About
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.
Filmography
Scrap Collectors1968 · Director
Koto—The Lake of Tears1966 · Director
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan1965 · Director
The Sharks1964 · Director
A House in the Quarter1963 · Director, Screenplay
A Carpenter and Children1962 · Screenplay, Director
Run, Genta, Run!1961 · Director
Shinran, Part II1960 · Director
Shinran1960 · Director
The Stream of Youth1959 · Screenplay, Director
A Slope in the Sun1958 · Director, Screenplay
This Day's Life1957 · Writer, Director
The Baby Carriage1956 · Director
The Maid's Kid1955 · Director, Screenplay
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki1952 · Director, Writer
Yukiwarisō1951 · Director
Victory Song1945 · Director
Navy1943 · Director, Writer
Mother and Child Grass1942 · Director, Screenplay
You and I1941 · Director