Kazui Nihonmatsu
Kazui Nihonmatsu (born 9 April 1922, date of death unknown) was a Japanese film director.
Kazui Nihonmatsu
- Name
- Kazui Nihonmatsu
- Birth Name
- Yoshimitsu Nihonmatsu
- Born
- 9 April 1922
- Birthplace
- Kamakura, Japan
- Died
- before 2001
- Occupation
- Assistant director, director, screenwriter
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Education
- Waseda University
- Languages
- Japanese
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• Name — Kazui Nihonmatsu • Native Name — 二本松 嘉瑞 • Birth Name — Yoshimitsu Nihonmatsu • Born — 9 April 1922 • Birthplace — Kamakura, Japan • Died — before 2001 • Occupation — Assistant director, director, screenwriter • Years Active — 1951–1968
Biography
Biography
After graduating in Business at the Waseda University, Nihonmatsu was hired at the Shochiku Ofuna Photographic Office in 1948 and later became assistant director to filmmakers such as Akira Kurosawa, Keisuke Kinoshita and more often to Masaki Kobayashi. As a director, Nihonmatsu directed two kaiju films: The X from Outer Space and Genocide, both produced by Shochiku, at its first experiences producing J-Horror films. Nihonmatsu died prior to 2001.
Assistant director
Assistant director
• Carmen Comes Home (1951, directed by Keisuke Kinoshita) • The Idiot (1951, directed by Akira Kurosawa) • Youth of the Son (1952, directed by Masaki Kobayashi) • Sincere Heart (1953, directed by Masaki Kobayashi) • The Thick-Walled Room (1956, directed by Masaki Kobayashi) • The Inheritance (1962, directed by Masaki Kobayashi)
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Director
• The X from Outer Space (1967, also screenwriter) • Genocide (1968)
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- 1.Yoshimoto, Mitsuhiro. Kurosawa: Film Studies and Japanese Cinema. Duke University Press Books. 2000. 0822325195.
- 2.A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Kazui Nihonmatsu's The X from Outer Space. criterioncast.com. 22 September 2013.
- 3.The X from Outer Space (1967). The Criterion Collection.
- 4.Genocide (1968). The Criterion Collection.
- 5.A 2001 Collector's Edition printing of The X from Outer Space includes a booklet that states he is deceased.
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