
Satsuo Yamamoto
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Satsuo Yamamoto (July 15, 1910 - August 11, 1983) was a Japanese film director. Yamamoto was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on July 15, 1910. He dropped out of Waseda University to join Shochiku, where he worked as an assistant director to Mikio Naruse and others. He followed Naruse when he moved to PCL, and became a director in his own right after the company was reborn as Toho. During WWII he directed several pro-war propaganda films for them despite being a fervent member of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP), and after the war he rallied against the company as a driving force behind the union during the 1948 Toho labour dispute (in which the JCP was heavily involved), after which was ultimately fired. He subsequently worked on independent films and made numerous intensely rebellious and substantial socially conscious works. From the 1960s onward, he directed a succession of major films including the Toyoko Yamasaki adaptations “The Ivory Tower” and “The Perfect Family”, the “Men and War” trilogy, and “Kotei no inai Hachigatsu”. This body of epic works led to him being dubbed “the Red Cecil B. DeMille”. Three of his films, Shiroi Kyotō, Fumō Chitai and Ah! Nomugi Toge won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Film. He died of pancreatic cancer on August 11, 1983 at the age of 73. Description above from the Wikipedia article Satsuo Yamamoto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known ForDirecting
- Born15 July 1910 (age 115)
- Place of Birth日本, 鹿儿岛县
Satsuo Yamamoto

- Known ForDirecting
- Born15 July 1910 (age 115)
- Place of Birth日本, 鹿儿岛县

Ah! Nomugi toge - Shinryokuhen
1982

Asshii-tachi no machi
1981

Nomugi Pass
1979

August without Emperor
1978

Thong Nhat Vietnam
1977

The Corporation
1976

Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku
1976

Solar Eclipse
1975

The Family
1974

Men and War III: The Final Chapter
1973

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971

Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1970

Okinawa
1970

Vietnam
1969

Blood End
1969

The Bride from Hades
1968

Dorei kōjō
1968

Zatoichi the Outlaw
1967

The Bogus Policeman
1967

The Great White Tower
1966

The Freezing Point
1966

Witness Chair
1965

The Spy
1965

Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965

A Public Benefactor
1964

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963

The Red Water
1963

Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962

Chibusa o daku musume tachi
1962

The Matsukawa Incident
1961

The War Without Weapons
1960

The Song of the Cart
1959

The Human Wall
1959

His Scarlet Cloak
1958

Typhoon
1956

Avalanche
1956

Ai Sureba Koso
1955

Floating Weeds Diary
1955

The End of a Day
1954

The Street Without Sun
1954

The Stand in Hakone
1952

Vacuum Zone
1952

Street of Violence
1950

Konna onna ni dare ga shita
1949

War and Peace
1947

Hot Wind
1943

Wings of Victory
1942

A Gentle Breeze With Father
1940

Beautiful Departure
1939

Machi
1939

Pastoral Symphony
1938

Mother's Melody
1937
