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)
- Chronicle of the Town Magistrate ... (Director)
- Catch Up ... (Screenplay)
1991
- Saito Dosan: Rage of Power ... (Director)
- Nakibokuro ... (Director)
1990
- Betrayal Tomorrow ... (Director)
1989
- Water Moon ... (Director)
1987
- The Eccentric Shinza ... (Director)
- おんなの密書 ... (Director)
1986
- A Homance
- Sure Death! 3 ... (Director)
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)
- Cliff of Death ... (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
- Priest of Darkness ... (Director)
- Unified Shadows ... (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)
- Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin ... (Director)
- The Mysterious Purple Hood ... (Director)
1962
- The Princess and the Bearded Lord ... (Director)
- Shimmering Sword ... (Director)
- Revenge for His Lover ... (Director)
1961
- A Fishwife's Tale ... (Director)
- Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern ... (Director)
- Flowers on the Road ... (Director)
- Travels of Gonkuro ... (Director)
- Samurai Knights ... (Director)
- Yakuza Princess of Edo ... (Director)
1960
- Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Akiba ... (Director)
- Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Road ... (Director)
- Paper Crane Palanquin ... (Director)
- Heavenly Dragon ... (Director)
- Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Holy Mountain ... (Director)
- Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Fujimi Pass ... (Director)
- Lair of the Snakegod ... (Director)
1959
- Secrets of Fuji 2 ... (Director)
- Secrets of Fuji ... (Director)
1958
- Detective Hibari: Case of the Golden Hairpins ... (Assistant Director)
- Roughneck From Asama ... (Assistant Director)