About

Known credits:
56
Birthday:
1910-07-15
Place of birth:
Kagoshima, Japan
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Satsuo Yamamoto

Overview

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Satsuo Yamamoto (July 15, 1910 - August 11, 1983) was a Japanese film director.

Yamamoto was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on July 15, 1910. He dropped out of Waseda University to join Shochiku, where he worked as an assistant director to Mikio Naruse and others. He followed Naruse when he moved to PCL, and became a director in his own right after the company was reborn as Toho. During WWII he directed several pro-war propaganda films for them despite being a fervent member of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP), and after the war he rallied against the company as a driving force behind the union during the 1948 Toho labour dispute (in which the JCP was heavily involved), after which was ultimately fired.

He subsequently worked on independent films and made numerous intensely rebellious and substantial socially conscious works. From the 1960s onward, he directed a succession of major films including the Toyoko Yamasaki adaptations “The Ivory Tower” and “The Perfect Family”, the “Men and War” trilogy, and “Kotei no inai Hachigatsu”. This body of epic works led to him being dubbed “the Red Cecil B. DeMille”.

Three of his films, Shiroi Kyotō, Fumō Chitai and Ah! Nomugi Toge won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Film.

He died of pancreatic cancer on August 11, 1983 at the age of 73.

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Known for

Directing
1982 Ah! Nomugi toge - Shinryokuhen Directing Director N/A
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1981 Asshii-tachi no machi Directing Director N/A
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1979 Nomugi Pass Directing Director 58
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1978 August without Emperor Directing Director 59
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1977 Thong Nhat Vietnam Directing Director N/A
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1976 Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku Directing Director N/A
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1976 The Corporation Directing Director N/A
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1975 Solar Eclipse Directing Director 59
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1974 The Family Directing Director 59
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1973 Men and War III: The Final Chapter Directing Director 58
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1971 Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow Directing Director 58
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1970 Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny Directing Director 58
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1969 Blood End Directing Director 59
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1969 Vietnam Directing Director N/A
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1968 The Bride from Hades Directing Director 59
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1968 Dorei kōjō Directing Director N/A
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1967 Zatoichi the Outlaw Directing Director 59
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1967 The Bogus Policeman Directing Director N/A
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1966 The Great White Tower Directing Director 59
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1966 The Freezing Point Directing Director 59
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1965 The Spy Directing Director N/A
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1965 Witness Chair Directing Director N/A
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1965 Tale of Japanese Burglars Directing Director 59
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1964 A Public Benefactor Directing Director N/A
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1963 Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance Directing Director 59
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1962 Ninja, A Band of Assassins Directing Director 59
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1962 Chibusa o daku musume tachi Directing Director N/A
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1961 The Matsukawa Incident Directing Director N/A
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1960 The War Without Weapons Directing Director N/A
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1959 The Human Wall Directing Director 59
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1959 The Song of the Cart Directing Director 59
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1958 His Scarlet Cloak Directing Director N/A
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1956 Typhoon Directing Director N/A
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1955 Floating Weeds Diary Directing Director 58
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1955 Ai Sureba Koso Directing Director N/A
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1954 The Street Without Sun Directing Director N/A
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1954 The End of a Day Directing Director N/A
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1952 Vacuum Zone Directing Director 59
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1952 The Stand in Hakone Directing Director N/A
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1950 Street of Violence Directing Director 58
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1949 Konna onna ni dare ga shita Directing Director N/A
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1947 War and Peace Directing Director N/A
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1943 Hot Wind Directing Director N/A
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1942 Wings of Victory Directing Director 58
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1940 A Gentle Breeze With Father Directing Director N/A
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1939 Machi Directing Director N/A
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1939 Beautiful Departure Directing Director N/A
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1938 Pastoral Symphony Directing Director N/A
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1937 Mother's Melody Directing Director N/A
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1934 Street Without End Directing Assistant Director 59
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1932 Sports Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1978 August without Emperor Writing Screenplay 59
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1952 The Stand in Hakone Writing Screenplay N/A
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1939 Beautiful Departure Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
1970 Okinawa Production Producer N/A
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Editing
1969 Vietnam Editing Editor N/A
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