Tomotaka Tasaka

Director

Born: April 14, 1901
Died: October 17, 1974 (age 73)
From: Hiroshima, Japan

Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, he began working at Nikkatsu's Kyoto studio in 1924 and eventually came to prominence for a series of realist, humanist films made at Nikkatsu's Tamagawa studio in the late 1930s such as Robō no ishi and Mud and Soldiers, both of which starred Isamu Kosugi.

Filmography (32)

Scrap Collectors (1968)
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Koto—The Lake of Tears (1966)
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Cold Rice, Osan, Chan (1965)
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The Sharks (1964)
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A House in the Quarter (1963)
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A Carpenter and Children (1962)
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Run, Genta, Run! (1961)
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Shinran, Part II (1960)
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Shinran (1960)
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The Stream of Youth (1959)
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A Slope in the Sun (1958)
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This Day's Life (1957)
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The Baby Carriage (1956)
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The Maid's Kid (1955)
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I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki (1952)
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Yukiwarisō (1951)
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Victory Song (1945)
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Navy (1943)
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Mother and Child Grass
Mother and Child Grass (1942)
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You and I (1941)
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Mud and Soldiers (1939)
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Explosion! (1939)
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A Pebble by the Wayside (1938)
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Five Scouts (1938)
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Tsuki yori no shisha (1934)
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Daughter and Springtime
Daughter and Springtime (1932)
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Hatobue wo Fuku Onna
Hatobue wo Fuku Onna (1932)
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Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen (1931)
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Behold This Mother (1930)
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Town of Love
Town of Love (1928)
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