Hideo Onchi
23 January 1933 – 20 January 2022 was a Japanese film and television director.
Hideo Onchi

婦人生活社 · 『 婦人生活 』1966年4月号。発行所: 婦人生活社 。 "Fujin Seikatsu", April 1966 issue. · Public domain
- Name
- Hideo Onchi
- Born
- 23 January 1933
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- 20 January 2022
- Occupation
- Film director
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Education
- Keio University
- Honours
- The Order of the Rising Sun and Gold Rays with Rosette
- Languages
- Japanese
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• Name — Hideo Onchi • Born — 23 January 1933 • Birthplace — Tokyo, Japan • Died — 20 January 2022 • Occupation — Film director • Years Active — 1961-2003
Career
Career
Born in Tokyo, Onchi graduated from Keio University and joined the Toho studios. He debuted as a director with Wakai ōkami (1961), and first made a name for himself directing youth films such as Izu no odoriko (1967). After turning freelance, he also worked in Japanese television, serving for instance as the main director for Kizu darake no tenshi, an influential TV drama from the 1970s. Onchi won the award for Best Director at the 28th Hochi Film Award for Warabi no kō. He died from lung cancer on 20 January 2022, at the age of 88.
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Filmography
• Wakai ōkami (1961) • Izu no odoriko (1967) • Toward the Terra (1980) • Warabi no kō (2003)
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- 1.Onchi Hideko kantoku gekijōban Tera e o kataru. Web anime sutairu. . 07 juin 2018 lire en.
- 2.Le Cinéma japonais (tome II). Éditions du Centre Pompidou. 1997. 2-85850-930-1.
- 3.A (kind of brief) history of japanese film/. newyork-tokyo.com horodatage.
- 4.Kizudarake no tenshi opening titles. dailymotion.com.
- 5.Le Cinéma japonais (tome II). Éditions du Centre Pompidou. 1997. 2-85850-930-1.
- 6.映画監督の恩地日出夫さん死去 青春映画で一時代築く. 産経ニュース. 2022-02-03.
- 7.映画監督の恩地日出夫さん死去、88歳 映画「伊豆の踊子」ドラマ「傷だらけの天使」など - おくやみ : 日刊スポーツ. nikkansports.com.
- 8.Filmographie. JMDb.
- 9.Jour de pluie : titre français du film lors de la rétrospective « Tōhō, le rêve américain » du 21 février au 31 mars 2011 à la MCJP
- 10.La Rivière Shimanto - cinemapublic.org
- 11.Hōchi Film Awards.
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