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Satsuo Yamamoto is a Director and Assistant Director Japonais born on 15 july 1910 at Kagoshima Prefecture (Japon)
Satsuo Yamamoto (山本 薩夫, Yamamoto Satsuo, July 15, 1910 - August 11, 1983) was a Japanese film director.
Yamamoto was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on July 15, 1910. He dropped out of Waseda University to join Shochiku, where he worked as an assistant director to Mikio Naruse and others. He followed Naruse when he moved to PCL, and became a director in his own right after the company was reborn as Toho. During WWII he directed several pro-war propaganda films for them despite being a fervent member of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP), and after the war he rallied against the company as a driving force behind the union during the 1948 Toho labour dispute (in which the JCP was heavily involved), after which was ultimately fired.
He subsequently worked on independent films and made numerous intensely rebellious and substantial socially conscious works. From the 1960s onward, he directed a succession of major films including the Toyoko Yamasaki adaptations “The Ivory Tower” and “The Perfect Family”, the “Men and War” trilogy, and “Kotei no inai Hachigatsu”. This body of epic works led to him being dubbed “the Red Cecil B. DeMille”.
Three of his films, Shiroi Kyotō, Fumō Chitai and Ah! Nomugi Toge won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Film.
He died of pancreatic cancer on August 11, 1983 at the age of 73.
Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il réalise plusieurs films de propagande pour la Toho tout en étant un membre fervent du Parti communiste japonais. Après guerre, il participe à la controverse impliquant la Toho et se fait renvoyer.
Par la suite, il réalise des films indépendants fortement impliqués dans la réalité sociale de son pays. On le surnomme alors le « Cecil B. DeMille Rouge ».
Il meurt d'un cancer du pancréas le 11 août 1983 à l'âge de 73 ans.
Satsuo Yamamoto a réalisé 60 films entre 1937 et 1982.
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Satsuo Yamamoto
Nationality Japon
Birth 15 july 1910 at Kagoshima Prefecture (Japon)
Death 11 august 1983 (at 73 years)
Birth 15 july 1910 at Kagoshima Prefecture (Japon)
Death 11 august 1983 (at 73 years)
Yamamoto was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on July 15, 1910. He dropped out of Waseda University to join Shochiku, where he worked as an assistant director to Mikio Naruse and others. He followed Naruse when he moved to PCL, and became a director in his own right after the company was reborn as Toho. During WWII he directed several pro-war propaganda films for them despite being a fervent member of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP), and after the war he rallied against the company as a driving force behind the union during the 1948 Toho labour dispute (in which the JCP was heavily involved), after which was ultimately fired.
He subsequently worked on independent films and made numerous intensely rebellious and substantial socially conscious works. From the 1960s onward, he directed a succession of major films including the Toyoko Yamasaki adaptations “The Ivory Tower” and “The Perfect Family”, the “Men and War” trilogy, and “Kotei no inai Hachigatsu”. This body of epic works led to him being dubbed “the Red Cecil B. DeMille”.
Three of his films, Shiroi Kyotō, Fumō Chitai and Ah! Nomugi Toge won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Film.
He died of pancreatic cancer on August 11, 1983 at the age of 73.
Biography
Satsuo Yamamoto naît le 15 juillet 1910 dans la préfecture de Kagoshima. Il abandonne l'université Waseda pour rejoindre la Shōchiku, où il débute comme assistant pour Mikio Naruse et d'autres réalisateurs. Il suit ensuite Naruse lorsque celui-ci part pour les studios P.C.L., et devient réalisateur peu après que la compagnie ne devienne la Toho.Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il réalise plusieurs films de propagande pour la Toho tout en étant un membre fervent du Parti communiste japonais. Après guerre, il participe à la controverse impliquant la Toho et se fait renvoyer.
Par la suite, il réalise des films indépendants fortement impliqués dans la réalité sociale de son pays. On le surnomme alors le « Cecil B. DeMille Rouge ».
Il meurt d'un cancer du pancréas le 11 août 1983 à l'âge de 73 ans.
Satsuo Yamamoto a réalisé 60 films entre 1937 et 1982.
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Nomugi Pass (1979)
, 2h34Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Shinobu Ōtake, Mieko Harada, Rentarō Mikuni, Takeo Chii, Mari Okamoto, Tanie Kitabayashi
Rating69%
An indictment of the treatment of Meiji period silkworkers by their employers.
The Corporation (1976)
Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurō Tanba, Isao Yamagata, Shiho Fujimura, Hisashi Igawa, Hideji Ōtaki
Rating67%
Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967)
, 1h36Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Yakuza films, Films about disabilities, Gangster films
Actors Shintarō Katsu, Rentarō Mikuni, Kō Nishimura, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Mizuho Suzuki, Saburo Date
Rating69%
In a rural village, Zatoichi (Katsu) encounters Shushi Ohara (Suzuki; modeled after 18th-century agriculturalist Yagaku Ohara) a sword-less ronin who defends himself against multiple attackers without killing them. Ohara leads a peasant movement advocating the abstention from gambling, drinking, and whoring.
The Great White Tower (1966)
, 2h30Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto
Genres Drama
Actors Eijirō Tōno, Takahiro Tamura, Eitarō Ozawa, Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mayumi Ogawa
Rating72%
The Street Without Sun (1954)
, 2h20Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Sumiko Hidaka, Yoshi Katō, Eijirō Tōno, Jun Tatara, Seiji Miyaguchi, Taiji Tonoyama
Rating62%
1925. L'histoire d'une grève dans une grande imprimerie à Tokyo. Le conflit dégénère et la répression policière s'exerce avec une violence exceptionnelle...
Vacuum Zone (1952)
, 2h9Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Yoshi Katō, Isao Kimura, Tsutomu Shimomoto, Eiji Okada, Nobuo Kaneko
Rating70%
Le récit dramatique d'un soldat de première classe, Kitani, accusé de vol et persécuté par son lieutenant. Une vision très noire de la vie de caserne dans l'Armée impériale japonaise durant la Guerre du Pacifique.
The Town of Violence (1950)
, 1h51Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto
Genres Drama
Actors Ryō Ikebe, Akitake Kōno, Eitarō Ozawa, Takashi Shimura
Rating62%
Wings of Victory (1942)
, 1h49Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto
Genres Drama, War
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Takako Irie, Ranko Hanai, Eitarō Shindō, Masao Shimizu, Yuriko Hanabusa
Rating69%
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Street Without End (1934)
, 1h29Directed by Mikio Naruse
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Actors Akio Isono, Shinichi Himori, Tomio Aoki, Takeshi Sakamoto, Chishū Ryū
Roles Assistant Director
Rating68%
À la suite d'un accident, Sugiko, jeune serveuse dans un café, rate un rendez-vous avec son fiancé. Croyant qu'elle l'a oublié, il rentre dans sa campagne natale. Yamanouchi, le fils de famille qui l'avait renversée tombe amoureux d'elle. Il l'épouse.