Tomotaka Tasaka

    Known For

    Directing

    Birthday

    April 14, 1901

    Day of Death

    October 17, 1974 (73 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Hiroshima, Japan

    Tomotaka Tasaka

    Biography

    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.

    Known For

    • Five Scouts

      Five Scouts

      1938

    • A Slope in the Sun

      A Slope in the Sun

      1958

    • A House in the Quarter

      A House in the Quarter

      1963

    • Cold Rice, Osan, Chan

      Cold Rice, Osan, Chan

      1965

    • Koto—The Lake of Tears

      Koto—The Lake of Tears

      1966

    • Victory Song

      Victory Song

      1945

    • A Pebble by the Wayside

      A Pebble by the Wayside

      1938

    • Run, Genta, Run!

      Run, Genta, Run!

      1961

    • Explosion!

      Explosion!

      1939

    • The Maid's Kid

      The Maid's Kid

      1955

    • A Carpenter and Children

      A Carpenter and Children

      1962

    • Kekkon nijuso: zenpen

      Kekkon nijuso: zenpen

      1928

    • I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki

      I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki

      1952

    • 君と僕

      君と僕

      1941

    • Behold This Mother

      Behold This Mother

      1930