Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Born: 1911-02-15 in Tokyo, Japan
Died: 1983-07-26
Known For: Directing
Biography
Kimiyoshi Yasuda was a Japanese film director from the 1930s to 1970s. He directed six films about Zatoichi, the Blind Swordsman. He signed with Nikkatsu Kyoto studio as an assistant director and started working as an assistant director under Sadao Yamanaka and Hiroshi Inagaki etc.
Filmography
1979
- Japanese Masterpiece Ghost Story Theatre ... (Screenplay)
- Hanshichi Torimonocho ... (Creator)
- Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Kasane Swamp ... (Writer)
1975
- Priest of Darkness ... (Director)
1973
- Mute Samurai ... (Director)
- Zatoichi's Conspiracy ... (Director)
1972
- Kogarashi Monjiro ... (Director)
1971
- Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman ... (Director)
1970
- Ghost of Kasane Swamp ... (Director)
1969
- Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts ... (Director)
- Lefty Fencer ... (Director)
- Second Generation Young Boss ... (Director)
- Sworn Brothers ... (Director)
1968
- Zatoichi and the Fugitives ... (Director)
- Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters ... (Director)
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair ... (Director)
- Sequel: Secret Report From A Women's Prison ... (Director)
1967
- Zatoichi's Cane Sword ... (Director)
- The Hoodlum Priest ... (Director)
- Bad Reputation: The Notorious Man of Legend ... (Director)
- Tokyo Gambler ... (Director)
1965
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan ... (Director)
- New Tengu from Mount Kurama ... (Director)
1964
- Adventures of Zatoichi ... (Director)
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing ... (Director)
1963
- Zatoichi on the Road ... (Director)
1962
- Kumoemon to sono tsuma ... (Director)
- Ame no Kudan-zaka ... (Director)
1960
- お嬢さん三度笠 ... (Director)
- Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane ... (Director)
1958
- Megitsune Buro ... (Director)
- Hanatarō Jumon ... (Director)
- Hana no yukyo-den ... (Director)
1957
- Fighting Letter for 29 People ... (Director)
- Akado Suzunosuke vs. the One-Legged Devil ... (Director)
- Akado Suzunosuke Destroys the Devil Mask Gang ... (Director)
- Akado Suzunosuke and the Vacuum Slash of the Asuka School ... (Director)
1956
- Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 2 ... (Director)
- Shirai Gonpachi ... (Director)
1955
- The Dancer and Two Warriors ... (Director)
- The Young Lord ... (Director)
- Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 1 ... (Director)
1954
- 関八州勢揃い ... (Director)
- Maiko monogatari ... (Director)
- The Young Swordsman ... (Director)
- Kai nusumadara kumo ... (Director)
1953
- Haha no hitomi ... (Director)
- Hiren tsubaki ... (Director)
- Suna-e jubaku ... (Director)
- Zoku suna-e jubaku: Yukijorō ... (Director)
1952
- Furisode kyōjo ... (Director)
- Sado Island Elegy ... (Director)
1951
- Jōen no hatoba ... (Director)
- Izayoi kaidō ... (Director)
- The Red Key ... (Director)
1950
- Condor ... (Director)
- Tetsuro no dankon ... (Director)
- Pirate Island ... (Director)
- Komusō yashiki ... (Director)
1949
- Haha koiboshi ... (Director)
- The Elephant Who Waited ... (Director)
- The Man Who Laughs Last ... (Director)
1948
- That Night's Adventure ... (Director)
1944
- Ouma wa nanajū nanaman seki ... (Director)
1942
- Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō ... (Assistant Director)
1939
- Shunjû ittôryû ... (Assistant Director)