Eiichi Kudo

was a Japanese film director. Kudo directed 30 films between 1956 and 1998, the most notable being 13 Assassins (1963) and The Great Killing (1964). He joined the Toei film company in 1952 and made his film director debut with Fukaku hichō in 1959. His 1982 film Yaju-deka was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival.

Kudo directed many television dramas, notably more than 50 episodes of the popular television jidaigeki Hissatsu series.

He died of intracerebral hemorrhage on September 23, 2000.

Filmography

• Fukaku hichō (1959)
• ' (1959)
• ' (1960)
• ' (1960)
• Hebigami maden (1960)
• ' (1960)
• ' (1960)
• ' (1960)
• Heavenly Dragon (1960)
• Flowers on the Road (1961)
• Woman of the Ghostly Lantern (1961)
• The Foreign Shark (1961)
• Kashi no onna Ishimatsu (1961)
• Hakko ryukitai (1961)
• Revenge for His Lover (1962)
• 13 Assassins (1963)
• Castle of Owls (1963)
• The Great Killing (1964)
• ' (1965)
• Convicted Woman (1966)
• Eleven Samurai (1967)
• ' (1967)
• Sangyo supai (1968)
• ' (1968)
• The Fort of Death (1969)
• Yakuza tai G-men (1973)
• ' (1974)
• Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1979)
• ' (1980)
• Yokohama BJ Blues (1981)
• Yaju-deka (1982)
• Nogare no machi (1983)
• Ansatsu shirei (1984)
• Love Letter (1985) (actor only)
• Sure Death 3 (1986)
• Chronicle of the Town Magistrate (1987)
• Takasebune (1988)
• Water Moon (1989)
• Nakibokuro (1991)
• Bloody Passion (1992)
• Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears (1993)
• Gunro no keifu (1998)