(born July 7, 1920 - August 15, 2009, Shimane Prefecture, Japan) was a Japanese

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. He is best known for films in the

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and

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genres. He was also an ordained Shin Buddhist priest. His final work as director was in the 1992 film ''Shorishatachi''.

Filmography

He directed over 69 movies:accessed 18 January 2009
/ref> * 東京のえくぼ ('' Tokyo no ekubo'', 1952) * ハワイの夜 ('' Hawai no yoru'', 1953) * 戦艦大和 (1953) * 人間魚雷回天 ('' Ningen gyorai kaiten'', 1955) * 兄とその妹 (''

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'', aka ''Brother and Sister'', 1956) * 続青い山脈　雪子の巻 ('' Zoku Aoi sanmyaku Yukiko no maki'', 1957) * 美貌の都 (1957) * ひかげの娘 (''

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'', 1957) * 社長三代記 ('' Shachō sandaiki'', 1958) * 続・社長三代記 ('' Zoku shachō sandaiki'', 1958) * 潜水艦イ-57降伏せず (''Sensuikan I-57 kofuku sezu'', '' Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender'', 1959) * ハワイ・ミッドウェイ大海空戦太平洋の嵐 (''Hawai Middouei daikaikusen: Taiheiyo no arashi'', '' Storm Over the Pacific'', 1960) * 社長道中記 ('' Shachō dochuki'', 1961) * 続・社長道中記 ('' Zoku shachō dochuki: onna oyabun taiketsu no maki'', 1961) * 世界大戦争 (Sekai Daisen'sō, lit. ''Great World War'', '' The Last War'', 1961) * サラリーマン清水港 ('' Sarariman shimizu minato'', 1962) * 太平洋の翼 ('' Taiheiyo no tsubasa'', 1963) * てなもんや東海道 ('' Tenamonya Tōkaidō'', 1966) * 喜劇・百点満点 ('' Kigeki hyakkuten manten'', 1976) * 連合艦隊 ('' Imperial Navy'', 1981) * ゴルフ夜明け前 ('' Gorufu yoakemae'', 1987) * 勝利者たち (''Shorishatachi'', 1992)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Matsubayashi, Shue Japanese film directors 1920 births 2009 deaths Place of birth missing Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist priests 20th-century Buddhist monks