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Satsuo Yamamoto (July 15, 1910 - August 11, 1983) was a Japanese film director.
Yamamoto was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on July 15, 1910. He dropped out of Waseda University to join Shochiku, where he worked as an assistant director to Mikio Naruse and others. He followed Naruse when he moved to PCL, and became a director in his own right after the company was reborn as Toho. During WWII he directed several pro-war propaganda films for them despite being a fervent member of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP), and after the war he rallied against the company as a driving force behind the union during the 1948 Toho labour dispute (in which the JCP was heavily involved), after which was ultimately fired.
He subsequently worked on independent films and made numerous intensely rebellious and substantial socially conscious works. From the 1960s onward, he directed a succession of major films including the Toyoko Yamasaki adaptations “The Ivory Tower” and “The Perfect Family”, the “Men and War” trilogy, and “Kotei no inai Hachigatsu”. This body of epic works led to him being dubbed “the Red Cecil B. DeMille”.
Three of his films, Shiroi Kyotō, Fumō Chitai and Ah! Nomugi Toge won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Film.
He died of pancreatic cancer on August 11, 1983 at the age of 73.
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Filmography
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Movies 54
Director 52
Producer 1
Ah! Nomugi toge - Shinryokuhen (1982)
Asshii-tachi no machi (1981)
Nomugi Pass (1979)
August without Emperor (1978)
Thong Nhat Vietnam (1977)
Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku (1976)
The Corporation (1976)
Solar Eclipse (1975)
The Family (1974)
Men and War III: The Final Chapter (1973)
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow (1971)
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny (1970)
Okinawa (1970)
Blood End (1969)
Vietnam (1969)
The Bride from Hades (1968)
Dorei kōjō (1968)
Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967)
The Bogus Policeman (1967)
The Great White Tower (1966)
The Freezing Point (1966)
The Spy (1965)
Witness Chair (1965)
Tale of Japanese Burglars (1965)
A Public Benefactor (1964)
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance (1963)
The Red Water (1963)
Ninja, A Band of Assassins (1962)
Chibusa o daku musume tachi (1962)
The Matsukawa Incident (1961)
The War Without Weapons (1960)
The Human Wall (1959)
The Song of the Cart (1959)
His Scarlet Cloak (1958)
Trouble about a Typhoon (1956)
Avalanche (1956)
Floating Weeds Diary (1955)
Ai Sureba Koso (1955)
The Street Without Sun (1954)
The End of a Day (1954)
Vacuum Zone (1952)
The Stand in Hakone (1952)
Street of Violence (1950)
Konna onna ni dare ga shita (1949)
War and Peace (1947)
Hot Wind (1943)
Wings of Victory (1942)
A Gentle Breeze With Father (1940)
Machi (1939)
Beautiful Departure (1939)
Pastoral Symphony (1938)
Mother's Melody (1937)
Street Without End (1934)
Sports (1932)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1910-07-15
Deathday1983-08-11 (73 years old)
Birth PlaceKagoshima Prefecture, Japan
SiblingsKatsumi Yamamoto
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As山本薩夫, Сацуо Ямамото
AwardsMainichi Film Award for Best Director, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director
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