Azuma Morisaki

Azuma Morisaki studied at Kyoto University. The recorded working language is Japanese. Employment is recorded with Shochiku. Works named in the authority record are Tora-san, His Tender Love and Chicken Is Barefoot. Distinctions recorded are Newcomer Award for Fine Art of the Ministry of Education.

• Name — Azuma Morisaki • Born — 19 November 1927 • Birthplace — Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan • Died — 16 July 2020 • Place of death — Chigasaki, Kanagawa • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter

Morisaki was born in Nagasaki Prefecture and graduated from Kyoto University. After editing the film magazine Jidai Eiga, he joined the Shochiku studio in 1956. Moving from the Kyoto to Ofuna Studio, he wrote screenplays for Yoji Yamada's comedies and made his directorial debut in 1969 with Woman Can't Be Beaten. Known for his earthy, acerbic comedy, he also directed one episode of the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. Turning freelance in 1975, he continued to make films. His last film, Pecoross' Mother and Her Days (2013), was made when he was 86 years old. He died on 16 July 2020 of a stroke at a hospital in Chigasaki, Kanagawa.

• Woman Can't Be Beaten (1969) • Tora-san, His Tender Love (1970) • Charming Men (1970) • Follow the Girls (1971) • Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu (1971) • High-School Outcasts (1971) • Umarekawatta Tamegorō (1972) • Kigeki: Onna Uridashimasu (1972) • Onna ikitemasu: Sakariba wataridori (1972) • Ai Yori Aoku (1972–1973 TV series) • Stray Dog (1973) • Machi no Hi (1974) • Comedy: Special Feature - Gigolo's Paradise aka Pimp Heaven (1975) • Dark Magistrate (1975 TV series, 3 episodes) • Hagure Keiji (1975 TV series) • The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro (1977) • Edo no Taka: Goyōbeya Hankachō (1978 TV series, 3 episodes) • Tobe! Hissatsu ura goroshi (1978 TV series, 1 episode) • Aokiōkami Narukichiomoase no Shōgai (1980, TV movie) • Tennou no Ryouriban (1980 TV series, 1 episode) • Time and Tide (1983) • Location (1984) • The Nuclear Gypsies (1985) • Guys Who Never Learn (1987) • The Great Department Store Robbery (1987) • Kikyo (1988, TV movie) • Dream Street (1989) • Chihō Kisha Tachibana Yōsuke 1: Izu Shimoda Tsushinkyoku (1993, TV movie) • Chihō Kisha Tachibana Yōsuke 2: Iga Ueno Tsushinkyoku (1993, TV movie) • Tsuribaka Nisshi Special (1994) • Oishinbo (1996) • Love Letter (1998) • Yonaoshi Kōmuin the Kōshōnin 1 (2002, TV movie) • Chicken Is Barefoot (2004) • Pecoross' Mother and Her Days (2013)