Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Kimiyoshi Yasuda (安田公義, Yasuda Kimiyoshi) (born February 15, 1911 Tokyo, Japan, died July 26, 1983) was a Japanese film director from the 1950s to 1970s. He directed at least six films about Zatoichi, the Blind Swordsman.

Filmography

Film
  • 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)
  • Fighting Letter for 29 People 29-nin no Kenka-jō (二十九人の喧嘩状, Nijūkunin no kenkajō) (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 film)
  • Zatoichi's Cane Sword (座頭市鉄火旅 Zatōichi tekka-tabi) (1967)
  • Yokai Monsters: One Hundred 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)
  • The Masseur's Curse (1970) the 3rd version of Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi
  • The Blind Swordsman Meets His Equal aka Zatoichi Meets 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
gollark: I think the main thing this one has going for it is that it has some more people for ??? reasons, and R. Danny.
gollark: This isn't reality, where the state™ can beeize you and send you to prison and such.
gollark: No you can't.
gollark: That's not true.
gollark: Palaiologos is unsomethingly an authoritarian dictator.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.