Tadashi Imai
Japanese film director (1912-1991) · Japan · On the map · Directors · Died at 79
Tadashi Imai was a Japanese film director known for social realist filmmaking informed by a left-wing perspective. His most noted films include An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) and Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963).
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1991Died22 November 1991
War and YouthFilm, 1991Director1981
YukiFilm, Director1974
Kobayashi TakijiFilm, Director1971
A Woman Called EnFilm, Director1968
The Time of ReckoningFilm, Director1963
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the SamuraiFilm, Director1961
The Harbor LightsFilm, Director1959
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in JapanFilm, Director1958Blue Ribbon Awards for Best DirectorAward1957Blue Ribbon Awards for Best DirectorAward
RiceFilm, 1957Director1954Blue Ribbon Awards for Best DirectorAward1953
An Inlet of Muddy WaterFilm, Director1951Blue Ribbon Awards for Best DirectorAward
Still I Live OnFilm, 1951Director, Writer1949
The Blue Mountains: Part IFilm, Director, Writer1945
To Love and SwearFilm, Director1939
Numazu Officer SchoolFilm, Director1912Born8 January 1912
War and YouthFilm, 1991Director1981YukiFilm, Director1974Kobayashi TakijiFilm, Director1971A Woman Called EnFilm, Director1968The Time of ReckoningFilm, Director1963Bushido: The Cruel Code of the SamuraiFilm, Director1961The Harbor LightsFilm, Director1959Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in JapanFilm, Director1958Blue Ribbon Awards for Best DirectorAward1957Blue Ribbon Awards for Best DirectorAwardRiceFilm, 1957Director1954Blue Ribbon Awards for Best DirectorAward1953An Inlet of Muddy WaterFilm, Director1951Blue Ribbon Awards for Best DirectorAwardStill I Live OnFilm, 1951Director, Writer1949The Blue Mountains: Part IFilm, Director, Writer1945To Love and SwearFilm, Director1939Numazu Officer SchoolFilm, Director1912Born8 January 1912People around Tadashi
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Isao Kimura Tadashi directed Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Eiji Okada Tadashi directed Until We Meet Again (1950)
Eijirō Tōno Tadashi directed Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Yōko Mizuki Also in Till We Meet Again (1950)- Yoshi Katō Tadashi directed Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Yoshiko Kuga Tadashi directed An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
Osamu Takizawa Tadashi directed Until We Meet Again (1950)
Setsuko Hara Also in Suicide Troops of the Watchtower (1943)
Kyōko Kagawa Tadashi directed Himeyuri no Tô (1953)
Sō Yamamura Tadashi directed An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
Masayuki Mori Tadashi directed Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Ineko Arima Tadashi directed Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Kyōko Kishida Tadashi directed Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Yorozuya Kinnosuke Tadashi directed Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Tanie Kitabayashi Tadashi directed Kiku to Isamu (1959)
Nobuko Otowa Tadashi directed School of Echoes (1952)
Ryō Ikebe Tadashi directed Aoi sanmyaku (1949)
Michiyo Kogure Tadashi directed Aoi sanmyaku (1949)
Seiji Miyaguchi Tadashi directed An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
Takahiro Tamura Tadashi directed Revenge (1964)
Sōjirō Motoki Produced An Enemy of the People (1946)
Yoshiko Mita Tadashi directed Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Junkichi Orimoto Tadashi directed A Woman Called En (1971)
Shinjirō Ehara Tadashi directed A Woman Called En (1971)
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About this person
Country
Japan
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1912 to 1991 · aged 79
