Born in 1921 to a Kobe entrepreneur and a Kyoto geisha, Misumi was raised by his aunt, attended Ritsumeikan Business School, and entered cinema after novelist Kan Kikuchi gave him a contact at Nikkatsu, where he began as a trainee in 1941. Wartime service and Siberian captivity delayed his career, but he returned to the post-war industry at Daiei, assisting on The Tale of Genji and working with Te… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance 1972 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx 1972 Shogun Assassin 1980 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades 1972 ★ 10 Life of Matsu the Untamed 1965
★ 10 Buddha 1961
★ 10 Asataro the Crow 1956
★ 9 Princess Sen in Edo 1960
★ 8.5 The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall 1958
Series ★ 8.2 Zatoichi Monogatari 1974
Series ★ 8 Professional Killers 1972
Series ★ 8 Kogarashi Monjiro 1972
★ 8 The Two Bodyguards 1968
★ 8 The Homely Sister 1967
★ 7.7 Ken 1964
★ 7.7 The Third Will 1963
★ 7.6 The Last Samurai 1974
★ 7.6 Shroud of Snow 1967
★ 7.5 Internal Sleuth 1973
★ 7.5 The Virgin Witness 1966
★ 7.4 Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance 1972
★ 7.4 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx 1972
★ 7.2 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons 1973
★ 7.1 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades 1972
★ 7 The Gift of the Fox 1971
★ 7 The Woman Gambler's Iron Rule 1971
★ 7 The Funeral Racket 1968
★ 7 Her Hidden Past 1962
★ 7 What Price Love? 1960
★ 7 Gambler and the Princess 1959
★ 7 A Thousand Flying Cranes 1959
★ 6.8 Shogun Assassin 1980
★ 6.8 Devil's Temple 1969
★ 6.8 Destiny's Son 1962
★ 6.7 Shinsengumi Chronicles 1963
★ 6.6 Satan's Sword 1960
★ 6.5 Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God 1960
★ 6.3 Sword Devil 1965
★ 6.3 Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire 1965
★ 6.2 Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice 1972
★ 6.2 The Magoichi Saga 1969
★ 6.2 Return of Giant Majin 1966
★ 6.2 The Ghost of Yotsuya 1959
★ 6 Obsessive Snake 1958
★ 6 Freelance Samurai 1957
★ 5.8 Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure 1964
★ 5.6 Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy 1966
Series Bounty Hunter 1975
Series Priest of Darkness 1975
Series Mute Samurai 1973
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi 1965
Ōkuma Shigenobu the great 1963
Maiko and the Assassin 1963
The Demon of Sendai's Castle 1962
The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark 1961
The Casebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Beautiful Spider 1960
Wearing a Long-Sleeved Kimono 1958
Ginji of the Seven Faces 1955
The Shadow That Kills the Moon 1955
The Rust Cleaner Sings 1955
Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot 1954
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