Born in Mito, Ibaraki, and shaped by wartime hardships, he entered Nihon University’s pioneering film program before shifting to literature, where mentors Kogo Noda and Katsuhito Inomata guided his screenwriting studies; after graduation he joined Toei as an assistant director in 1954. Launching his directing career in 1961 with the Sonny Chiba-led Drifting Detective shorts, he quickly moved to co… Read more
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Known for Battle Royale 2000 Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 Battle Royale II: Requiem 2003 Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1973 ★ 7.3 Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1973
★ 7.6 Under the Flag of the Rising Sun 1972
★ 7.3 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima 1973
★ 8.1 Wolves, Pigs & Men 1964
Series ★ 10 Wounded Angels 1974
★ 7.2 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode 1974
★ 7.4 New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss 1975
★ 7.7 The Geisha House 1999
★ 7.4 Japan Organized Crime Boss 1969
Series ★ 8 Shadow Warriors 1980
Series ★ 8 Professional Killers 1972
★ 7.1 Sympathy for the Underdog 1971
★ 7.8 The Abe Clan 1995
★ 8 League of Gangsters 1963
★ 7.3 The Threat 1966
★ 7.7 Gambler's Farewell 1968
★ 7.7 The Kamikaze Guy 1966
★ 9 Theater Of Life 1983
★ 9 Man with the Funky Hat 1961
★ 8 Greed in Broad Daylight 1961
★ 7.5 A Chaos of Flowers 1988
★ 7.5 Jakoman and Tetsu 1964
★ 7.4 Bloodstained Clan of Honor 1970
★ 7.4 The Challenge 1962
★ 7.1 New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss 1976
★ 7.2 The Triple Cross 1992
★ 7.5 Gang vs. G-Men 1962
★ 7.2 Gate of Youth 1981
★ 7.2 Gambling Den Heist 1975
★ 7 Sure Death 4 1987
★ 7 Shanghai Rhapsody 1984
★ 7 Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy 1978
★ 7 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics 1974
★ 7 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War 1973
Series ★ 7 Key Hunter 1968
★ 7 Dissolution Rites 1967
★ 7 Rampaging Dragon of the North 1966
★ 7 Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley 1961
★ 7 Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor 1961
★ 6.5 Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm 1961
★ 6.9 Hokuriku Proxy War 1977
★ 6.8 Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers 1972
★ 6.9 Black Lizard 1968
★ 6.5 Violent Panic: The Big Crash 1976
★ 6.6 Blackmail Is My Life 1968
★ 6.8 The Fall of Ako Castle 1978
★ 5.5 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga 1980
★ 6.5 Lovers Lost 1982
★ 6.8 Street Mobster 1972
★ 6 If You Were Young: Rage 1970
★ 6.6 Doberman Cop 1977
★ 6.5 Fall Guy 1982
★ 6.6 Yakuza Graveyard 1976
★ 6.7 Graveyard of Honor 1975
★ 4.9 Black Rose Mansion 1969
★ 5.5 Crest of Betrayal 1994
★ 5.9 New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 1974
★ 6.1 Cops vs. Thugs 1975
★ 4.5 House on Fire 1986
★ 5.9 Legend of the Eight Samurai 1983
★ 6.3 Virus 1980
★ 5.9 Samurai Reincarnation 1981
★ 5.9 Message from Space 1978
★ 5.3 The Green Slime 1968
Series Unified Shadows 1975
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