Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Kimiyoshi Yasuda | |
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安田公義 | |
 Yasuda in 1952 | |
| Born | February 15, 1911 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | July 26, 1983 Japan |
| Years active | 1935-1979 |
Kimiyoshi Yasuda (安田公義, Yasuda Kimiyoshi) (born February 15, 1911 Tokyo, Japan,[1] died July 26, 1983) was a Japanese film director from the 1930s to 1970s. He directed six films about Zatoichi, the Blind Swordsman.[2]
He signed with Nikkatsu Kyoto studio as an assistant director and started working as an assistant director under Sadao Yamanaka and Hiroshi Inagaki etc.[3] He made his director debut with Ouma wa Nanajyunana-mangoku in 1944.[4]
Filmography
Film
Assistant director
Director
- The Young Swordsman (潮出来島 美男剣法 Itako Dejima Binan Kenpo) (1954)
- The Dancer and Two Warriors (踊り子行状記 Odoriko Gyōjōki) (1955)
- The Young Lord (鬼斬り若様 Onikiri Wakasama) (1955)
- Suzunosuke Akado: Defeat the Demon-Faced Gang (1957)
- Fighting Letter for 29 People 29-nin no Kenka-jō (二十九人の喧嘩状, Nijūkunin no kenkajō) (1957)
- Suzunosuke Akado: The Vacuum Slash of Asuka (1957)
- Suzunosuke Akado: The One-Legged Demon (1957)
- (花太郎呪文 Hanataro Jumon ) (1958)
- Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi (1960) not shown in U.S. (remade in 1970 as The Masseur's Curse )
- Zatoichi on the Road (座頭市喧嘩旅 Zatōichi kenka-tabi) (1963)
- Adventures of Zatoichi (座頭市関所破り Zatōichi sekisho-yaburi) (1964)
- Daimajin (1966)
- Zatoichi's Cane Sword (座頭市鉄火旅 Zatōichi tekka-tabi) (1967)
- Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (妖怪百物語) (1968)
- Zatoichi and the Fugitives (座頭市果し状 Zatōichi hatashijō) (1968)
- Lady Sazen and the Drenched Swallow Sword (女左膳 濡れ燕片手斬り On'na hidarizen nuretsubame katate kiri) (1969)
- Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969) [with Yoshiyuki Kuroda]
- The Masseur's Curse (1970) the 3rd version of Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi[5]
- Zatoichi and the One Armed Swordsman (新座頭市・破れ！唐人剣 Shin Zatōichi: Yabure! Tōjin-ken) (1971)
- Zatoichi's Conspiracy (新座頭市物語・笠間の血祭り Shin Zatōichi monogatari: Kasama no chimatsuri) (1973)
Television
- Kogarashi Monjirō (TV series) (1972-73)
- Nemuri Kyōshirō (TV series) (1972-73) ep,3,9)
- Oshizamurai Kiichihōgan (TV series) (1973-74 ep,2,4,16,23)
- Tsūkai! Kōchiyama Sōshun (TV series) (1975-76 ep,16,24)
References
- ^ "安田 公義". www.raizofan.net. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- ^ "Kimiyoshi Yasuda". kinenote. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "20世紀日本人名事典「安田 公義」の解説". KOTOBANK. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ "Kimiyoshi Yasuda". 映画DB. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "安田 公義". www.raizofan.net. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
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