(born July 7, 1920 â August 15, 2009, in Shimane Prefecture, Japan) was a Japanese film director. He is best known for films in the comedy and war genres. He was also an ordained Shin Buddhist priest.
His final work as director was in the 1992 film Shorishatachi.
Filmography
He directed over 69 movies:
- æÂ±äº¬ã®ãÂÂãÂÂã¼ (Tokyo no ekubo, 1952)
- ãÂÂã¯ã¤ã®夠(Hawai no yoru, 1953)
- æÂ¦è¦大å (1953)
- 人éÂÂéÂÂé·åÂÂ天 (Ningen gyorai kaiten, 1955)
- Ã¥Â
Âã¨ãÂÂã®妹 (Ani to sono musume, aka Brother and Sister, 1956)
- ç¶ÂéÂÂãÂÂå±±èÂÂãÂÂéªåÂÂã®巻 (Zoku Aoi sanmyaku Yukiko no maki, 1957)
- ç¾Âè²Âã®é½ (1957)
- ã²ãÂÂãÂÂã®娠(Hikage no musume, 1957)
- 社é·ä¸Â代訠(ShachÃ
 sandaiki, 1958)
- ç¶Âã»社é·ä¸Â代訠(Zoku shachÃ
 sandaiki, 1958)
- æ½Âæ°´è¦ã¤-57éÂÂä¼ÂãÂÂã (Sensuikan I-57 kofuku sezu, Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender, 1959)
- ãÂÂã¯ã¤ãÂȋÂÂãÂÂãÂÂã¦ã§ã¤大海空æÂ¦ 太平æ´Âã®嵠(Hawai Middouei daikaikusen: Taiheiyo no arashi, Storm Over the Pacific, 1960)
- 社é·éÂÂä¸Â訠(ShachÃ
 dochuki, 1961)
- ç¶Âã»社é·éÂÂä¸Â訠(', 1961)
- ä¸ÂçÂÂ大æÂ¦äº (Sekai Daisen'sÃ
Â, lit. Great World War, The Last War, 1961)
- ãµã©ãªã¼ãÂÂã³æ¸Â
水港 (Sarariman shimizu minato, 1962)
- 太平æ´Âã®翼 (Taiheiyo no tsubasa, 1963)
- ã¦ãªãÂÂãÂÂãÂÂæÂ±æµ·é (Tenamonya TÃ
ÂkaidÃ
Â, 1966)
- Ã¥ÂÂÃ¥ÂÂãÂȍ¾ç¹æºÂç¹ (Kigeki hyakkuten manten, 1976)
- é£åÂÂè¦é (Imperial Navy, 1981)
- ã´ã«ãÂÂå¤ÂæÂÂãÂÂå (Gorufu yoakemae, 1987)
- Ã¥ÂÂå©èÂÂ
ãÂÂã¡ (Shorishatachi, 1992)
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