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
- Kenkaku Shōbai: Tsujigiri ... (Director)
- The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo ... (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)
- The Curse of the Ghost ... (Director)
- Kanto Woman Infamy ... (Director)
- 出獄四十八時間 ... (Director)
- Kanto Onna Gokudo ... (Director)
1968
- The Saga of Tanegashima ... (Director)
- Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty ... (Director)
- Secret Report From A House Of Women ... (Director)
1967
- A Certain Killer ... (Director)
- A Killer's Key ... (Director)
- Spy on the Masked Car ... (Director)
- Young Boss, Fugitive ... (Director)
1966
- Wrath of Daimajin ... (Director)
- The Front Line Showdown ... (Director)
- Assignment Cloud ... (Director)
- Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back ... (Director)
- ほんだら捕物帖 ... (Director)
1965
- ほんだら剣法 ... (Director)
- Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy ... (Director)
- Zatoichi and the Doomed Man ... (Director)
- Rampaging Dog ... (Director)
- 駿河遊侠伝 度胸がらす ... (Director)
1964
- The Man Disappears Yesterday ... (Director)
- Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery ... (Director)
- Bad Reputation: The Big Drum ... (Director)
- The Gambling Samurai ... (Director)
1963
- Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection ... (Director)
- Bad Reputation: The Notorious Harbor ... (Director)
- Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise ... (Director)
- The Confusing Journey of Jirocho ... (Director)
1962
- The Tale of Zatoichi Continues ... (Director)
- Yôki na tono-sama ... (Director)
- Third Generation's Loyalty Offering ... (Director)
- Keshin ... (Director)
- The Notorious Man's Return ... (Director)
- 170 Leagues to Edo ... (Director)
1961
- Three Young Samurai ... (Director)
- A Wife Confesses
- Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter ... (Director)
- The Radiant Prince ... (Director)
- The Old Temple Well ... (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)
- Peony on the Skin ... (Director)
- Lord Nobunaga's Early Days ... (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)
- Inazuma Kaidō ... (Director)
- Love of the Princess ... (Director)
- Yataro’s Travel Hat ... (Director)
- Mangorō Tengu ... (Director)
1956
- Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin ... (Director)
- Fighting Fire Fighter ... (Director)
- Marathon Samurai ... (Director)
- 刑事部屋 ... (Director)
1955
- Tôjûrô no koi ... (Director)
- Farewell Song ... (Director)
1954
- Koina no Ginpei ... (Director)
1953
- The Tattoo Murder Case ... (Director)
- Picture Book of Sarutobi Sasuke ... (Director)
1952
- Vendetta of a Samurai ... (Director)
- Coward at Ganryu Island ... (Director)
- New Journey of Yaji and Kita ... (Director)
1951
- Judge of the Ashuras ... (Director)
1950
- Confessions of a Gynecologist ... (Director)
- 月の出船 ... (Director)
- Ship of Outlaws ... (Director)
1949
- A Bullet Hole Underground ... (Director)
1948
- Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman ... (Director)
1946
- Tebukuro o nugasu otoko ... (Director)
1942
- Ōsaka chōnin ... (Director)
- Masujiro Omura ... (Director)
- Sandai no sakazuki ... (Director)
1941
- 夫婦太鼓 ... (Director)
1939
- A Color Print of Edo ... (Director)
1938
- Monster Cat Akabe Daimyojin ... (Director)