Satsuo Yamamoto
Satsuo Yamamoto
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Satsuo Yamamoto (July 15, 1910 - August 11, 1983) was a Japanese film director. Yamamoto was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on July 15, 1910. He dropped out of Waseda University to join Shochiku, where he worked as an assistant director to Mikio Naruse and others. He followed Naruse when he moved to PCL, and became a director in his own right after the company was reborn as Toho. During WWII he directed several pro-war propaganda films for them despite being a fervent member of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP), and after the war he rallied against the company as a driving force behind the union during the 1948 Toho labour dispute (in which the JCP was heavily involved), after which was ultimately fired. He subsequently worked on independent films and made numerous intensely rebellious and substantial socially conscious works. From the 1960s onward, he directed a succession of major films including the Toyoko Yamasaki adaptations “The Ivory Tower” and “The Perfect Family”, the “Men and War” trilogy, and “Kotei no inai Hachigatsu”. This body of epic works led to him being dubbed “the Red Cecil B. DeMille”. Three of his films, Shiroi Kyotō, Fumō Chitai and Ah! Nomugi Toge won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Film. He died of pancreatic cancer on August 11, 1983 at the age of 73. Description above from the Wikipedia article Satsuo Yamamoto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
59
Gender
Male
Birthday
1910-07-15 (114 years old)
Place of Birth
日本, 鹿儿岛县
Crew

1981

Asshii-tachi no machi Director

1979

Nomugi Pass Director

1978

August without Emperor Screenplay

1977

Thong Nhat Vietnam Director

1976

The Corporation Director

1975

Solar Eclipse Director

1974

The Family Director

1970

Okinawa Producer

1969

Vietnam Director

1969

Blood End Director

1969

Vietnam Editor

1968

The Bride from Hades Director

1968

Dorei kōjō Director

1967

Zatoichi the Outlaw Director

1967

The Bogus Policeman Director

1966

The Great White Tower Director

1966

The Freezing Point Director

1965

Witness Chair Director

1965

The Spy Director

1964

A Public Benefactor Director

1963

The Red Water Screenplay

1963

The Red Water Director

1959

The Song of the Cart Director

1959

The Human Wall Director

1958

His Scarlet Cloak Director

1956

Typhoon Director

1956

Avalanche Director

1955

Ai Sureba Koso Director

1955

Floating Weeds Diary Director

1954

The End of a Day Director

1952

The Stand in Hakone Screenplay

1952

The Stand in Hakone Director

1952

Vacuum Zone Director

1950

Street of Violence Director

1947

War and Peace Director

1943

Hot Wind Director

1942

Wings of Victory Director

1939

Beautiful Departure Director

1939

Beautiful Departure Screenplay

1939

Machi Director

1938

Pastoral Symphony Director

1937

Mother's Melody Director

1934

Street Without End Assistant Director

1932

Sports Director