Person
Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Directing · 1911–1983 · Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Kimiyoshi Yasuda was a Japanese film director from the 1930s to 1970s. He directed six films about Zatoichi, the Blind Swordsman. He signed with Nikkatsu Kyoto studio as an assistant director and started working as an assistant director under Sadao Yamanaka and Hiroshi Inagaki etc.
Known for
Kogarashi Monjiro
Director
Mute Samurai
Writer
Priest of Darkness
Director
Japanese Masterpiece Ghost Story Theatre
Screenplay
Haha koiboshi
Director
Lefty Fencer
Director
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
Director
Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters
Director
Ouma wa nanajū nanaman seki
Director
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
Director
Filmography
- 1979Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Kasane SwampWriter
- 1979Japanese Masterpiece Ghost Story TheatreScreenplay
- 1979Hanshichi TorimonochoCreator
- 1975Priest of DarknessDirector
- 1973Mute SamuraiWriter
- 1973Zatoichi's ConspiracyDirector
- 1972Kogarashi MonjiroDirector
- 1971Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed SwordsmanDirector
- 1970Ghost of Kasane SwampDirector
- 1969Second Generation Young BossDirector
- 1969Lefty FencerDirector
- 1969Yokai Monsters: Along with GhostsDirector
- 1969Sworn BrothersDirector
- 1968Sequel: Secret Report From A Women's PrisonDirector
- 1968Zatoichi and the FugitivesDirector
- 1968Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's LairDirector
- 1968Yokai Monsters: 100 MonstersDirector
- 1967The Hoodlum PriestDirector
- 1967Bad Reputation: The Notorious Man of LegendDirector
- 1967Tokyo GamblerDirector
- 1967Zatoichi's Cane SwordDirector
- 1966殺人者Director
- 1966DaimajinDirector
- 1965New Tengu from Mount KuramaDirector
- 1965Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of SatanDirector
- 1964Adventures of ZatoichiDirector
- 1964Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle KillingDirector
- 1963Zatoichi on the RoadDirector
- 1962Kumoemon to sono tsumaDirector
- 1962Ame no Kudan-zakaDirector
- 1961すっとび仁義Director
- 1961晴小袖Director
- 1960Ghost Story: Depth of KasaneDirector
- 1960お嬢さん三度笠Director
- 1958Hana no yukyo-denDirector
- 1958Megitsune BuroDirector
- 1958Hanatarō JumonDirector
- 1957Akado Suzunosuke vs. the One-Legged DevilDirector
- 1957Akado Suzunosuke and the Vacuum Slash of the Asuka SchoolDirector
- 1957Akado Suzunosuke Destroys the Devil Mask GangDirector
- 1957Fighting Letter for 29 PeopleDirector
- 1956Shirai GonpachiDirector
- 1956Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 2Director
- 1955Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 1Director
- 1955The Dancer and Two WarriorsDirector
- 1955The Young LordDirector
- 1954The Young SwordsmanDirector
- 1954関八州勢揃いDirector
- 1954Maiko monogatariDirector
- 1953Hiren tsubakiDirector
- 1952Sado Island ElegyDirector
- 1951Izayoi kaidōDirector
- 1951The Red KeyDirector
- 1950Tetsuro no dankonDirector
- 1950Komusō yashikiDirector
- 1950Pirate IslandDirector
- 1950CondorDirector
- 1949The Elephant Who WaitedDirector
- 1949Haha koiboshiDirector
- 1949The Man Who Laughs LastDirector
- 1948That Night's AdventureDirector
- 1944Ouma wa nanajū nanaman sekiDirector
- 1942Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettōAssistant Director
- 1939Shunjû ittôryûAssistant Director
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