Hiromichi Horikawa

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1916-12-28 (96 years old)

Deathday

2012-09-05

Place of Birth

Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Hiromichi Horikawa

Biography

Hiromichi Horikawa was born on November 28, 1916 in Kyoto, Japan. He was a director and assistant director, known for Seven Samurai (1954), Ikiru (1952) and Throne of Blood (1957). He died on September 5, 2012 in Kyoto, Japan. Horikawa Hiromichi was a Japanese director. He was assistant director to Kurosawa Akira for the production of Seven Samurai (1954) and Throne of Blood (1957). Akira Kurosawa’s assistant on numerous films including Ikiru (1952) and Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai, 1954), Horikawa has never achieved his mentor’s fame. Kurosawa himself scripted his directorial debut, A Story of Fast-Growing Weeds (Asunaro monogatari,...

Acting

2000

Kurosawa

as Self

Production

1985

Mutchan

as Director

1965

1951

Wedding March

as Assistant Director

1977

The Alaska Story

as Director

1989

War and Flowers

as Director

1961

1954

Seven Samurai

as Assistant Director

1970

The Militarists

as Director

1960

The Lost Alibi

as Director

1964

Brand of Evil

as Screenplay

1964

Brand of Evil

as Director

1960

The Blue Beast

as Director

1962

1968

Good-bye Moscow

as Director

1963

1975

1958

1978

1953

My Wonderful Yellow Car

as Assistant Director

1968

1956

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