is a Japanese

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

. He is known for directing

Zatoichi is a fictional character created by Japanese novelist Kan Shimozawa. He is an itinerant blind masseur and swordsman of Japan's late Edo period (1830s and 1840s). He first appeared in the 1948 essay , part of Shimozawa's ''Futokoro Techō'' s ...

series and the highly acclaimed Malay film Onna Gokuakuchō. In 1950, he joined the

Daiei Film Daiei Film Co. Ltd. ( Kyūjitai: Shinjitai: ''Daiei Eiga Kabushiki Kaisha'') was a Japanese film studio. Founded in 1942 as Dai Nippon Film Co., Ltd., it was one of the major studios during the postwar Golden Age of Japanese cinema, producin ...

and started working as an assistant director under

Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, who directed about one hundred films during his career between 1923 and 1956. His most acclaimed works include '' The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums'' (1939), '' The Life of Oharu'' (1952), '' Uge ...

etc. In 1960, he was promoted to director and debuted with ''Bara Daimyo''.

Selected filmography

Film

*''Bara Daimyo'' (1960) *'' Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold'' (1964) *'' Zatoichi's Flashing Sword'' (1964) *'' Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo'' (1964) *'' Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction'' (1964) *''

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage is a 1966 Japanese '' chambara'' film directed by Kazuo Ikehiro and starring Shintaro Katsu as the blind masseur Zatoichi. It was originally released by the Daiei Motion Picture Company (later acquired by Kadokawa Pictures). ''Zatoichi's Pilgr ...

'' (1966) *'' Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: A Trail of Traps'' (1967) *'' Broken Swords'' (1969) *'' Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie'' (1969) *'' Nemuri Kyōshirō manji giri'' (1969) *'' Onna Gokuakuchō'' (1970) *''Kesho'' (1984)

Television

* Nemuri Kyōshirō (TV series) (1972) Episode8,11 * Kogarashi Monjirō (1972) Episode5,9 * Amigasa Jūbei (1974-7) Episode9,10 *

Monkey (TV series) , also known by its English title ''Monkey'', is a Japanese television drama based on the 16th-century Chinese novel ''Journey to the West'' by Wu Cheng'en. Filmed in Northwest China and Inner Mongolia, the show was produced by Nippon TV and a ...

(1978) Episode15,16,25,26 * Shūchakueki Series (1990-2021) Episode1-37

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