As Director
Koto—The Lake of Tears
1966
6.5
Tomotaka Tasaka
Directing
Born
April 14, 1901
Place of Birth
Hiroshima, Japan
Deceased
October 17, 1974
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.
The Filmography
As Director
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965
6.4
As Director, As Writer
A House in the Quarter
1963
6.0
As Director
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
7.5
As Director, As Writer
A Slope in the Sun
1958
5.5
As Director, As Writer
The Maid's Kid
1955
7.0
As Director
Victory Song
1945
5.2
As Director
Explosion!
1939
5.0
As Director
A Pebble by the Wayside
1938
5.0
As Director
Five Scouts
1938
5.9