
Directing
Born April 14, 1901 — died October 17, 1974 · Hiroshima, Japan
Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, he began working at Nikkatsu's Kyoto studio in 1924 and eventually came to prominence for a series of realist, humanist films made at Nikkatsu's Tamagawa studio in the late 1930s such as Robō no ishi and Mud and Soldiers, both of which starred Isamu Kosugi.

A Carpenter and Children
1962 · Director