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Torajirō Saitō is a Director Japonais born on 30 january 1905

Torajirō Saitō

Torajirō Saitō
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Nationality Japon
Birth 30 january 1905
Death 1 may 1982 (at 77 years)

Torajirō Saitō (斎藤 寅次郎, Saitō Torajirō) né le 30 janvier 1905 et mort le 1er mai 1982 est un réalisateur japonais connu pour ses comédies.

Biography

Né dans la préfecture d'Akita,Torajirō Saitō entre aux studios Shōchiku en 1922 et fait ses débuts de réalisateur en 1926.

Il travaille plus tard aux studios Shintōhō et Tōhō.

Il est connu comme le « dieu de la comédie » pour avoir dirigé plus de 200 films entre 1926 et 1962, dont beaucoup étaient des comédies absurdes mettant en vedette des clowns célèbres tels que Ken'ichi Enomoto, Roppa Furukawa et Junzaburō Ban.

Usually with

Hibari Misora
Hibari Misora
(6 films)
Takeshi Sakamoto
Takeshi Sakamoto
(3 films)
Roppa Furukawa
Roppa Furukawa
(3 films)
Takako Irie
Takako Irie
(2 films)
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Torajirō Saitō (11 films)

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Kid Commotion
Kid Commotion (1935)
, 33minutes
Directed by Torajirō Saitō
Genres Comedy
Actors Shigeru Ogura
Rating65% 3.284113.284113.284113.284113.28411
Japanese King Kong
Japanese King Kong (1933)

Directed by Torajirō Saitō
Genres Fantasy
Themes Films about animals, Kaiju films, Films about apes, King Kong films, Giant monster films, Disaster films
Actors Takeshi Sakamoto
Rating65% 3.274633.274633.274633.274633.27463
Santa (Isamu Yamaguchi) and his friend Koichi (Nagamasa Yamada) are jobless vagabonds. They make their living by picking up coins on streets. Santa has a girlfriend named Omitsu (Yasuko Koizumi), but her father Seizo (Kotaro Sekiguchi) does not like having his daughter date a penniless man. He breaks the lovers up and tries to marry his daughter off to a rich man. Desperate, Santa seeks employment and wanders the streets. He can’t find a job at all but has an inspiration. RKO’s King Kong has been released and is a big hit in Tokyo. He decides to capitalize on its success by dressing up as an ape and playing King Kong in a vaudeville theater! He approaches one theater owner to tell him of the idea and the owner is pleased with Santa’s plan, thus giving him the job. Santa’s King Kong show becomes an instant success, with Santa interacting amongst props on the theater stage in his gorilla suit (small buildings, toy airplanes, a doll etc.). One day while performing on stage, Santa sees that Omitsu and her new rich boyfriend are in the audience. Blinded with rage, Santa jumps down from the stage and runs after them - with his gorilla suit on! Santa creates chaos in the town, as firemen and hunters chase him thinking him an escaped gorilla that is running wild in the streets. Eventually Santa confronts the rich boyfriend and knocks him unconscious. He puts the gorilla suit on him and leaves him lying out cold in the street. Just then Koichi comes and tells Santa that the theater owner will give him a lot of money for his performances. Now that he has wealth, Santa gets married to Omitsu.
Sword of Penitence
Sword of Penitence (1927)
, 1h10
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu, Torajirō Saitō
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films
Actors Chōko Iida
Rating69% 3.4692353.4692353.4692353.4692353.469235
Sakichi, who has just been released after five years in prison, is telling his younger brother Ishimatsu that he intends to turn his back on crime when an acquaintance of theirs, Genshichi, bursts in. Genshichi is in flight from officers of the law, having been disturbed in the course of a burglary. Sakichi and Ishimatsu allow him to hide with them, but Sakichi urges him to give up his life of crime. Genshichi laughs derisively and disappears. Sakichi apprentices himself to a rice-merchant and by his diligence and honesty earns his employer's trust. Ishimatsu steals a valuable hair ornament from Oyae, the daughter of a wealthy merchant. As he flees, pursued by the constable Manabe, he happens to meet Sakichi on the road. Without warning, he presses the ornament into Sakichi's hand and runs off.