Hideo Gosha

    Known For

    Directing

    Birthday

    February 26, 1929

    Day of Death

    August 30, 1992 (63 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan

    Hideo Gosha

    Biography

    ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Hideo Gosha (February 26, 1929—August 30, 1992) was a Japanese film director. Among his most famous films are Goyokin and Hitokiri, released in 1969, and The Wolves, released in 1971. His most famous film in the West is Sword of the Beast, released by Criterion. Gosha's films are some of the darkest films from the samurai genre. He won the 1984 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year for The Geisha. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hideo Gosha, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

    Known For

    • Three Outlaw Samurai

      Three Outlaw Samurai

      1964

    • Sword of the Beast

      Sword of the Beast

      1965

    • Goyokin

      Goyokin

      1969

    • Tenchu!

      Tenchu!

      1969

    • Gate of Flesh

      Gate of Flesh

      1988

    • Samurai Wolf

      Samurai Wolf

      1966

    • Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather

      Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather

      1982

    • The Wolves

      The Wolves

      1971

    • Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

      Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

      1978

    • Hunter in the Dark

      Hunter in the Dark

      1979

    • Samurai Wolf II

      Samurai Wolf II

      1967

    • Violent Streets

      Violent Streets

      1974

    • Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn

      Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn

      1966

    • Death Shadows

      Death Shadows

      1986

    • Heat Wave

      Heat Wave

      1991