Born: 16-May-1898
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: 24-Aug-1956
Location of death: Kyoto, Japan
Cause of death: Cancer - Leukemia

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Asian
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Film Director

Nationality: Japan
Executive summary: The Life of Oharu

Sister: (geisha)
Girlfriend: Yuriko Ichijo (prostitute, cohabited 1920s, later attacked him)

    University: Aohashi Western Painting Research Institute, Tokyo

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    Street of Shame (18-Mar-1956)
    The Taira Clan (21-Sep-1955)
    Princess Yang Kwei-fei (3-May-1955)
    The Crucified Lovers (23-Nov-1954)
    Sansho the Bailiff (31-Mar-1954)
    A Geisha (12-Aug-1953)
    Ugetsu (26-Mar-1953)
    Life of Oharu (3-Apr-1952)
    The 47 Ronin (8-Dec-1941)
    The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (13-Oct-1939)
    The Sisters of the Gion (15-Oct-1936)

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