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Tomotaka Tasaka

Tomotaka Tasaka

Tomotaka Tasaka

1901-04-14

Hiroshima, Japan

DIRECTING

Biography

Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, he began working at Nikkatsu's Kyoto studio in 1924 and eventually came to prominence for a series of realist, humanist films made at Nikkatsu's Tamagawa studio in the late 1930s such as Robō no ishi and Mud and Soldiers, both of which starred Isamu Kosugi.

Best known for:

Five Scouts

A Slope in the Sun

A House in the Quarter

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan

Victory Song

Koto—The Lake of Tears

A Pebble by the Wayside

Run, Genta, Run!

Explosion!

The Maid's Kid

A Carpenter and Children

Town of Love

Kekkon nijuso: zenpen

Behold This Mother

Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen

Hatobue wo Fuku Onna

Daughter and Springtime

Tsuki yori no shisha

Mud and Soldiers

君と僕

Mother and Child Grass

Navy

Yukiwarisō

I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki

The Baby Carriage

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Filmography:

Kekkon nijuso: zenpen (1928)
WORK AS:
Director
Behold This Mother (1930)
WORK AS:
Director
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen (1931)
WORK AS:
Director
Tsuki yori no shisha (1934)
WORK AS:
Director
Five Scouts (1938)
WORK AS:
Director, Original Story
A Pebble by the Wayside (1938)
WORK AS:
Director
Explosion! (1939)
WORK AS:
Director
Mud and Soldiers (1939)
WORK AS:
Director

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君と僕 (1941)
WORK AS:
Director
Navy (1943)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Victory Song (1945)
WORK AS:
Director
Yukiwarisō (1951)
WORK AS:
Director
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki (1952)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
The Maid's Kid (1955)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
The Baby Carriage (1956)
WORK AS:
Director
This Day's Life (1957)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director

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A Slope in the Sun (1958)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
The Stream of Youth (1959)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
Shinran (1960)
WORK AS:
Director
Shinran, Part II (1960)
WORK AS:
Director
Run, Genta, Run! (1961)
WORK AS:
Director
A Carpenter and Children (1962)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
A House in the Quarter (1963)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
The Sharks (1964)
WORK AS:
Director
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan (1965)
WORK AS:
Director
Koto—The Lake of Tears (1966)
WORK AS:
Director
Scrap Collectors (1968)
WORK AS:
Director

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Tomotaka Tasaka - Profile - Filmography