Kenji Misumi
Born: 1921-03-02 in Kyoto, Japan
Died: 1975-09-24
Known For: Directing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kenji Misumi (三隅 研次 Misumi Kenji) (2 March 1921, Kyoto, Japan - 24 September 1975) was a notable Japanese film director. He created films such as Lone Wolf and Cub and the initial film in the long-running Zatoichi (座頭市, Zatōichi) series. He died at age 53. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenji Misumi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1980
- Shogun Assassin ... (Director)
1975
- Priest of Darkness ... (Director)
- Bounty Hunter ... (Director)
1974
- Zatoichi Monogatari ... (Director)
- The Last Samurai ... (Director)
1973
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons ... (Director)
- Mute Samurai ... (Director)
- Internal Sleuth ... (Director)
1972
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades ... (Director)
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance ... (Director)
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx ... (Director)
- Professional Killers ... (Director)
- Kogarashi Monjiro ... (Director)
- Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice ... (Director)
1971
- The Woman Gambler's Iron Rule ... (Director)
- The Gift of the Fox ... (Director)
1970
- Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival ... (Director)
- The Angry Sword ... (Director)
1969
- The Magoichi Saga ... (Director)
- Devil's Temple ... (Director)
1968
- Samaritan Zatoichi ... (Director)
- The Two Bodyguards ... (Director)
- The Funeral Racket ... (Director)
1967
- Zatoichi Challenged ... (Director)
- Shroud of Snow ... (Director)
- The Homely Sister ... (Director)
- The Sisters and I ... (Director)
1966
- Return of Giant Majin ... (Director)
- The Virgin Witness ... (Director)
- Dynamite Doctor ... (Director)
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy ... (Director)
1965
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire ... (Director)
- Sword Devil ... (Director)
- Zatoichi and the Chess Expert ... (Director)
- Life of Matsu the Untamed ... (Director)
- Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi ... (Director)
1964
- Ken ... (Director)
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure ... (Director)
- Fight, Zatoichi, Fight ... (Director)
- On the Road Forever ... (Director)
1963
- The Third Will ... (Director)
- Shinsengumi Chronicles ... (Director)
- Ōkuma Shigenobu the great ... (Director)
- Maiko and the Assassin ... (Director)
1962
- The Tale of Zatoichi ... (Director)
- Destiny's Son ... (Director)
- Her Hidden Past ... (Director)
- The Demon of Sendai's Castle ... (Director)
1961
- Buddha ... (Director)
- The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark ... (Director)
1960
- Satan's Sword: The Dragon God ... (Director)
- Satan's Sword ... (Director)
- Princess Sen in Edo ... (Director)
- What Price Love? ... (Director)
- Patterns of Love ... (Director)
1959
- The Lord Pretends ... (Director)
- Gambler and the Princess ... (Director)
- The Ghost of Yotsuya ... (Director)
- A Thousand Flying Cranes ... (Director)
1958
- The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall ... (Director)
- Obsessive Snake ... (Director)
- Travels of Lord Mito ... (Director)
1957
- Freelance Samurai ... (Director)
1956
- Flowery Brothers ... (Director)
- Asataro the Crow ... (Director)
- Gonpachi ... (Director)
- The Fiery Magistrate ... (Director)
1954
- Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot ... (Director)
1951
- The Tale of Genji ... (Assistant Director)