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Mansaku Itami(1900-1946)

  • Writer
  • Director
  • Actor
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Mansaku Itami was born on 2 January 1900 in Matsuyama, Japan. He was a writer and director, known for Te o tsunagu kora (1948), Sengoku kitan: Kimagure kaja (1935) and A Migrating Bird's Souvenirs of the Kiso Valley (1934). He was married to Ikeuchi Kimi. He died on 21 September 1946 in Kyoto, Japan.
BornJanuary 2, 1900
DiedSeptember 21, 1946(46)
BornJanuary 2, 1900
DiedSeptember 21, 1946(46)
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    • 1 win total

Known for

Te o tsunagu kora
7.2
  • Writer
  • 1948
Sengoku kitan: Kimagure kaja (1935)
Sengoku kitan: Kimagure kaja
7.1
  • Writer
  • 1935
A Migrating Bird's Souvenirs of the Kiso Valley
  • Writer
  • 1934
Chûji uridasu
6.6
  • Writer
  • 1935

Credits

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Writer

  • Kokushi muso (1986)
    Kokushi muso
    5.6
    • story
    • 1986
  • Muhômatsu no isshô (1965)
    Muhômatsu no isshô
    7.2
    • Writer (1943 screenplay)
    • 1965
  • Children Hand in Hand (1964)
    Children Hand in Hand
    7.5
    • Writer (1947 screenplay)
    • 1964
  • Samurai
    TV Series
    • novel
    • 1960
  • The Rickshaw Man (1958)
    The Rickshaw Man
    7.5
    • writer
    • 1958
  • Akutarô uridasu
    • original work
    • 1955
  • Koikaze gojûsan-tsugi
    • screenplay
    • 1952
  • Ore wa yôjimbô (1950)
    Ore wa yôjimbô
    6.5
    • Writer
    • 1950
  • Te o tsunagu kora
    7.2
    • writer
    • 1948
  • The Life of Matsu the Untamed (1943)
    The Life of Matsu the Untamed
    7.3
    • writer
    • 1943
  • Setsuko Hara and Denjirō Ōkōchi in The Giant (1938)
    The Giant
    6.4
    • screenplay
    • 1938
  • Gonza to Sukejû
    • screenplay
    • 1937
  • Hometown
    • adaptation
    • 1937
  • Capricious Young Man (1936)
    Capricious Young Man
    6.0
    • Writer
    • 1936
  • Sengoku kitan: Kimagure kaja (1935)
    Sengoku kitan: Kimagure kaja
    7.1
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1935

Director

  • Setsuko Hara and Denjirō Ōkōchi in The Giant (1938)
    The Giant
    6.4
    • Director
    • 1938
  • Gonza to Sukejû
    • Director
    • 1937
  • Hometown
    • Director
    • 1937
  • Setsuko Hara in Atarashiki tsuchi (1937)
    Atarashiki tsuchi
    5.7
    • Director
    • 1937
  • Capricious Young Man (1936)
    Capricious Young Man
    6.0
    • Director
    • 1936
  • Sengoku kitan: Kimagure kaja (1935)
    Sengoku kitan: Kimagure kaja
    7.1
    • Director
    • 1935
  • Chûji uridasu
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1935
  • Budo taikan
    • Director
    • 1934
  • A Migrating Bird's Souvenirs of the Kiso Valley
    • Director
    • 1934
  • The Tattooed Gambler
    • Director
    • 1933
  • Kentatsu's Vengeance
    • Director
    • 1932
  • Chiezō Kataoka in Professional Killer (1932)
    Professional Killer
    • Director
    • 1932
  • Chiezō Kataoka and Minoru Takase in The Greatest Man in the World (1932)
    The Greatest Man in the World
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1932
  • Hanabi
    • Director
    • 1931
  • Kinteki Rikitarô
    • Director
    • 1931

Actor

  • Atsurō Watabe and Ayame Gôriki in Angels and Demons: The Cold Case Unit (2015)
    Angels and Demons: The Cold Case Unit
    5.7
    TV Mini Series
    • 2015

Personal details

  • Official sites
    • BFI
    • France's national library catalogue
  • Born
    • January 2, 1900
    • Matsuyama, Japan
  • Died
    • September 21, 1946
    • Kyoto, Japan
  • Spouse
    • Ikeuchi Kimi? - September 21, 1946 (his death, 2 children)
  • Children
      Jūzō Itami

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    His probably only writing disciple was Shinobu Hashimoto.

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