Satsuo Yamamoto

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Satsuo Yamamoto (July 15, 1910 - August 11, 1983) was a Japanese film director. Yamamoto was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on July 15, 1910. He dropped out of Waseda University to join Shochiku, where he worked as an assistant director to Mikio Naruse and others. He followed Naruse when he moved to PCL, and became a director in his own right after the company was reborn as Toho. During WWII he directed several pro-war propaganda films for them despite being a fervent member of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP), and after the war he rallied against the company as a driving force behind the union during the 1948 Toho labour dispute (in which the JCP was heavily involved), after which was ultimately fired. He subsequently worked on independent films and made numerous intensely rebellious and substantial socially conscious works. From the 1960s onward, he directed a succession of major films including the Toyoko Yamasaki adaptations “The Ivory Tower” and “The Perfect Family”, the “Men and War” trilogy, and “Kotei no inai Hachigatsu”. This body of epic works led to him being dubbed “the Red Cecil B. DeMille”. Three of his films, Shiroi Kyotō, F…

Directed

1. Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967) — Director
2. Ninja, A Band of Assassins (1962) — Director
3. Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance (1963) — Director
4. The Great White Tower (1966) — Director
5. The Bride from Hades (1968) — Director
6. The Song of the Cart (1959) — Director
7. Tale of Japanese Burglars (1965) — Director
8. Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny (1970) — Director
9. Solar Eclipse (1975) — Director
10. Men and War III: The Final Chapter (1973) — Director
11. Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow (1971) — Director
12. Blood End (1969) — Director
13. Freezing Point (1966) — Director
14. August Without Emperor (1978) — Director
15. Nomugi Pass (1979) — Director
16. The Human Wall (1959) — Director
17. Wings of Victory (1942) — Director
18. The Corporation (1976) — Director
19. Floating Weeds Diary (1955) — Director
20. The Witness' Chair (1965) — Director
21. A Public Benefactor (1964) — Director
22. Vacuum Zone (1952) — Director
23. Town of Violence (1950) — Director
24. The End of a Day (1954) — Director
25. Pastoral Symphony (1938) — Director
26. Typhoon Furor (1956) — Director
27. War and Peace (1947) — Director
28. A Gentle Breeze With Father (1940) — Director
29. Beautiful Departure (1939) — Director
30. Ah! Nomugi Pass — Fresh Green Edition (1982) — Director
31. The Bogus Policeman (1967) — Director
32. The Family (1974) — Director
33. Slave Factory (1968) — Director
34. The Red Water (1963) — Director
35. The Stand in Hakone (1952) — Director
36. The Spy (1965) — Director
37. His Scarlet Cloak (1958) — Director
38. The Street Without Sun (1954) — Director
39. If Indeed One Loves (1955) — Director
40. Farm Girls (1962) — Director