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Kajirō Yamamoto is a Director, Scriptwriter and Associate Producer Japonais born on 15 march 1902 at Tokyo (Japon)

Kajirō Yamamoto

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Nationality Japon
Birth 15 march 1902 at Tokyo (Japon)
Death 28 september 1974 (at 72 years) at Tokyo (Japon)

Kajirō Yamamoto (山本 嘉次郎, Yamamoto Kajirō, 15 March 1902 – 21 September 1974) was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor who was known for his war films and comedies and as the mentor of Akira Kurosawa.

Biography

Kajirō Yamamoto commence sa carrière dans la troupe de théâtre de Minoru Murata puis il entre à la Nikkatsu en 1920, où il travaille en tant qu'acteur, scénariste, assistant réalisateur et enfin réalisateur.

Au début de sa carrière, Kajirō Yamamoto est un réalisateur de films à l'américaine, avec une grande connaissance de la culture occidentale et un tempérament pacifiste. Pourtant, lorsqu'il est désigné pour réaliser La Bataille navale à Hawaï et au large de la Malaisie (ハワイ・マレー沖海戦, Hawai Marē oki kaisen, 1942), un film de propagande pour la marine impériale japonaise, il y met tout son art et en fait l'un des meilleurs film du genre. Ce film est le premier d'une trilogie à la gloire de l'aéronavale, les deux volets suivants sont L’Escadrille des faucons de Katō (加藤隼戦闘隊, Kato hayabusa sento-tai, 1944) et En avant les escadrons de torpilleurs ! (雷撃隊出動, Raigekitai shutsudō, 1944).

Il a réalisé près de 95 films et écrit plus de 120 scénarios entre 1923 et 1969.

Usually with

Ishirō Honda
Ishirō Honda
(4 films)
Susumu Fujita
Susumu Fujita
(3 films)
Mitsuo Miura
Mitsuo Miura
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Kajirō Yamamoto (7 films)

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Director

Those Who Make Tomorrow, 1h22
Directed by Akira Kurosawa, Kajirō Yamamoto, Hideo Sekigawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Susumu Fujita, Hideko Takamine, Chieko Nakakita, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Masao Shimizu
Rating60% 3.049363.049363.049363.049363.04936
Two sisters, Chieko Nakakita as the elder and Mitsue Tachibana as the younger sister, one a dancer and the other a script supervisor at a big movie studio, become embroiled in union activities when a strike is called in sympathy with striking railroad workers, one of whom boards with the sisters and their parents. The girls' father argues with them about their strike, but finds his views changing when he himself loses his job.
Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron, 1h51
Directed by Kajirō Yamamoto
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, War
Themes Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Yatarō Kurokawa, Susumu Fujita, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Takada, Denjirō Ōkōchi
Rating68% 3.4338253.4338253.4338253.4338253.433825
Biographie de l'as de l'aviation Tateo Katō, le commandant du 64e régiment de chasse du Service aérien de l'Armée impériale japonaise, tué deux ans plus tôt.
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya, 1h57
Directed by Kajirō Yamamoto, Motoyoshi Oda
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Susumu Fujita, Setsuko Hara, Yatarō Kurokawa, Yuriko Hanabusa, Denjirō Ōkōchi, Eitarō Shindō
Rating60% 3.0019753.0019753.0019753.0019753.001975
Japon, été 1936. Yoshikazu Tomoda et Tadaaki Tachibana sont tous les deux originaires du même village. Tadaaki est élève pilote dans l'aéronavale, Yoshikazu le convainc de persuader sa mère de le laisser lui aussi s'engager dans l'aéronavale. Dès lors, Yoshikazu Tomoda suit un long et éprouvant entrainement pour devenir pilote et se forger le caractère. Après plusieurs années d'efforts et d'abnégation, Yoshikazu est devenu un pilote confirmé. À l’automne 1941, il embarque à bord du Akagi, navire de la flotte qui prend une direction inconnue. Quelques jours plus tard, l'équipage réuni sur le pont du bateau et lecture lui est donné de l'objectif de la mission : la flotte se dirige en direction d'Hawaï afin de couler la flotte américaine du Pacifique. Le 7 décembre 1941, il s'envole du porte-avions lors de l'attaque surprise de Pearl Harbor. De son côté, Tadaaki, lui aussi pilote, participe au large de la côte est de la Malaisie à l'attaque qui voit le cuirassé britannique HMS Prince of Wales et le croiseur de bataille HMS Repulse coulés par les bombardiers japonais.
Horse
Horse (1941)
, 2h9
Directed by Akira Kurosawa, Kajirō Yamamoto
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Hideko Takamine, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yoshio Kosugi, Sadako Sawamura
Rating61% 3.0954953.0954953.0954953.0954953.095495
Ine Onoda, une jeune adolescente, fille aînée d'une famille de fermiers pauvres, élève avec passion un cheval.
Horse
Horse (1941)
, 2h9
Directed by Akira Kurosawa, Kajirō Yamamoto
Genres Drama
Actors Hideko Takamine, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yoshio Kosugi, Sadako Sawamura
Rating61% 3.0954953.0954953.0954953.0954953.095495
A young girl, Ine Onoda, from a poor village family wants nothing more than to own a horse. Her family soon takes in a pregnant mare which they have signed on to care for over the winter. Financial troubles push the family towards the edge of ruin and neither they nor the horse is eating much. The horse becomes very ill and the vet determines only grass will save it. Ine walks many miles through the snow to a hot spring where grass grows year round and saves the horse's life. That spring it gives birth to a colt and it looks as if Ine will finally have her horse. But when the colt is grown, the government orders it auctioned and sold to the army, as unpaid bills force the family to sell the colt. Ine takes a job in a mill to save money to buy her horse back. On the day of the auction, she is outbid and cries as the horse is led away for the last time.

