Keisuke Kinoshita
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-12-03 (86 years old)
Deathday
1998-12-30
Place of Birth
Shizuoka, Japan
Also known As
木下正吉 (本名)
木下恵介
Кэйскэ Киносьта
Кэйсукэ Киносита
Кэйскэ Киносита
키노시타 케이스케
기노시타 케이스케
کیسوکه کینوشیتا
Shōkichi Kinoshita
Keisuke Kinoshita
Biography
Keisuke Kinoshita (木下 惠介, Kinoshita Keisuke, December 5, 1912 – December 30, 1998) was a Japanese film director. Hugely popular in his home country of Japan, Keisuke Kinoshita worked tirelessly as a director for nearly half a century, making lyrical, sentimental films that often center on the inherent goodness of people, especially in times of distress. He began his directing career during a most challenging time for Japanese cinema: World War II, when the industry’s output was closely monitored by the state and often had to be purely propagandistic. He refused to be bound by genre, technique, or dogma. Kinoshita excelled in almost every gen...
Acting
1954
as (uncredited)
1983
as Self
Production
1953
as Screenplay
1954
as Director
1954
as Screenplay
1953
as Director
1947
as Director
1949
as Director
1951
as Director
1946
as Director
1955
as Director
1963
as Director
1951
as Director
1948
as Director
1948
as Director
1958
as Director
1962
as Screenplay
1956
as Director
1948
as Director
1963
as Director
1944
as Director
1944
as Director
1983
as Original Story
1983
as Writer
1983
as Director
1959
as Director
1956
as Director
1939
as Idea
1939
as Writer
1942
as Writer
1955
as Director
1952
as Director
1952
as Screenplay
1949
as Story
1986
as Writer
1986
as Director
1949
as Director
1949
as Screenplay
1957
as Director
1958
as Writer
1958
as Director
1988
as Writer
1959
as Director
1988
as Director
1951
as Director
1951
as Screenplay
1951
as Screenplay
1946
as Story
1954
as Director
1943
as Director
1946
as Director
1951
as Director
1946
as Screenplay
1979
as Director
1959
as Director
1960
as Screenplay
1960
as Director
1950
as Screenplay
1950
as Director
1960
as Director
1980
as Director
1949
as Director
1980
as Writer
1949
as Director
1957
as Writer
1957
as Director
1964
as Producer
1964
as Writer
1964
as Director
1987
as Screenplay
1937
as Assistant Director
1943
as Director
1962
as Producer
1962
as Screenplay
1951
as Screenplay
2000
as Screenplay
1967
as Director
1955
as Screenplay
1947
as Director
1953
as Screenplay
1947
as Story
1935
as Assistant Camera
1950
as Producer
1960
as Screenplay
1953
as Screenplay
1960
as Producer
1965
as Writer
1948
as Screenplay
1967
as Screenplay
1962
as Director
1966
as Original Story
1958
as Writer
1962
as Screenplay
1963
as Executive Producer
1976
as Director
1957
as Screenplay
1954
as Screenplay
1961
as Screenplay
1963
as Producer
1963
as Screenplay
1943
as Writer
1961
as Director
1961
as Producer
1947
as Screenplay
1959
as Screenplay
1979
as Screenplay
1967
as Screenplay
1956
as Screenplay
1951
as Screenplay
1970
as Executive Producer
1942
as Screenplay
1976
as Writer
1959
as Screenplay
1962
as Director
1962
as Writer
1955
as Screenplay
1962
as Screenplay
1959
as Screenplay
1961
as Screenplay
1967
as Producer
1956
as Screenplay
2024
as Original Story
1940
as Assistant Director
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