Eiichi Kudō
Born: 1929-07-17 in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan
Died: 2000-09-23
Known For: Directing
Biography
Eiichi Kudo (工藤 栄一, Kudō Eiichi, 17 July 1929 – 23 September 2000) was a Japanese film director. He directed 30 films between 1956 and 1998. His 1982 film Yaju-deka was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. One of his most famous movies is the 1963 film 13 Assassins. This movie was remade in 2010 by Takashi Miike.
Filmography
1998
- Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu ... (Director)
- Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2 ... (Screenplay)
1997
- Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface ... (Screenplay)
1996
- Shadow Warrior of Nobunaga Oda ... (Director)
- Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf ... (Director)
1995
- Gokenin Zankuro ... (Director)
- Kumokiri Nizaemon ... (Director)
1993
- Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears ... (Director)
1992
- Passion ... (Director)
- Taira no Kiyomori ... (Director)
- Catch Up ... (Screenplay)
- Chronicle of the Town Magistrate ... (Director)
1991
- Saito Dosan: Rage of Power ... (Director)
- Nakibokuro ... (Director)
1990
- Betrayal Tomorrow ... (Director)
1989
- Water Moon ... (Director)
1987
- The Eccentric Shinza ... (Director)
1986
- Sure Death! 3 ... (Director)
- A Homance
1985
- Love Letter as Man in Detention
1984
- Hanzo: The Razor ... (Director)
- Assassination Orders ... (Director)
1983
- The Catch as Bar Owner
- Nogare no machi ... (Screenplay)
1982
- The Dropout ... (Director)
- Shi no dangai ... (Director)
- Tonga Adventure Family ... (Director)
1981
- Yokohama BJ Blues ... (Director)
- 47 Ronin and the Shadow Ninja ... (Director)
1980
- Shadow Warriors ... (Director)
- Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo ... (Director)
1979
- Hissatsu Shigotonin ... (Director)
- Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity ... (Director)
1977
- Yokomizo Seishi Series ... (Director)
- I Can Hear the Sound of Festival ... (Director)
1976
- Please Hire Me! ... (Director)
1975
- Unified Shadows ... (Director)
- Priest of Darkness ... (Director)
1974
- Wounded Angels ... (Director)
- The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges ... (Director)
1973
- Dangerous Trade in Kobe ... (Director)
1969
- The Fort of Death ... (Director)
- Sky Scraper! ... (Screenplay)
1968
- Industrial Spy ... (Director)
- A History of the Japanese Underworld ... (Director)
1967
- Eleven Samurai ... (Director)
- A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance ... (Director)
1966
- Convicted Woman ... (Director)
1965
- Yakuza G-Men ... (Director)
- Chivalrous Nature ... (Director)
1964
- The Great Killing ... (Director)
1963
- 13 Assassins ... (Director)
- Castle of Owls ... (Director)
- The Mysterious Purple Hood ... (Director)
- Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin ... (Director)
1962
- Revenge for His Lover ... (Director)
- Shimmering Sword ... (Director)
- The Princess and the Bearded Lord ... (Director)
1961
- A Fishwife's Tale ... (Director)
- Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern ... (Director)
- Yakuza Princess of Edo ... (Director)
- Travels of Gonkuro ... (Director)
- Flowers on the Road ... (Director)
- Samurai Knights ... (Director)
1960
- Heavenly Dragon ... (Director)
- Paper Crane Palanquin ... (Director)
- Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Fujimi Pass ... (Director)
- Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Akiba ... (Director)
- Lair of the Snakegod ... (Director)
- Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Road ... (Director)
- Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Holy Mountain ... (Director)
1959
- Secrets of Fuji ... (Director)
- Secrets of Fuji 2 ... (Director)
1958
- Roughneck From Asama ... (Assistant Director)
- Detective Hibari: Case of the Golden Hairpins ... (Assistant Director)