Eiichi Kudo
Japanese film director · Japan · On the map · Directors · Lived 1929 to 2000 · aged 71
Eiichi Kudo was a Japanese film director. Kudo directed 30 films between 1956 and 1998, the most notable being 13 Assassins (1963) and The Great Killing (1964). He joined the Toei film company in 1952 and made his film director debut with Fukaku hichō in 1959.
Eiichi Kudo is read about 53 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 25 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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2000Died23 September 20001998
Shadow Warrior Tokugawa IeyasuSeries, Director1997
Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a ScarfaceFilm, Director, Writer1995
Gokenin ZankuroSeries, Director
Kumokiri NizaemonSeries, 1995Director1991
NakibokuroFilm, Director, Writer1987
The Eccentric ShinzaFilm, Director1985
Fire FestivalFilm, Driver1983
Nogare no machiFilm, Director, Writer1982
The DropoutFilm, Director1980
Shadow WarriorsSeries, Director
Shadow Warriors: Hattori HanzoFilm, 1980Director1979
Hissatsu ShigotoninSeries, Director1977
I Can Hear the Sound of FestivalSeries, Director1976
Please Hire Me!Series, Director1975
Priest of DarknessSeries, Director
Unified ShadowsSeries, 1975Director1974
Wounded AngelsSeries, Director
The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 ChargesFilm, 1974Director1969
Sky Scraper!Film, Writer1968
A History of the Japanese UnderworldFilm, Director1964
The Great KillingFilm, Director1962
Revenge for His LoverFilm, Director1961Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic LanternFilm, Director1959
Secrets of FujiFilm, Director1929Born17 July 1929
Shadow Warrior Tokugawa IeyasuSeries, Director1997Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a ScarfaceFilm, Director, Writer1995Gokenin ZankuroSeries, DirectorKumokiri NizaemonSeries, 1995Director1991NakibokuroFilm, Director, Writer1987The Eccentric ShinzaFilm, Director1985Fire FestivalFilm, Driver1983Nogare no machiFilm, Director, Writer1982The DropoutFilm, Director1980Shadow WarriorsSeries, DirectorShadow Warriors: Hattori HanzoFilm, 1980Director1979Hissatsu ShigotoninSeries, Director1977I Can Hear the Sound of FestivalSeries, Director1976Please Hire Me!Series, Director1975Priest of DarknessSeries, DirectorUnified ShadowsSeries, 1975Director1974Wounded AngelsSeries, DirectorThe Viper Brothers: Up on 30 ChargesFilm, 1974Director1969Sky Scraper!Film, Writer1968A History of the Japanese UnderworldFilm, Director1964The Great KillingFilm, Director1962Revenge for His LoverFilm, Director1961Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic LanternFilm, Director1959Secrets of FujiFilm, Director1929Born17 July 1929People around Eiichi
Close ties
Ken Ogata Eiichi directed Yaju-deka (1982)
Tsutomu Yamazaki Eiichi directed Hissatsu Shiokinin (1973)
Kōtarō Satomi Eiichi directed Eleven Samurai (1966)
Kaoru Kobayashi Eiichi directed Yaju-deka (1982)
Keizō Kanie Also in Yokohama BJ Blues and The Dropout
Makoto Fujita Also in The Dropout and Sure Death! 3
Ken Watanabe Eiichi directed Gokenin Zankurō
Takashi Shimura Eiichi directed Industrial Spy (1968)
Sonny Chiba Eiichi directed Shadow Warriors
Ayumi Ishida Eiichi directed Yaju-deka (1982)
Kyōko Kishida Eiichi directed Gokenin Zankurō
Ryudo Uzaki Also in Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1979)
Kō Nishimura Also in 13 Assassins and Eleven Samurai
Hideo Sekigawa Directed Sky Scraper! (1969)
Kanjūrō Arashi Also in 13 Assassins and The Fort of Death
Rikiya Yasuoka Also in Yokohama BJ Blues and Fire Festival
Ryūtarō Ōtomo Also in Castle of Owls and Eleven Samurai
Filmography 40
83 credits on file
Television 11
About this person
His 1982 film Yaju-deka was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival.
Country
Japan
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1929 to 2000 · aged 71
