was a Japanese

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Career

Born in

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, he began working at

Nikkatsu is a Japanese entertainment company known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio, founded in 1912 during the silent film era. The name ''Nikkatsu'' amalgamates the words Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally ...

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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 ''

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'', both of which starred

Isamu Kosugi was a Japanese actor and film director. Career Born in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, Kosugi first studied at the Nihon Eiga Haiyū Gakkō before joining the Nikkatsu studio in 1925. He came to prominence in tendency films such as '' Ikeru ...

. His war film, ''

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'', was screened in the competition at the

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. Tasaka was a victim of the

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and spent many years recovering. He eventually resumed directing and won the best director prize at the 1958

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for ''

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'', which starred Yūjirō Ishihara. His brother,

Katsuhiko Tasaka was a Japanese film director. He directed films from 1930s to 1960s. His older brother, Tomotaka Tasaka ( 田坂具隆), was also a Japanese film director. Filmography Katsuhiko Tasaka directed over 40 films:http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p02917 ...

, was also a film director, and his wife, Hisako Takihana, was an actress.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (五人の斥候兵, Gonin no sekkōhei) (1938) * '' Robō no ishi'' (路傍の石) (1938) * ''

'' (土と兵隊, Tsuchi to heitai) (1939) * '' The Baby Carriage'' (乳母車, Ubaguruma) (1956) * '' This Day's Life'' (今日のいのち Kyō no inochi) (1957) * ''

'' (陽のあたる坂道, Hi no ataru sakamichi) (1958) * ''

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'' (湖の琴, Mizuumi no Kin) (1966)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tasaka, Tomotaka Japanese film directors 1902 births 1974 deaths People from Hiroshima Prefecture Hibakusha Silent film directors