was a Japanese
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
and
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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Career
Morisaki was born in
Nagasaki Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,314,078 (1 June 2020) and has a geographic area of 4,130 Square kilometre, km2 (1,594 sq mi). Nagasaki Prefecture borders ...
and graduated from
Kyoto University
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.
After editing the film magazine ''Jidai Eiga'', he joined the
Shochiku
() is a Japanese film and kabuki production and distribution company. It also produces and distributes anime films, in particular those produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks (which has a long-time partnership—the company released most, if not all ...
studio in 1956.
Moving from the Kyoto to
Ofuna Studio, he wrote screenplays for
Yoji Yamada
is a Japanese film director best known for his ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series of films and his Samurai Trilogy (''The Twilight Samurai'', ''The Hidden Blade'' and '' Love and Honor'').
Biography
He was born in Osaka, but due to his father's job ...
's comedies and made his directorial debut in 1969 with ''Woman Can't Be Beaten''.
[ Known for his earthy, acerbic comedy, he also directed one episode of the '' Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series. Turning freelance in 1975,][ he continued to make films. His last film, '' Pecoross' Mother and Her Days'' (2013), was made when he was 86 years old.]stroke
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at a hospital in Chigasaki, Kanagawa.
Awards
Morisaki was given a best new artist award in the film category of the Agency for Cultural Affairs
The is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). It was set up in 1968 to promote Japanese arts and culture.
The agency's budget for FY 2018 rose to ¥107.7 billion.
Overview
The ag ...
's Geijutsu Senshō art awards for 1970, and then received the Minister of Education's award in the 2004 Geijutsu Senshō. He also received a special grand award for his career at the 25th Yokohama Film Festival
The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The first festival, held on February 3, 1980, was a small affair by fans and film critics. In 1994, ...
in 1994. '' Pecoross' Mother and Her Days'' was selected as the best film of 2013 in the critics' polls conducted by both the '' Kinema Junpo'' and ''Eiga Geijutsu'' magazines.
Selected filmography
* ''Woman Can't Be Beaten'' (1969)
* ''Tora-san, His Tender Love
is a 1970 Japanese comedy film directed by Azuma Morisaki. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Kuruma Torajirō (Tora-san), and Michiyo Aratama as his love interest or "Madonna". ''Tora-san, His Tender Love'' is the third entry in the popular, long-runnin ...
'' (1970)
* ''Stray Dog'' (1973)
* ''Time and Tide
Time and Tide (usually derived from the proverb ''Time and tide wait for no man'') may refer to:
Music
Albums
* ''Time and Tide'' (Greenslade album), 1975
* ''Time and Tide'' (Basia album), 1987
* ''Time and Tide'' (Battlefield Band album), ...
'' (1983)
* ''Location'' (1984)
* ''The Nuclear Gypsies'' (1985)
* ''Guys Who Never Learn'' (1987)
* ''The Great Department Store Robbery'' (1987)
* ''Tsuribaka Nisshi Special'' (1994)
* ''Oishinbo
is a long-running Japanese cooking manga series written by and drawn by . The manga's title is a portmanteau of the Japanese word for delicious, ''oishii'', and the word for someone who loves to eat, ''kuishinbo''. The series depicts the ...
'' (1996)
* ''Love Letter'' (1998)
* ''Chicken Is Barefoot'' (2004)
* '' Pecoross' Mother and Her Days'' (2013)
Bibliography
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References
External links
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Interview
Directors Guild of Japan
The is a trade union created to represent the interests of film directors in the film industry in Japan. It was founded in 1936, with Minoru Murata serving as the first president, and has continued to this day apart from a period between 1943 and ...
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Japanese film directors
1927 births
2020 deaths
Japanese screenwriters
People from Nagasaki Prefecture
Kyoto University alumni
Writers from Nagasaki Prefecture