Tazuko Sakane
Japanese film director (1904-1975) · Japan · On the map · Directors · Died at 70
Tazuko Sakane was a Japanese film director. She was Japan's first female director, followed by Kinuyo Tanaka. Her first feature film New Clothing is known to be the first Japanese feature film directed by a woman.
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Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film DirectorFilm, 19751943
Brides of the FrontierFilm, Director, Writer1936
New ClothingFilm, Director1904Born7 December 1904Also in Deutsch
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The majority of her films are educational nonfiction films produced by Manchukuo Film Association for Japanese immigrants and Manchu in Manchukuo. Her only known surviving film is Brides on the Frontier. She worked closely with Japanese Director Kenji Mizoguchi and was credited as an Editor and/or Assistant Director for over 15 films directed by him. While growing up, her father, a wealthy businessman, often took her to the cinema. She graduated from Nikkatsu Uzumaki Girls' School in 1929.
