Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, he began working at Nikkatsu's Kyoto studio in 1924 and eventually came to prominence for a series of realist, humanist films made at Nikkatsu's Tamagawa studio in the late 1930s such as Robō no ishi and Mud and Soldiers, both of which starred Isamu Kosugi.
1968Scrap CollectorsMovieDirector1966Koto—The Lake of TearsMovieDirector1965Cold Rice, Osan, ChanMovieDirector1964The SharksMovieDirector1963A House in the QuarterMovieDirector · Screenplay1962A Carpenter and ChildrenMovieDirector · Screenplay1961Run, Genta, Run!MovieDirector1960Shinran, Part IIMovieDirector1960ShinranMovieDirector
1959The Stream of YouthMovieScreenplay · Director1958A Slope in the SunMovieDirector · Screenplay1957This Day's LifeMovieDirector · Writer1956The Baby CarriageMovieDirector1955The Maid's KidMovieDirector · Screenplay
1952Eternal Song of NagasakiMovieDirector · Writer
1951YukiwarisōMovieDirector
1949Doburoku no TatsuMovieDirector1945Victory SongMovieDirector1943NavyMovieDirector · Writer
1941You and IMovieDirector
1939Mud and SoldiersMovieDirector1939Explosion!MovieDirector1938A Pebble by the WaysideMovieDirector1938Five ScoutsMovieDirector · Original Story
1934Tsuki yori no shishaMovieDirector
1932Daughter and SpringtimeMovieDirector
1931Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko henMovieDirector1930Behold This MotherMovieDirector
1928Kekkon nijuso: zenpenMovieDirector