Kōsaku Yamashita

Kōsaku Yamashita (山下耕作, Yamashita Kōsaku, 10 December 1930 – 6 December 1998) was a Japanese film director who specialized in directing Yakuza films.[2] Yamashita was nicknamed Shōgun.[3][4] His son is director Tomohiko Yamashita.[5]

Kōsaku Yamashita
Born(1930-01-10)10 January 1930
Kagoshima Prefecture,[1] Japan
Died6 December 1998
Tokyo, Japan
Other namesShōgun
OccupationFilm director
Years active1955-1998

In 1952, He graduated from Kyoto University and joined Toei Film.[6] He was working an office job, but three years later,[6] he became an assistant director under Tomu Uchida and Kōzaburō Yoshimura.[7]

Yamashita made his directorial debut with Wakatono Senryu Hada in 1961.[7] His representative works included The Valiant Red Peony series and Kyōdai Jingi (1966).[6]

Selected filmography

Film
  • Wakatono Senryu Hada (1961)
  • Kyōdai Jingi (1966)
  • The Vanity of the Shogun's Mistresses (1968)
  • The Valiant Red Peony aka Hibotan Bakuto (1968)
  • Zoro Me no San Kyōdai (1972)
  • Yamaguchi-gumi Sandaime (1973)
  • Yokosuka Naval Prison (1973)
  • Yamaguchi-gumi gaiden: Kyushu Shinko-sakusen aka The Tattooed Hit Man
  • Father of the Kamikaze (1974)
  • Story of All-Out Attack or Path of Japanese Chivalry (1975)
  • Jail Breakers aka Datsō Yugi (1976)
  • Gōtō Satsujin Shu (1976)
  • Tokugawa Ichizoku no Hōukai (1980)
  • Shura no Mure (1984)
  • The Last True Yakuza aka Saigo no Bakuto (1985)
  • Night Train (1987)
  • The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma (1987)
  • Another Way (1988)
  • Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle (1990)
  • Shin Gokudō no Tsumatachi Kakugoshiiya (1993)

Television

Further reading
  • Shōgun to Yobareta Otoko Eiga Kantoku Yamashita Kōsaku 将軍と呼ばれた男―映画監督山下耕作 (ワイズ出版 1999) ISBN 9784898300022

References
  1. "山下耕作" (in Japanese). The TV. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. "Kōsaku Yamashita profile" (in Japanese). Goo. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  3. "Kōsaku Yamashita profile" (in Japanese). 映画ナタリー. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  4. "山下耕作の世界 by Sadao Nakajima" (in Japanese). ラピュタ. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  5. "Tomohiko Yamashita". 株式会社京都組. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  6. "Kōsaku Yamashita Profile". 映画DB. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  7. "20世紀日本人名事典「山下 耕作」の解説". Kotobank. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
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