
Directing
Tomotaka Tasaka
Born April 14, 1901 Hiroshima, Japan
Biography
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.
Directed Films

8.0
Scrap Collectors
1968·Comedy

7.2
Koto—The Lake of Tears
1966·Romance

7.0
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965·Drama

9.0
The Sharks
1964·Drama

6.4
A House in the Quarter
1963·Romance

7.5
A Carpenter and Children
1962·Drama

8.3
Run, Genta, Run!
1961·Family

9.0
Shinran, Part II
1960·Drama

10.0
Shinran
1960·Drama

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The Stream of Youth
1959·Drama

5.7
A Slope in the Sun
1958·Romance

8.0
This Day's Life
1957·Drama

8.0
The Baby Carriage
1956·Drama

8.3
The Maid's Kid
1955·Drama

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I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952·Drama

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Yukiwarisō
1951

6.0
Victory Song
1945·Drama

8.0
Navy
1943·War

7.0
You and I
1941·Drama

7.0
Mud and Soldiers
1939·Drama

6.5
Explosion!
1939·Drama

6.3
A Pebble by the Wayside
1938·Drama

6.0
Five Scouts
1938·War

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Tsuki yori no shisha
1934