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 ... (Director)
1997
- Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface ... (Director)
1996
- Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf ... (Director)
- Shadow Warrior of Nobunaga Oda ... (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 ... (Director)
- 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)
- 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
- Nogare no machi ... (Director)
- The Catch as Bar Owner
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
- Sky Scraper! ... (Screenplay)
- The Fort of Death ... (Director)
1968
- A History of the Japanese Underworld ... (Director)
- Industrial Spy ... (Director)
1967
- Eleven Samurai ... (Director)
- A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance ... (Director)
1966
- Convicted Woman ... (Director)
1965
- Chivalrous Nature ... (Director)
- Yakuza G-Men ... (Director)
1964
- The Great Killing ... (Director)
1963
- 13 Assassins ... (Director)
- Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin ... (Director)
- Castle of Owls ... (Director)
- The Mysterious Purple Hood ... (Director)
1962
- Shimmering Sword ... (Director)
- The Princess and the Bearded Lord ... (Director)
- Revenge for His Lover ... (Director)
1961
- Flowers on the Road ... (Director)
- Travels of Gonkuro ... (Director)
- Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern ... (Director)
- Samurai Knights ... (Director)
- Yakuza Princess of Edo ... (Director)
- A Fishwife's Tale ... (Director)
1960
- Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Akiba ... (Director)
- Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Road ... (Director)
- Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Fujimi Pass ... (Director)
- Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Holy Mountain ... (Director)
- Heavenly Dragon ... (Director)
- Paper Crane Palanquin ... (Director)
- Lair of the Snakegod ... (Director)
1959
- Secrets of Fuji 2 ... (Director)
- Secrets of Fuji ... (Director)
1958
- Roughneck From Asama ... (Assistant Director)
- Detective Hibari: Case of the Golden Hairpins ... (Assistant Director)