Japanese film director from the 1950s to 1970s. He directed at least six films about Zatoichi, The Blind Swordsman.
Born in Shinagawa- cho , Tokyo (now Shinagawa-ku , Tokyo ).

In the 1930s Nikkatsu Kyoto studio joined in, Sadao Yamanaka studied with, Marne SanTaro , Kinugasa fourteen San , Hiroshi Inagaki through an assistant director of the et al., The Second World War the same studio in the war integration by the Daiei Kyoto studio Later, in 1944, he was promoted to director with “ The Horse Is Seventy-Seven thousand Stones ” .

After the war, he continued to shoot at the Daiei Kyoto Studio, and since 1949 “The Last Laughing Man ” has been borrowed by the Daiei Tokyo Studio and directed by Shin Toho and Takarazuka Movies. has a .
In 1964 , he entered TV movies with “ Fengunji Hanjiro Karin and Saigo ”, and also worked on contemporary plays such as the TV movie “ Tokyo Guard Directive The Guardman ”.
After Daiei Bankruptcy in 1971 , he mainly worked with Katsu Shintaro and worked on the TV movies “ Zazaichi Monogatari ” and “ Exciting! Munetoshi Kawachiyama ”.

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