is a Japanese film director and writer.
Biography Born in Tokyo, the family then moved to Korea. In 1947, he moved back to Japan to work as an assistant director to Akira Kurosawa at the Toho studios. In 1958 he directed his first film, Hitogui Ama.
Personal life He was married to actress Mitsuya Utako from 1960 to her death in 2004.
Filmography Hitogui Ama (1958) Onna Dorei-sen (also known as Female Slave Ship) (1960) Onna Gankutsu-ō (1960) Edo no Kaze (1975~1981) TV Tokyo Megure Keishi (1978) TV Edo no Uzu (1978) TV Edo no Gekitou (1979) TV Onihei Hankachō TV Onihei's Detective Records (1995) Shigosen no Yume (2001) Kenkaku Shōbai: Haru no Arashi (2008), TV movie
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