Kenji Misumi was a Japanese film director. He created film series such as Lone Wolf and Cub and the initial film in the long-running Zatoichi series, and also directed Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice, starring Shintaro Katsu. He died at age 54.
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Filmography 40
Shogun Assassin
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
The Tale of Zatoichi
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
Return of Giant Majin
Zatoichi Challenged
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Samaritan Zatoichi
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
Destiny's Son
The Last Samurai
Sword Devil
The Ghost of Yotsuya
Ken
Shinsengumi Chronicles
Satan's Sword
Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God
Devil's Temple
The Magoichi Saga
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
Freelance Samurai
Shroud of Snow
Internal Sleuth
The Third Will
Her Hidden Past
The Funeral Racket
The Homely Sister
The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall
The Virgin Witness
Gambler and the Princess
Obsessive Snake
The Two BodyguardsAsataro the Crow
Buddha71 credits on file
Television 6
Professional Killers
Zatoichi Monogatari
Kogarashi Monjiro
Mute Samurai
Priest of Darkness
Bounty HunterConnected to Kenji 6
Shintarō KatsuAlso in The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
Tamao NakamuraAlso in Shroud of Snow (1967)
Shiho FujimuraAlso in Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy (1966)
Machiko SogaAlso in The Funeral Racket (1968)
Kō NishimuraAlso in Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (1972)
Shin KishidaAlso in Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)About this person
Country
JapanCategory
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1921 to 1975 · aged 54
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10 languages
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