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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-03-02

Deathday

1975-09-24 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Kyoto, Japan

Kenji Misumi

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kenji Misumi (三隅研次 Misumi Kenji) (2 March 1921, Kyoto, Japan - 24 September 1975) was a notable Japanese film director. He created films such as Lone Wolf and Cub and the initial film in the long-running Zatoichi (座頭市, Zatōichi) series.

He died at age 53.

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Known For

7.4%

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Jan 15, 1972

7.4%

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

Apr 22, 1972

6.9%

Shogun Assassin

Nov 11, 1980

7.1%

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

Sep 2, 1972

7.3%

The Tale of Zatoichi

Apr 18, 1962

7.3%

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

Aug 11, 1973

6.2%

Return of Giant Majin

Aug 13, 1966

6.8%

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

Nov 17, 1964

6.3%

Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice

Dec 30, 1972

6.7%

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

Aug 12, 1970

6.5%

Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

Dec 24, 1965

6.7%

Zatoichi Challenged

Dec 30, 1967

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Directing

1980

Shogun Assassin as Director

1975		Priest of Darkness as Director
1975		Bounty Hunter as Director

1974		Zatoichi Monogatari as Director
1974		The Last Samurai as Director

1973		Mute Samurai as Director
1973		Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons as Director
1973		Internal Sleuth as Director

1972		Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice as Director
1972		Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades as Director
1972		Professional Killers as Director
1972		Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx as Director
1972		Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance as Director
1972		Kogarashi Monjiro as Director

1971		The Gift of the Fox as Director
1971		The Woman Gambler's Iron Rule as Director

1970		Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival as Director
1970		The Angry Sword as Director

1969		The Magoichi Saga as Director
1969		Devil's Temple as Director

1968		Samaritan Zatoichi as Director
1968		The Funeral Racket as Director
1968		The Two Bodyguards as Director

1967		Zatoichi Challenged as Director
1967		The Homely Sister as Director
1967		The Sisters and I as Director
1967		Shroud of Snow as Director

1966		Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy as Director
1966		Return of Giant Majin as Director
1966		Dynamite Doctor as Director
1966		The Virgin Witness as Director

1965		Zatoichi and the Chess Expert as Director
1965		Sword Devil as Director
1965		Life of Matsu the Untamed as Director
1965		Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi as Director
1965		Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire as Director

1964		Fight, Zatoichi, Fight as Director
1964		On the Road Forever as Director
1964		Ken as Director
1964		Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure as Director

1963		Ōkuma Shigenobu the great as Director
1963		Maiko and the Assassin as Director
1963		The Third Will as Director
1963		Shinsengumi Chronicles as Director

1962		The Demon of Sendai's Castle as Director
1962		Destiny's Son as Director
1962		The Tale of Zatoichi as Director
1962		Her Hidden Past as Director

1961		The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark as Director
1961		Buddha as Director

1960		Satan's Sword: The Dragon God as Director
1960		Satan's Sword as Director
1960		What Price Love? as Director
1960		Patterns of Love as Director
1960		Princess Sen in Edo as Director

1959		The Lord Pretends as Director
1959		The Ghost of Yotsuya as Director
1959		A Thousand Flying Cranes as Director
1959		Gambler and the Princess as Director

1958		Travels of Lord Mito as Director
1958		Obsessive Snake as Director
1958		The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall as Director

1957

Freelance Samurai as Director

1956		Gonpachi as Director
1956		The Fiery Magistrate as Director
1956		Flowery Brothers as Director
1956		Asataro the Crow as Director

1954

Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot as Director

1951

The Tale of Genji as Assistant Director

Writing

1974

The Last Samurai as Screenplay