Kōsaku Yamashita
10 December 1930 – 6 December 1998 was a Japanese film director who specialized in directing Yakuza films. Yamashita was nicknamed Shōgun. His son is director Tomohiko Yamashita.
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Kōsaku Yamashita
- Name
- Kōsaku Yamashita
- Born
- 10 January 1930
- Birthplace
- Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
- Died
- 6 December 1998
- Place of death
- Tokyo, Japan
- Occupation
- Film director
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Education
- Kyoto University
- Languages
- Japanese
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10 December 1930 – 6 December 1998 was a Japanese film director who specialized in directing Yakuza films. Yamashita was nicknamed Shōgun. His son is director Tomohiko Yamashita.
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Kōsaku Yamashita was a Japanese and Japanese film director. Born in Akune, the film director died in Kyoto Prefecture. Kōsaku Yamashita studied at Kyoto University. Languages used include Japanese.
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Biography
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In 1952, He graduated from Kyoto University and joined Toei Film. He was working an office job, but three years later, he became an assistant director under Tomu Uchida and Kōzaburō Yoshimura. Yamashita made his directorial debut with Wakatono Senryu Hada in 1961. His representative works included The Valiant Red Peony series and Kyōdai Jingi (1966).
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• Name — Kōsaku Yamashita • Born — 10 January 1930 • Birthplace — Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan • Died — 6 December 1998 • Place of death — Tokyo, Japan • Other Names — Shōgun • Occupation — Film director • Years Active — 1955-1998
Television
Television
• Oshizamurai Kiichihōgan (1974) (ep.13) • Hissatsu Shigotonin (1980) (ep.8) • Choshichiro Edo Nikki (1983–91) • Nemuri Kyōshirō Burai Hikae (1983) • Katsu Kaishu (1990) (TV Film) • Abare Hasshū Goyō Tabi (1991–94)
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Kōsaku Yamashita was born at Akune.
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Kōsaku Yamashita died at Kyoto Prefecture.
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Akune.
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Film
• Wakatono Senryu Hada (1961) • Kyōdai Jingi (1966) • Big Time Gambling Boss (1968) • The Vanity of the Shogun's Mistresses (1968) • The Valiant Red Peony a.k.a. Hibotan Bakuto (1968) • Zoro Me no San Kyōdai (1972) • Yamaguchi-gumi Sandaime (1973) • Yokosuka Naval Prison (1973) • Yamaguchi-gumi gaiden: Kyushu Shinko-sakusen a.k.a. The Tattooed Hit Man • Father of the Kamikaze (1974) • Story of All-Out Attack a.k.a. Path of Japanese Chivalry (1975) • Jail Breakers a.k.a. Datsō Yugi (1976) • Gōtō Satsujin Shu (1976) • Tokugawa Ichizoku no Hōukai (1980) • Kaigenrei no yoru (1980) • Shura no Mure (1984) • The Last True Yakuza a.k.a. Saigo no Bakuto (1985) • Night Train (1987) • The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma (1987) • Another Way (1988) • Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle (1990) • Shin Gokudō no Tsumatachi Kakugoshiiya (1993)
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- 1.The TV. 山下耕作.
- 2.Goo. Kōsaku Yamashita profile.
- 3.映画ナタリー. Kōsaku Yamashita profile.
- 4.ラピュタ. 山下耕作の世界 by Sadao Nakajima.
- 5.株式会社京都組. Tomohiko Yamashita.
- 6.映画DB. Kōsaku Yamashita Profile.
- 7.Kotobank. 20世紀日本人名事典「山下 耕作」の解説.
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- Shōgun to Yobareta Otoko Eiga Kantoku Yamashita Kōsaku 将軍と呼ばれた男―映画監督山下耕作 (ワイズ出版 1999)
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