Tomotaka Tasaka (ç"°å‚ 具隆, Tasaka Tomotaka, 14 April 1902 â€" 17 October 1974) was a Japanese film director.
Career
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 RobÅ no ishi and Mud and Soldiers, both of which starred Isamu Kosugi. His war film, Five Scouts, was screened in the competition at the 6th Venice International Film Festival.
Tasaka was a victim of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and spent many years recovering. He eventually resumed directing and won the best director prize at the 1958 Blue Ribbon Awards for A Slope in the Sun, which starred YÅ«jirÅ Ishihara.
His brother, Katsuhiko Tasaka, was also a film director, and his wife, Hisako Takihana, was an actress.
Selected filmography
- Five Scouts (äº"人ã®æ–¥å€™å…µ, Gonin no sekkÅhei) (1938)
- RobÅ no ishi (è·¯å‚ã®çŸ³) (1938)
- Mud and Soldiers (土ã¨å…µéšŠ, Tsuchi to heitai) (1939)
- The Baby Carriage (ä¹³æ¯è»Š, Ubaguruma) (1956)
- This Day's Life (今日ã®ã„ã®ã¡ KyÅ no inochi) (1957)
- A Slope in the Sun (陽ã®ã‚ãŸã‚‹å‚é", Hi no ataru sakamichi) (1958)
- Lake of Tears (æ¹–ã®ç´, Mizuumi no Kin) (1966)
References
External links
- Tomotaka Tasaka at the Internet Movie Database
- Tasaka Tomotaka at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)
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