Kōsaku_Yamashita

Kōsaku Yamashita

Kōsaku Yamashita

Japanese film director

Kōsaku Yamashita (山下耕作, Yamashita Kōsaku, 10 December 1930 – 6 December 1998) was a Japanese film director who specialized in directing Yakuza films.[2] Yamashita was nicknamed Shōgun.[3][4] His son is director Tomohiko Yamashita.[5]

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

In 1952, He graduated from Kyoto University and joined Toei Film.[6] He was working an office job, but three years later,[6] he became an assistant director under Tomu Uchida and Kōzaburō Yoshimura.[7]

Yamashita made his directorial debut with Wakatono Senryu Hada in 1961.[7] His representative works included The Valiant Red Peony series and Kyōdai Jingi (1966).[6]

Selected filmography

Film

  • Wakatono Senryu Hada (1961)
  • Kyōdai Jingi (1966)
  • The Vanity of the Shogun's Mistresses (1968)
  • The Valiant Red Peony aka Hibotan Bakuto (1968)
  • Zoro Me no San Kyōdai (1972)
  • Yamaguchi-gumi Sandaime (1973)
  • Yokosuka Naval Prison (1973)
  • Yamaguchi-gumi gaiden: Kyushu Shinko-sakusen aka The Tattooed Hit Man
  • Father of the Kamikaze (1974)
  • Story of All-Out Attack or Path of Japanese Chivalry (1975)
  • Jail Breakers aka Datsō Yugi (1976)
  • Gōtō Satsujin Shu (1976)
  • Tokugawa Ichizoku no Hōukai (1980)
  • Shura no Mure (1984)
  • The Last True Yakuza aka Saigo no Bakuto (1985)
  • Night Train (1987)
  • The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma (1987)
  • Another Way (1988)
  • Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle (1990)
  • Shin Gokudō no Tsumatachi Kakugoshiiya (1993)

Television

Further reading

  • Shōgun to Yobareta Otoko Eiga Kantoku Yamashita Kōsaku 将軍と呼ばれた男―映画監督山下耕作 (ワイズ出版 1999) ISBN 9784898300022

References

  1. [1]
    "山下耕作" (in Japanese). The TV. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Kōsaku Yamashita profile" (in Japanese). Goo. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Kōsaku Yamashita profile" (in Japanese). 映画ナタリー. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  4. [4]
    "山下耕作の世界 by Sadao Nakajima" (in Japanese). ラピュタ. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Tomohiko Yamashita". 株式会社京都組. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Kōsaku Yamashita Profile". 映画DB. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  7. [7]
    "20世紀日本人名事典「山下 耕作」の解説". Kotobank. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
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