Born: November 20, 1915, Mie, Japan
1947: Toho Sen’ichi-ya
1948: A Flower Blooms, Sambyakurokujugo Ya-Tokyo-hen, Sambyakurokujugo ya-Osaka-hen
1949: Passion Without End, Human Patterns, 365 Nights
1950: Akatsuki No Tsuiseki, Heat and Mud, Ginza Sanshiro
1951: River Solo Flows, Wedding March, Nusumareta Koi, Koibito, Ieraishan
1952: Mr. Lucky, Young People, The Woman Who Touched The Legs, This Way That Way, The Man Without A Nationality
1953: Mr. Pu, The Blue Revolution, Youth of Heiji Senigata, The Lovers
1954: All of Myself, A Billionaire, Twelve Chapters on Women
1955: Ghost Story of Youth, The Heart
1956: The Burmese Harp (Oscar Nomination: Best Foreign Language Film), Punishment Room, Bridge of Japan
1957: The Crowded Streetcar, The Men of Tohoku, The Hole
1958: Conflagration
1959: Anata to Watashi No Aikotoba: Sayonara Konnichiwa, Odd Obsession, Fires On The Plain, Keisatsu-kan to Boryoku-Dan
1960: A Woman’s Testament, Bonchi, Younger Brother
1961: Ten Dark Women
1962: The Outcast, Being Two Isn’t Easy
1963: An Actor’s Revenge, Alone On The Pacific, The Money Dance
1965: Tokyo Olympiad
1966: Genji Monogatari
1967: Topo Gigio and the Missile War
1968: Seishun
1971: To Love Again
1973: The Wanderers, Visions of Eight
1975: I Am A Cat
1976: Tsuma To Onna No Aida, The Inugami Family
1977: Akuma No Temari-Uta, The Devil’s Island
1978: Queen Bee, Firebird: Daybreak Chapter
1979: The House of Hanging
1980: Koto
1981: Lonely Heart
1983: The Makioka Sisters
1984: Ohan
1985: The Burmese Harp
1986: The Hall of the Crying Deer
1987: Actress, Princess From The Moon
1988: Crane
1991: Noh Mask Murders
1993: Sono Kido o Tootte, Kaettekite Kogarashi Monjiro
1994: 47 Ronin
1996: The 8-Tomb Village
2000: Shinsengumi, Dora-Heita
2001: Kah-chan
2006: Ten Nights of Dreams, Inugami-ke No Ichizoku
Died: February 13, 2008, Tokyo, Japan
