Enoken's Yaji and Kita
1939 Machi
1940 Bellflower
1941 Yukiko and Natsuyo
1943 Hot Wind
1943 Military Song of the Morning Mist
1943 Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1944 This Happy Life
1945 I Believe I Am Being Followed
1945 Uta e! Taiyō
1947 Chikagai nijuyojikan
1947 Four Love Stories
1948 Enoken's Singing Detective Story
1949 A Woman's Life
1949 Odoroki ikka
1950 Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi
1950 Snow-Flake
1950 Somersault on the Way
1950 The Tattooed Magistrate: Cherry Blossoms Dance Volume
1950 The Tattooed Magistrate: Fallen Flowers Showdown Volume
1950 Till We Meet Again
1950 憧れのハワイ航路
1951 Honoo no hada
1951 のど自慢三羽烏
1952 Foghorn
1952 Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
1952 Okuni and Gohei
1952 Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers!
1952 Ushiwakamaru
1952 ひばり姫 初夢道中
1952 娘十八びっくり天国
1952 母山彦
1953 Bravo! Five Men
1953 Hana no shôgai
1953 Lady Chatterley of Japan
1953 Nonsense - Fireball Boy Thief
1953 Six Men Mustered in Great Edo
1953 The Battleship Yamato
1953 The Last Embrace
1953 Wild Lion
1953 珍説忠臣蔵
1954 A Certain Woman
1954 An Inn at Osaka
1954 Student Double Suicide
1954 The Messenger from the Moon
1954 浮かれ狐千本櫻
1954 素浪人日和
1954 続変化大名
1955 (Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
1955 Floating Weeds Diary
1955 Goblin Warrior
1955 Growing Up
1955 Marital Relations
1955 The Mask and Destiny
1955 美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
1956 Our Town
1956 Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956 The Legend of the White Serpent
1956 The Maiden Courtesan
1956 Typhoon
1957 Elegy of the North
1957 Geisha in the Old City
1957 Lofty Ambitions
1957 Roar and Earth
1957 Snow Country
1957 The Temptress and the Monk
1958 Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958 Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958 The Hotelman's Holiday
1958 The Shop Curtain
1958 Zesshou
1959 Flower Shop Curtain
1959 Pilgrimage at Night
1959 The Ghost of Iwojima
1959 The Makioka Sisters
1960 A Woman's Testament
1960 Castle of Flames
1960 The Twilight Story
1961 Aces Wild
1961 Hunting Rifle
1961 Love's Family Tree
1961 The Last War
1961 Three Young Samurai
1961 With Wife, Children, and Friends
1962 A Woman's Life
1962 Chûshingura
1962 Doburoku no Tatsu
1962 Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962 Till Tomorow Comes
1963 Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1963 Samurai Pirate
1963 The Maid Story
1964 Mr. Giants
1964 Shutsugeki
1965 Illusion of Blood
1965 Nami kage
1966 No Greater Love
1974 Prophecies of Nostradamus
1976 Tsuma to onna no aida
1981 The Last Days of Planet Earth
Writer:
1937 Mother's Melody
1938 Shimizu Jirocho
1938 Ōma no tsuji
1939 Enoken's Yaji and Kita
1939 Ichiyo Higuchi
1939 Machi
1940 Bellflower
1941 Yukiko and Natsuyo
1942 Omokage no machi
1943 Hot Wind
1943 Kantaro of Ina
1943 Military Song of the Morning Mist
1943 Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1944 The Way of Drama
1944 This Happy Life
1945 I Believe I Am Being Followed
1945 Uta e! Taiyō
1946 An Enemy of the People
1946 Eleven High School Girls
1947 Chikagai nijuyojikan
1947 Four Love Stories
1947 Spring Awakens
1947 War and Peace
1948 A Flower Blooms
1948 Enoken's Singing Detective Story
1949 A Woman's Life
1949 Odoroki ikka
1950 Duel in the Sun
1950 Four Seasons of Women
1950 Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi
1950 Snow-Flake
1950 Somersault on the Way
1950 The Tattooed Magistrate: Cherry Blossoms Dance Volume
1950 The Tattooed Magistrate: Fallen Flowers Showdown Volume
1950 Till We Meet Again
1950 憧れのハワイ航路
1951 Honoo no hada
1951 Swords and Brocade
1951 The Man Without a Nationality
1951 Who Knows a Woman's Heart
1951 のど自慢三羽烏
1952 Foghorn
1952 Man in the Storm
1952 Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
1952 Okuni and Gohei
1952 Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers!
1952 Ushiwakamaru
1952 ひばり姫 初夢道中
1952 娘十八びっくり天国
1952 母山彦
1953 Bravo! Five Men
1953 Great Edo Song Festival
1953 Hana no shôgai
1953 Lady Chatterley of Japan
1953 Nonsense - Fireball Boy Thief
1953 Six Men Mustered in Great Edo
1953 The Battleship Yamato
1953 The Last Embrace
1953 Wild Lion
1953 珍説忠臣蔵
1954 A Certain Woman
1954 An Inn at Osaka
1954 Road to Hawaii
1954 Student Double Suicide
1954 The Messenger from the Moon
1954 Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
1954 浮かれ狐千本櫻
1954 素浪人日和
1954 続変化大名
1955 (Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
1955 A Young Samurai
1955 Floating Weeds Diary
1955 Goblin Warrior
1955 Growing Up
1955 Marital Relations
1955 The Mask and Destiny
1955 美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
1956 A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956 Fighting Fire Fighter
1956 Our Town
1956 Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956 The Legend of the White Serpent
1956 The Maiden Courtesan
1956 Typhoon
1957 Elegy of the North
1957 Evening Calm
1957 Geisha in the Old City
1957 Hadaka no Machi
1957 Lofty Ambitions
1957 Muhō Ichidai
1957 Roar and Earth
1957 Snow Country
1957 The Temptress and the Monk
1958 Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958 Firefly Light
1958 Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958 The Child Writers
1958 The Hotelman's Holiday
1958 The Shop Curtain
1958 Zesshou
1959 Flower Shop Curtain
1959 Pilgrimage at Night
1959 The Ghost of Iwojima
1959 The Makioka Sisters
1959 The Three Treasures
1959 When a Woman Loves
1960 A Woman's Testament
1960 Castle of Flames
1960 The Twilight Story
1961 Aces Wild
1961 Hunting Rifle
1961 Love's Family Tree
1961 The Last War
1961 Three Young Samurai
1961 With Wife, Children, and Friends
1962 A Woman's Life
1962 Chûshingura
1962 Doburoku no Tatsu
1962 Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962 Till Tomorow Comes
1963 Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1963 Samurai Pirate
1963 The Maid Story
1964 Mr. Giants
1964 Shutsugeki
1965 Illusion of Blood
1965 Nami kage
1966 No Greater Love
1967 Shroud of Snow
1969 Battle of the Japan Sea
1969 Portrait of Hell
1970 Will to Conquer
1974 Prophecies of Nostradamus
1975 I Am a Cat
1976 Tsuma to onna no aida
1981 The Last Days of Planet Earth
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