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Masanobu Deme(1932-2016)

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Masanobu Deme was born on 2 October 1932 in Higashiomi, Shiga, Japan. He was a director and assistant director, known for Yojimbo (1961), High and Low (1963) and Kike wadatsumi no koe Last Friends (1995). He died on 13 March 2016 in Tokyo, Japan.
BornOctober 2, 1932
DiedMarch 13, 2016(83)
BornOctober 2, 1932
DiedMarch 13, 2016(83)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 1 nomination total

Known for

Toshirō Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo (1961)
Yojimbo
8.2
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
  • 1961
Toshirō Mifune, Kenjirō Ishiyama, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, and Tatsuya Nakadai in High and Low (1963)
High and Low
8.4
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
  • 1963
Kike wadatsumi no koe Last Friends
5.8
  • Director
  • 1995
Shiroi yabô (1986)
Shiroi yabô
  • Director
  • 1986

Credits

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Director

  • Baruto no gakuen (2006)
    Baruto no gakuen
    5.6
    • Director
    • 2006
  • Saigo ni ai wo mita no wa
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2001
  • Fûmon
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1999
  • Kiri no shigosen
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1996
  • Kike wadatsumi no koe Last Friends
    5.8
    • Director
    • 1995
  • Asahina Shûhei misuterî 3: Tangoji satsujin jiken
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1992
  • Haha: Inochi yomigaeru hi
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1992
  • Satsui no sasayaki
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1990
  • Garasu no naka no sho-jo (1988)
    Garasu no naka no sho-jo
    4.8
    • Director
    • 1988
  • Shiroi yabô (1986)
    Shiroi yabô
    • Director
    • 1986
  • The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai (1986)
    The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai
    6.4
    • Director
    • 1986
  • Station to Heaven (1984)
    Station to Heaven
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1984
  • Kansai Terebi kaikyoku 25 shûnenkinen bangumi: Yoshida Shigeru (1983)
    Kansai Terebi kaikyoku 25 shûnenkinen bangumi: Yoshida Shigeru
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1983
  • Hadome
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1983
  • Yubi
    6.0
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1982

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Saraba Mosukuwa gurentai (1968)
    Saraba Mosukuwa gurentai
    5.4
    • assistant director
    • 1968
  • Kureji daisakusen
    • chief assistant director
    • 1966
  • The Boss of Pick-pocket Bay
    6.0
    • second assistant director
    • 1966
  • Toshirō Mifune and Yûzô Kayama in Red Beard (1965)
    Red Beard
    8.3
    • assistant director
    • 1965
  • Toshirō Mifune, Kenjirō Ishiyama, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, and Tatsuya Nakadai in High and Low (1963)
    High and Low
    8.4
    • assistant director
    • 1963
  • Nippon musekinin jidai (1962)
    Nippon musekinin jidai
    7.2
    • third assistant director
    • 1962
  • Toshirō Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai in Sanjuro (1962)
    Sanjuro
    8.0
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1962
  • Toshirō Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo (1961)
    Yojimbo
    8.2
    • assistant director
    • 1961
  • Hijô toshi
    • assistant director
    • 1960

Personal details

  • Born
    • October 2, 1932
    • Higashiomi, Shiga, Japan
  • Died
    • March 13, 2016
    • Tokyo, Japan(pancreatic cancer)

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