Tomotaka Tasaka
Directing
- Born
- April 14, 1901 · Hiroshima, Japan
- Died
- October 17, 1974 (age 73)
Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, he began working at Nikkatsu's Kyoto studio in 1924 and eventually came to prominence for a series of realist, humanist films made at Nikkatsu's Tamagawa studio in the late 1930s such as Robō no ishi and Mud and Soldiers, both of which starred Isamu Kosugi.
Known for
Five Scouts
January 7, 1938
A Slope in the Sun
April 15, 1958
A House in the Quarter
November 1, 1963
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
April 10, 1965
Victory Song
February 22, 1945
Koto—The Lake of Tears
November 13, 1966
A Pebble by the Wayside
September 21, 1938
The Maid's Kid
June 28, 1955
Run, Genta, Run!
November 22, 1961
Explosion!
February 15, 1939
A Carpenter and Children
June 10, 1962
You and I
November 15, 1941
Behind the camera33
- 1968Scrap Collectors Director
- 1966Koto—The Lake of Tears Director
- 1965Cold Rice, Osan, Chan Director
- 1964The Sharks Director
- 1963A House in the Quarter Director, Screenplay
- 1962A Carpenter and Children Director, Screenplay
- 1961Run, Genta, Run! Director
- 1960Shinran, Part II Director
- 1960Shinran Director
- 1959The Stream of Youth