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Satsuo Yamamoto(1910-1983)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Satsuo Yamamoto was born on 15 July 1910 in Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Shiroi Kyotô (1966), The Barren Zone (1976) and The Battle of Manchuria (1970). He died on 11 August 1983 in Tokyo, Japan.
BornJuly 15, 1910
DiedAugust 11, 1983(73)
BornJuly 15, 1910
DiedAugust 11, 1983(73)
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  • Awards
    • 12 wins & 3 nominations total

Known for

Shiroi Kyotô (1966)
Shiroi Kyotô
7.6
  • Director
  • 1966
The Barren Zone (1976)
The Barren Zone
7.1
  • Director
  • 1976
The Battle of Manchuria (1970)
The Battle of Manchuria
6.9
  • Director
  • 1970
Ballad of the Cart (1959)
Ballad of the Cart
7.2
  • Director
  • 1959

Credits

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Director

  • Ah! Nomugi toge - Shinryokuhen (1982)
    Ah! Nomugi toge - Shinryokuhen
    4.6
    • Director
    • 1982
  • Asshii-tachi no machi (1981)
    Asshii-tachi no machi
    5.5
    • Director
    • 1981
  • Shinobu Ôtake in Oh! The Nomugi Pass (1979)
    Oh! The Nomugi Pass
    7.1
    • Director
    • 1979
  • August Without Emperor (1978)
    August Without Emperor
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1978
  • Tenpô suiko-den: Ôhara Yûgaku (1976)
    Tenpô suiko-den: Ôhara Yûgaku
    • Director
    • 1976
  • The Barren Zone (1976)
    The Barren Zone
    7.1
    • Director
    • 1976
  • Kinkanshoku (1975)
    Kinkanshoku
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1975
  • The Family (1974)
    The Family
    7.5
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Men and War III (1973)
    Men and War III
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Men and War II (1971)
    Men and War II
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1971
  • The Battle of Manchuria (1970)
    The Battle of Manchuria
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1970
  • Tengu-tô (1969)
    Tengu-tô
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1969
  • The Bride from Hades (1968)
    The Bride from Hades
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1968
  • Dorei kojo (1968)
    Dorei kojo
    • Director
    • 1968
  • The Bogus Policeman (1967)
    The Bogus Policeman
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1967

Writer

  • Akai mizu
    • writer
    • 1963
  • Hakone fûunroku
    6.2
    • Writer
    • 1952
  • Uruwashiki shuppatsu
    • screenplay
    • 1939

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Street Without End (1934)
    Street Without End
    6.9
    • assistant director
    • 1934

Personal details

  • Born
    • July 15, 1910
    • Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan
  • Died
    • August 11, 1983
    • Tokyo, Japan(pancreatic cancer)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Began in films as an assistant director in 1933. As a director in post-war Japan, he was noted for his strongly anti-authoritarian films (influenced by his own wartime experiences while fighting in Manchuria). He also ran his own production company.

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