Kazuo Mori
Born: 1911-01-15 in Matsuyama, Japan
Died: 1989-06-29
Known For: Directing
Biography
Kazuo Mori, also known as Issei Mori, got his start as a jidai-geki director in silent films of the 1930s. In postwar years he became a leading director at Daiei, working regularly with the studio's familiar stars like Shintaro Katsu and Raizo Ichikawa. In the 1960s and '70s, Mori established himself alongside Kenji Misumi as one of the most dependable names in chambara franchise series, directing some of the best installments of Zatoichi, Kyoshiro Nemuri and Shinobi No Mono. Mori's work is marked by clear, intelligent storytelling and innovative camera techniques.
Filmography
1983
- Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold ... (Director)
- The Bored Samurai ... (Director)
1982
- The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo ... (Director)
- Kenkaku Shōbai: Tsujigiri ... (Director)
- Messengers to Satsuma ... (Director)
1981
- The King and His Vassal ... (Director)
1980
- Keishi-K ... (Director)
1977
- Yokomizo Seishi Series ... (Director)
1976
- Please Hire Me! ... (Director)
1975
- Priest of Darkness ... (Director)
1974
- Zatoichi Monogatari ... (Director)
- Hashū Hankachō ... (Director)
1973
- Mute Samurai ... (Director)
1972
- Kogarashi Monjiro ... (Director)
- Zatoichi at Large ... (Director)
1971
- Wakaki hi no kōdōkan ... (Director)
1970
- The Killer's Killer ... (Director)
- Mission: Iron Castle ... (Director)
- Easy Money ... (Director)
1969
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 13: The Full Moon Swordsman ... (Director)
- Kanto Woman Infamy ... (Director)
- The Curse of the Ghost ... (Director)
- 出獄四十八時間 ... (Director)
- Kanto Onna Gokudo ... (Director)
1968
- The Saga of Tanegashima ... (Director)
- Secret Report From A House Of Women ... (Director)
- Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty ... (Director)
1967
- A Certain Killer ... (Director)
- A Killer's Key ... (Director)
- Young Boss, Fugitive ... (Director)
- Spy on the Masked Car ... (Director)
1966
- Wrath of Daimajin ... (Director)
- Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back ... (Director)
- The Front Line Showdown ... (Director)
- ほんだら捕物帖 ... (Director)
- Assignment Cloud ... (Director)
1965
- Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy ... (Director)
- Zatoichi and the Doomed Man ... (Director)
- Rampaging Dog ... (Director)
- ほんだら剣法 ... (Director)
- 駿河遊侠伝 度胸がらす ... (Director)
1964
- Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery ... (Director)
- The Man Disappears Yesterday ... (Director)
- The Gambling Samurai ... (Director)
- Bad Reputation: The Big Drum ... (Director)
1963
- Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection ... (Director)
- Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise ... (Director)
- Bad Reputation: The Notorious Harbor ... (Director)
- The Confusing Journey of Jirocho ... (Director)
1962
- The Tale of Zatoichi Continues ... (Director)
- 170 Leagues to Edo ... (Director)
- The Notorious Man's Return ... (Director)
- Yôki na tono-sama ... (Director)
- Keshin ... (Director)
- Third Generation's Loyalty Offering ... (Director)
1961
- A Wife Confesses as Man at the Coffee Shop
- Three Young Samurai ... (Director)
- The Radiant Prince ... (Director)
- The Old Temple Well ... (Director)
- Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter ... (Director)
- Song of Sado ... (Director)
1960
- Her Brother
- The Blind Menace ... (Director)
- Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous ... (Director)
- Lord Tadanao ... (Director)
- Mission Accomplished ... (Director)
1959
- Jirocho Fuji ... (Director)
- Samurai Vendetta ... (Director)
- Lord Nobunaga's Early Days ... (Director)
- Peony on the Skin ... (Director)
1958
- Akado Suzunosuke vs. the Birdman with 3 Eyes ... (Director)
- The Swishing Sword ... (Director)
- The 7th Secret Agent to Edo ... (Director)
1957
- Advance Patrol ... (Director)
- Love of the Princess ... (Director)
- Inazuma Kaidō ... (Director)
- Yataro’s Travel Hat ... (Director)
- Mangorō Tengu ... (Director)
1956
- Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider ... (Director)
- Headquarters of Crime Detection ... (Director)
- Marathon Samurai ... (Director)
- Fighting Fire Fighter ... (Director)
1955
- I Was Tokichiro ... (Director)
- The Birth of Judo ... (Director)
- Hanazakari otoko ichidai ... (Director)
- Nagasaki no yoru ... (Director)
- Tôjûrô no koi ... (Director)
- Farewell Song ... (Director)
1954
- Midori no nakama ... (Director)
- Yoidore nitōryū ... (Director)
- Shirazu no Yatarō ... (Director)
- Koina no Ginpei ... (Director)
1953
- Coming Up of Kodokan ... (Director)
- Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki ... (Director)
- Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami ... (Director)
- The Tattoo Murder Case ... (Director)
- Picture Book of Sarutobi Sasuke ... (Director)
1952
- Vendetta of a Samurai ... (Director)
- Coward at Ganryu Island ... (Director)
- Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Jigoku no mon ... (Director)
- New Journey of Yaji and Kita ... (Director)
1951
- Duel at Omagatsuji ... (Director)
- Zenigata Heiji ... (Director)
- Hana aru dotō ... (Director)
- Judge of the Ashuras ... (Director)
1950
- Minami no bara ... (Director)
- I Am Being Targeted ... (Director)
- Tsuki no shussen ... (Director)
- Confessions of a Gynecologist ... (Director)
- Ship of Outlaws ... (Director)
1949
- Guren bosatsu ... (Director)
- My Name Is Mistress ... (Director)
- A Bullet Hole Underground ... (Director)
1948
- Black Cloud Road ... (Director)
- Oshidori gasa ... (Director)
- Nerawareta onna ... (Director)
- Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman ... (Director)
1947
- Tree of Life ... (Director)
- Female Police Officer ... (Director)
- Ryūkoden ... (Director)
1946
- Tebukuro o nugasu otoko ... (Director)
- Yari-odori gojūsantsugi ... (Director)
1942
- Ōsaka chōnin ... (Director)
- Sandai no sakazuki ... (Director)
- Masujiro Omura ... (Director)
1941
- 夫婦太鼓 ... (Director)
1939
- A Color Print of Edo ... (Director)
1938
- Monster Cat Akabe Daimyojin ... (Director)