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Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Kimiyoshi Yasuda

1911-02-15

Tokyo, Japan

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.

Best known for:

Daimajin

Zatoichi on the Road

Adventures of Zatoichi

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

Zatoichi's Cane Sword

Zatoichi and the Fugitives

Zatoichi's Conspiracy

Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters

Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts

Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing

Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan

Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair

Lefty Fencer

Sworn Brothers

The Dancer and Two Warriors

Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane

The Hoodlum Priest

Kogarashi Monjiro

Shunjû ittôryû

Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō

That Night's Adventure

The Man Who Laughs Last

The Elephant Who Waited

Izayoi kaidō

アベック・パトロール赤い鍵

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Filmography:

Shunjû ittôryû (1939)
WORK AS:
Assistant Director
Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō (1942)
WORK AS:
Assistant Director
That Night's Adventure (1948)
WORK AS:
Director
The Man Who Laughs Last (1949)
WORK AS:
Director
The Elephant Who Waited (1949)
WORK AS:
Director
Izayoi kaidō (1951)
WORK AS:
Director
The Young Swordsman (1954)
WORK AS:
Director
Maiko monogatari (1954)
WORK AS:
Director

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関八州勢揃い (1954)
WORK AS:
Director
The Dancer and Two Warriors (1955)
WORK AS:
Director
Shirai Gonpachi (1956)
WORK AS:
Director
Akado Suzunosuke Destroys the Devil Mask Gang (1957)
WORK AS:
Director
Akado Suzunosuke and the Vacuum Slash of the Asuka School (1957)
WORK AS:
Director
Akado Suzunosuke vs. the One-Legged Devil (1957)
WORK AS:
Director
Fighting Letter for 29 People (1957)
WORK AS:
Director
Hanatarō Jumon (1958)
WORK AS:
Director

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Megitsune Buro (1958)
WORK AS:
Director
Hana no yukyo-den (1958)
WORK AS:
Director
Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane (1960)
WORK AS:
Director
お嬢さん三度笠 (1960)
WORK AS:
Director
晴小袖 (1961)
WORK AS:
Director
Ame no Kudan-zaka (1962)
WORK AS:
Director
Kumoemon to sono tsuma (1962)
WORK AS:
Director
Zatoichi on the Road (1963)
5.6
WORK AS:
Director
Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)
5.4
WORK AS:
Director
Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing (1964)
WORK AS:
Director
Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan (1965)
WORK AS:
Director
New Tengu from Mount Kurama (1965)
WORK AS:
Director
Daimajin (1966)
5.2
WORK AS:
Director
殺人者 (1966)
WORK AS:
Director
Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967)
WORK AS:
Director
The Hoodlum Priest (1967)
WORK AS:
Director
Bad Reputation: The Notorious Man of Legend (1967)
WORK AS:
Director
Tokyo Gambler (1967)
WORK AS:
Director
Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968)
WORK AS:
Director
Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968)
WORK AS:
Director
Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair (1968)
WORK AS:
Director
Sequel: Secret Report From A Women's Prison (1968)
WORK AS:
Director
Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969)
WORK AS:
Director
Lefty Fencer (1969)
WORK AS:
Director
Sworn Brothers (1969)
WORK AS:
Director
Second Generation Young Boss (1969)
WORK AS:
Director
Masseur’s Curse (1970)
WORK AS:
Director
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
5.5
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Kogarashi Monjiro (1972)
WORK AS:
Director
Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973)
WORK AS:
Director
Mute Samurai (1973)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Priest of Darkness (1975)
WORK AS:
Director
Japanese Masterpiece Ghost Story Theatre (1979)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Kasane-ga-Fuchi (1979)
WORK AS:
Writer

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