Scriptwriter

Those Who Make Tomorrow, 1h22
Directed by Akira Kurosawa, Kajirō Yamamoto, Hideo Sekigawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Susumu Fujita, Hideko Takamine, Chieko Nakakita, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Masao Shimizu
Roles Writer
Rating60% 3.049363.049363.049363.049363.04936
Two sisters, Chieko Nakakita as the elder and Mitsue Tachibana as the younger sister, one a dancer and the other a script supervisor at a big movie studio, become embroiled in union activities when a strike is called in sympathy with striking railroad workers, one of whom boards with the sisters and their parents. The girls' father argues with them about their strike, but finds his views changing when he himself loses his job.
Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron, 1h51
Directed by Kajirō Yamamoto
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, War
Themes Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Yatarō Kurokawa, Susumu Fujita, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Takada, Denjirō Ōkōchi
Roles Ecrivain
Rating68% 3.4338253.4338253.4338253.4338253.433825
Biographie de l'as de l'aviation Tateo Katō, le commandant du 64e régiment de chasse du Service aérien de l'Armée impériale japonaise, tué deux ans plus tôt.
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya, 1h57
Directed by Kajirō Yamamoto, Motoyoshi Oda
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Susumu Fujita, Setsuko Hara, Yatarō Kurokawa, Yuriko Hanabusa, Denjirō Ōkōchi, Eitarō Shindō
Roles Ecrivain
Rating60% 3.0019753.0019753.0019753.0019753.001975
Japon, été 1936. Yoshikazu Tomoda et Tadaaki Tachibana sont tous les deux originaires du même village. Tadaaki est élève pilote dans l'aéronavale, Yoshikazu le convainc de persuader sa mère de le laisser lui aussi s'engager dans l'aéronavale. Dès lors, Yoshikazu Tomoda suit un long et éprouvant entrainement pour devenir pilote et se forger le caractère. Après plusieurs années d'efforts et d'abnégation, Yoshikazu est devenu un pilote confirmé. À l’automne 1941, il embarque à bord du Akagi, navire de la flotte qui prend une direction inconnue. Quelques jours plus tard, l'équipage réuni sur le pont du bateau et lecture lui est donné de l'objectif de la mission : la flotte se dirige en direction d'Hawaï afin de couler la flotte américaine du Pacifique. Le 7 décembre 1941, il s'envole du porte-avions lors de l'attaque surprise de Pearl Harbor. De son côté, Tadaaki, lui aussi pilote, participe au large de la côte est de la Malaisie à l'attaque qui voit le cuirassé britannique HMS Prince of Wales et le croiseur de bataille HMS Repulse coulés par les bombardiers japonais.
Horse
Horse (1941)
, 2h9
Directed by Akira Kurosawa, Kajirō Yamamoto
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Hideko Takamine, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yoshio Kosugi, Sadako Sawamura
Roles Writer
Rating61% 3.0954953.0954953.0954953.0954953.095495
Ine Onoda, une jeune adolescente, fille aînée d'une famille de fermiers pauvres, élève avec passion un cheval.
Horse
Horse (1941)
, 2h9
Directed by Akira Kurosawa, Kajirō Yamamoto
Genres Drama
Actors Hideko Takamine, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yoshio Kosugi, Sadako Sawamura
Roles Writer
Rating61% 3.0954953.0954953.0954953.0954953.095495
A young girl, Ine Onoda, from a poor village family wants nothing more than to own a horse. Her family soon takes in a pregnant mare which they have signed on to care for over the winter. Financial troubles push the family towards the edge of ruin and neither they nor the horse is eating much. The horse becomes very ill and the vet determines only grass will save it. Ine walks many miles through the snow to a hot spring where grass grows year round and saves the horse's life. That spring it gives birth to a colt and it looks as if Ine will finally have her horse. But when the colt is grown, the government orders it auctioned and sold to the army, as unpaid bills force the family to sell the colt. Ine takes a job in a mill to save money to buy her horse back. On the day of the auction, she is outbid and cries as the horse is led away for the last time.

Producer

Stray Dog
Stray Dog (1949)
, 2h2
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Buddy films
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Noriko Sengoku, Eiko Miyoshi, Noriko Honma
Roles Associate Producer
Rating77% 3.896863.896863.896863.896863.89686
Action takes place during a heatwave in a bombed-out, post-war Tokyo. Rookie homicide detective Murakami (Toshiro Mifune) has his Colt pistol stolen during a trolley ride and gives chase to the pickpocket, but when he fails to capture him he reports back to headquarters filled with guilt and shame. He goes on to prowl the city backstreets undercover, looking for suspects and picking up leads. He eventually picks up the trail of a gun racket. When the stolen gun is used in a crime, Murakami partners up with the veteran detective Satō (Takashi Shimura).