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Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Kimiyoshi Yasuda was a Japanese film director from the 1930s to 1970s. He directed six films about Zatoichi, the Blind Swordsman. He signed with Nikkatsu Kyoto studio as an assistant director and started working as an assistant director under Sadao Yamanaka and Hiroshi Inagaki etc.

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Directing

1939

[ ] Shunjû ittôryû (Assistant Director)

1942

[ ] Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō (Assistant Director)

1948

[ ] That Night's Adventure (Director)

1949

[ ] The Man Who Laughs Last (Director)
[ ] The Elephant Who Waited (Director)

1951

[ ] Izayoi kaidō (Director)
[ ] アベック・パトロール赤い鍵 (Director)

1954

[ ] The Young Swordsman (Director)
[ ] Maiko monogatari (Director)
[ ] 関八州勢揃い (Director)

1955

[ ] The Dancer and Two Warriors (Director)
[ ] The Young Lord (Director)
[ ] Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 1 (Director)

1956

[ ] Shirai Gonpachi (Director)
[ ] Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 2 (Director)

1957

[ ] Akado Suzunosuke Destroys the Devil Mask Gang (Director)
[ ] Akado Suzunosuke and the Vacuum Slash of the Asuka School (Director)
[ ] Akado Suzunosuke vs. the One-Legged Devil (Director)
[ ] Fighting Letter for 29 People (Director)

1958

[ ] Hana no yukyo-den (Director)
[ ] Hanatarō Jumon (Director)
[ ] Megitsune Buro (Director)

1960

[ ] Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane (Director)
[ ] お嬢さん三度笠 (Director)

1961

[ ] 晴小袖 (Director)
[ ] すっとび仁義 (Director)

1962

[ ] Ame no Kudan-zaka (Director)
[ ] Kumoemon to sono tsuma (Director)

1963

[ ] Zatoichi on the Road (Director)

1964

[ ] Adventures of Zatoichi (Director)
[ ] Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing (Director)

1965

[ ] Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan (Director)
[ ] New Tengu from Mount Kurama (Director)

1966

[ ] Daimajin (Director)
[ ] 殺人者 (Director)

1967

[ ] Zatoichi's Cane Sword (Director)
[ ] The Hoodlum Priest (Director)
[ ] Bad Reputation: The Notorious Man of Legend (Director)
[ ] Tokyo Gambler (Director)

1968

[ ] Zatoichi and the Fugitives (Director)
[ ] Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (Director)
[ ] Sequel: Secret Report From A Women's Prison (Director)
[ ] Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair (Director)

1969

[ ] Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (Director)
[ ] Lefty Fencer (Director)
[ ] Second Generation Young Boss (Director)
[ ] Sworn Brothers (Director)

1970

[ ] Ghost of Kasane Swamp (Director)

1971

[ ] Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (Director)

1973

[ ] Zatoichi's Conspiracy (Director)

Writing

1971

[ ] Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (Screenplay)

1979

[ ] Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Kasane Swamp (Writer)