Kenji Misumi

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-03-02 (54 years old)

Deathday

1975-09-24

Place of Birth

Kyoto, Japan

Kenji Misumi

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kenji Misumi (三隅 研次 Misumi Kenji) (2 March 1921, Kyoto, Japan - 24 September 1975) was a notable Japanese film director. He created films such as Lone Wolf and Cub and the initial film in the long-running Zatoichi (座頭市, Zatōichi) series. He died at age 53. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenji Misumi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

Production

1965

1966

1962

1964

1967

1968

1974

The Last Samurai

as Director

1962

Destiny's Son

as Director

1965

Sword Devil

as Director

1963

1964

Ken

as Director

1959

1964

1969

Devil's Temple

as Director

1960

What Price Love?

as Director

1960

Satan's Sword

as Director

1958

Obsessive Snake

as Director

1961

Buddha

as Director

1957

1969

1973

Internal Sleuth

as Director

1958

1956

1966

Dynamite Doctor

as Director

1967

Shroud of Snow

as Director

1968

1980

Shogun Assassin

as Director

1974

The Last Samurai

as Screenplay

1967

1968

1967

1971

1956

Asataro the Crow

as Director

1956

Gonpachi

as Director

1956

Flowery Brothers

as Director

1959

1960

Patterns of Love

as Director

1970

The Angry Sword

as Director

1963

1966

1962

Her Hidden Past

as Director

1960

1963

The Third Will

as Director

1951

The Tale of Genji

as Assistant Director

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