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.

KNOWN FOR

A House in the Quarter
1963
The Baby Carriage
1956
The Maid's Kid
1955
Navy
1943
A Slope in the Sun
1958
Scrap Collectors
1968
Victory Song
1945
Doburoku no Tatsu
1949
Koto—The Lake of Tears
1966
The Sharks
1964
Shinran, Part II
1960
Five Scouts
1938

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Directing
33
Writing
10
1968
Scrap Collectors
Director
1966
Koto—The Lake of Tears
Director
1965
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Director
1964
The Sharks
Director
1963
A House in the Quarter
Director
1962
A Carpenter and Children
Director
1961
Run, Genta, Run!
Director
1960
Shinran, Part II
Director
1960
Shinran
Director
1959
The Stream of Youth
Director
1958
A Slope in the Sun
Director
1957
This Day's Life
Director
1956
The Baby Carriage
Director
1955
The Maid's Kid
Director
1952
Eternal Song of Nagasaki
Director
1951
Yukiwarisō
Director
1949
Doburoku no Tatsu
Director
1945
Victory Song
Director
1943
Navy
Director
1942
Mother and Child Grass
Director
1941
You and I
Director
1939
Explosion!
Director
1939
Mud and Soldiers
Director
1938
Five Scouts
Director
1938
A Pebble by the Wayside
Director
1934
Tsuki yori no shisha
Director
1932
Daughter and Springtime
Director
1932
Hatobue wo Fuku Onna
Director
1931
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
Director
1930
Behold This Mother
Director
1928
Kekkon nijuso: zenpen
Director
1928
Town of Love
Director
1927
Hero of Alishan
Director