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Shôzaburô Asai

  • Producer
  • Writer
  • Production Designer
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Shôzaburô Asai is known for Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964), Zenigata Heiji torimonoko: Bijinzame (1961) and Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964).
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    • Known for

    Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)
    Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
    7.2
    • Writer
    • 1964
    Zenigata Heiji torimonoko: Bijinzame (1961)
    Zenigata Heiji torimonoko: Bijinzame
    • Writer
    • 1961
    Shintarō Katsu in Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)
    Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
    7.3
    • Writer
    • 1964
    Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)
    Adventures of Zatoichi
    7.1
    • Writer
    • 1964

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Utchari himegimi
      • planner
      • 1961
    • Tobidashita onna daimyô
      • planner
      • 1961
    • Tenka ayatsuri-gumi
      • planner
      • 1961
    • Kisobushi sandogasa
      • planner
      • 1961
    • Kagamiyama Keitsuya-roku
      • planner
      • 1960
    • Genroku onna daimyô
      • planner
      • 1960
    • Anchin to Kiyohime (1960)
      Anchin to Kiyohime
      5.9
      • planner
      • 1960
    • Yoru wa usotsuki
      • planner
      • 1960
    • Yosa koi sandogasa
      • planner
      • 1960
    • Tsukikage Hyôgo: Jôdan kasumigiri (1959)
      Tsukikage Hyôgo: Jôdan kasumigiri
      • planner
      • 1959
    • Furai monogatari Ninkyohen
      • planner
      • 1959
    • Naruto no hanayome
      7.2
      • planner
      • 1959
    • Nuregami sandogasa (1959)
      Nuregami sandogasa
      • producer
      • 1959
    • Jirôchô Fuji (1959)
      Jirôchô Fuji
      6.9
      • planner
      • 1959
    • Ojo-kichiza (1959)
      Ojo-kichiza
      • producer
      • 1959

    Writer

    • Island of Horrors (1970)
      Island of Horrors
      5.3
      • Writer
      • 1970
    • Ghost of Kasane Swamp (1970)
      Ghost of Kasane Swamp
      6.4
      • Writer
      • 1970
    • The Haunted Castle (1969)
      The Haunted Castle
      6.7
      • screenplay
      • 1969
    • Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969)
      Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts
      6.3
      • writer
      • 1969
    • Kôdôkan hamonjô
      • Writer
      • 1968
    • Exterminate the Young Boss! (1967)
      Exterminate the Young Boss!
      5.2
      • Writer
      • 1967
    • Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity (1966)
      Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity
      • Writer
      • 1966
    • Shin kurama tengu (1965)
      Shin kurama tengu
      • Writer
      • 1965
    • Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965)
      Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
      6.8
      • Writer
      • 1965
    • Young Boss: Prison Release (1965)
      Young Boss: Prison Release
      4.8
      • Writer
      • 1965
    • Young Boss (1965)
      Young Boss
      6.5
      • screenplay
      • 1965
    • Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)
      Adventures of Zatoichi
      7.1
      • Writer
      • 1964
    • Duel in the Foreigners' Cemetery (1964)
      Duel in the Foreigners' Cemetery
      • screenplay (as Shozaburo Asai)
      • 1964
    • Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)
      Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
      7.2
      • Writer
      • 1964
    • Shintarō Katsu in Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)
      Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
      7.3
      • Writer
      • 1964

    Production Designer

    • Japan's Number One Judo-Man
      • Production Designer
      • 1963
    • Ken ni kakeru (1962)
      Ken ni kakeru
      • Production Designer
      • 1962
    • Hana no yukyo-den (1958)
      Hana no yukyo-den
      • Production Designer
      • 1958
    • The Swishing Sword (1958)
      The Swishing Sword
      • Production Designer
      • 1958
    • Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase (1958)
      Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase
      • Production Designer
      • 1958
    • Demonfire Palanquin (1957)
      Demonfire Palanquin
      • Production Designer
      • 1957
    • Nijukyu-nin no kenka-jô (1957)
      Nijukyu-nin no kenka-jô
      • Production Designer
      • 1957
    • Violent Hawk (1956)
      Violent Hawk
      • Production Designer
      • 1956
    • Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin (1956)
      Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
      • Production Designer
      • 1956
    • The Fighting Birds (1956)
      The Fighting Birds
      • Production Designer
      • 1956
    • Racket and Love (1956)
      Racket and Love
      • Production Designer
      • 1956
    • The Thief and the Magistrate (1955)
      The Thief and the Magistrate
      • Production Designer
      • 1955
    • I Am Tokichiro (1955)
      I Am Tokichiro
      • Production Designer
      • 1955
    • Iroha Elegy (1955)
      Iroha Elegy
      • Production Designer
      • 1955
    • The Rust Cleaner Sings (1955)
      The Rust Cleaner Sings
      • Production Designer
      • 1955

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Shozaburo Asai

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