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Yôichi Matsue(1930-2019)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Producer
  • Actor
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Yôichi Matsue was born on 26 October 1930 in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. He was an assistant director and producer, known for Dersu Uzala (1975), High and Low (1963) and The Hidden Fortress (1958). He died on 9 March 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.
BornOctober 26, 1930
DiedMarch 9, 2019(88)
BornOctober 26, 1930
DiedMarch 9, 2019(88)
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Known for

Dersu Uzala (1975)
Dersu Uzala
8.2
  • Producer(as Yoiti Mattsue)
  • 1975
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
Toshirō Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, and Misa Uehara in The Hidden Fortress (1958)
The Hidden Fortress
8.0
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
  • 1958
Toshirō Mifune, Kyōko Kagawa, and Tatsuya Mihashi in The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
The Bad Sleep Well
7.9
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
  • 1960

Credits

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Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • John Boorman, Lee Marvin, and Toshirō Mifune in Hell in the Pacific (1968)
    Hell in the Pacific
    7.2
    • assistant director (as Yoichi Matsue)
    • 1968
  • Doto ichiman kairi (1966)
    Doto ichiman kairi
    4.2
    • assistant director
    • 1966
  • Kiganjô no bôken (1966)
    Kiganjô no bôken
    6.1
    • assistant director
    • 1966
  • Toshirō Mifune and Yûzô Kayama in Red Beard (1965)
    Red Beard
    8.3
    • assistant director
    • 1965
  • Nippon ichi no iro otoko (1963)
    Nippon ichi no iro otoko
    6.8
    • third assistant director
    • 1963
  • Toshirō Mifune, Kenjirō Ishiyama, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, and Tatsuya Nakadai in High and Low (1963)
    High and Low
    8.4
    • assistant director
    • 1963
  • Toshirō Mifune, Kyōko Kagawa, and Tatsuya Mihashi in The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
    The Bad Sleep Well
    7.9
    • assistant director
    • 1960
  • Toshirō Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, and Misa Uehara in The Hidden Fortress (1958)
    The Hidden Fortress
    8.0
    • assistant director
    • 1958

Producer

  • Friends (1988)
    Friends
    5.6
    • producer
    • 1988
  • A Tale of Africa (1980)
    A Tale of Africa
    4.7
    • producer
    • 1980
  • Dersu Uzala (1975)
    Dersu Uzala
    8.2
    • producer (as Yoiti Mattsue)
    • 1975
  • Dodes'ka-den (1970)
    Dodes'ka-den
    7.3
    • producer
    • 1970
  • Song of the Horse (1970)
    Song of the Horse
    5.9
    TV Movie
    • producer (as Yoichi Matsue)
    • 1970

Actor

  • The Wind Cannot Read (1958)
    The Wind Cannot Read
    6.1
    • Corporal Mori
    • 1958

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Yoichi Matsue
  • Born
    • October 26, 1930
    • Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
  • Died
    • March 9, 2019
    • Tokyo, Japan(pneumonia)

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