Japanese playwright, theater and film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and songwriter.
Full Filmography
Acting
Summer Storm
(1956)
Daimon, a student
Violated Angels
(1967)
Handsome Boy
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
(1969)
Shimada Ichiro
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
(1969)
Singer
Zenigeba
(1970)
Demons
(1971)
Sango
The Sea of Genkai
(1976)
Amorous Tales of Genpei
(1977)
Minamoto no Yoshitomo
Boxer
(1977)
Referee for the Final Match
Demon Pond
(1979)
Denkichi
Jazz Daimyo
(1986)
Kyunosuke
The Last Frankenstein
(1991)
Oyama
800 Two Lap Runners
(1994)
Yasu-san
The Breath
(1995)
The Wicked Reporter 3: The One That Got Away
(1996)
Dr. Akagi
(1998)
Umemoto
Through the Night
(2002)
Ekiro
(2009)
Writing
Violated Angels
(1967)
Screenplay
The Sea of Genkai
(1976)
Screenplay
A Bridge of Tears
(1983)
Screenplay
The Breath
(1995)
Screenplay
Genji monogatari: Asaki yume mishi
(2000)
Screenplay
My Easygoing Sister
(2004)
Original Story
Directing