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
- The Bored Samurai ... (Director)
- Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold ... (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)
- Easy Money ... (Director)
- Mission: Iron Castle ... (Director)
1969
- Kanto Woman Infamy ... (Director)
- 出獄四十八時間 ... (Director)
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 13: The Full Moon Swordsman ... (Director)
- The Curse of the Ghost ... (Director)
- Kanto Onna Gokudo ... (Director)
1968
- Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty ... (Director)
- The Saga of Tanegashima ... (Director)
- Secret Report From A House Of Women ... (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)
- Assignment Cloud ... (Director)
- ほんだら捕物帖 ... (Director)
1965
- Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy ... (Director)
- Zatoichi and the Doomed Man ... (Director)
- 駿河遊侠伝 度胸がらす ... (Director)
- ほんだら剣法 ... (Director)
- Rampaging Dog ... (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)
- Third Generation's Loyalty Offering ... (Director)
- The Notorious Man's Return ... (Director)
- Yôki na tono-sama ... (Director)
- Keshin ... (Director)
- 170 Leagues to Edo ... (Director)
1961
- Three Young Samurai ... (Director)
- A Wife Confesses
- The Radiant Prince ... (Director)
- Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter ... (Director)
- Song of Sado ... (Director)
- The Old Temple Well ... (Director)
1960
- Her Brother
- The Blind Menace ... (Director)
- Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous ... (Director)
- Lord Tadanao ... (Director)
- Mission Accomplished ... (Director)
1959
- Samurai Vendetta ... (Director)
- Lord Nobunaga's Early Days ... (Director)
- Peony on the Skin ... (Director)
- Jirocho Fuji ... (Director)
1958
- Akado Suzunosuke vs. the Birdman with 3 Eyes ... (Director)
- The 7th Secret Agent to Edo ... (Director)
- The Swishing Sword ... (Director)
1957
- Yataro’s Travel Hat ... (Director)
- Mangorō Tengu ... (Director)
- Advance Patrol ... (Director)
- Inazuma Kaidō ... (Director)
- Love of the Princess ... (Director)
1956
- 刑事部屋 ... (Director)
- Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider ... (Director)
- Fighting Fire Fighter ... (Director)
- Marathon Samurai ... (Director)
1955
- Farewell Song ... (Director)
- Tôjûrô no koi ... (Director)
1954
- Koina no Ginpei ... (Director)
1953
- Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki ... (Director)
- The Tattoo Murder Case ... (Director)
- Coming Up of Kodokan ... (Director)
- Picture Book of Sarutobi Sasuke ... (Director)
- Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami ... (Director)
1952
- Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Jigoku no mon ... (Director)
- Coward at Ganryu Island ... (Director)
- Vendetta of a Samurai ... (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
- Tsuki no shussen ... (Director)
- Minami no bara ... (Director)
- I Am Being Targeted ... (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
- Yari-odori gojūsantsugi ... (Director)
- 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)