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Kenji Misumi

Known for: Directing

Biography: 1921-03-02

Deathday: 1975-09-24 (54 years old)

Biography

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Kenji Misumi (三隅研次 Misumi Kenji) (2 March 1921, Kyoto, Japan - 24 September 1975) was a notable Japanese film director. He created films such as Lone Wolf and Cub and the initial film in the long-running Zatoichi (座頭市, Zatōichi) series.

He died at age 53.

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Filmography

all 69

Director 69

Movies 63

TV Shows 6

Director

Kenji Misumi

Biography

Filmography

all 69

Director 69

Movies 63

TV Shows 6

Shogun Assassin (1980)

Priest of Darkness (1975)

Bounty Hunter (1975)

Zatoichi monogatari (1974)

The Last Samurai (1974)

Mute Samurai (1973)

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973)

Internal Sleuth (1973)

Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (1972)

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)

Professional Killers (1972)

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)

Kogarashi Monjiro (1972)

The Gift of the Fox (1971)

The Woman Gambler's Iron Rule (1971)

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)

The Angry Sword (1970)

The Magoichi Saga (1969)

Devil's Temple (1969)

Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)

The Funeral Racket (1968)

The Two Bodyguards (1968)

Zatoichi Challenged (1967)

The Homely Sister (1967)

The Sisters and I (1967)

Shroud of Snow (1967)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy (1966)

Return of Giant Majin (1966)

Dynamite Doctor (1966)

The Virgin Witness (1966)

Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)

Sword Devil (1965)

Life of Matsu the Untamed (1965)

Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi (1965)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire (1965)

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)

On the Road Forever (1964)

Ken (1964)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure (1964)

Ôkuma Shigenobu the great (1963)

Maiko and the Assassin (1963)

The Third Will (1963)

Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963)

The Demon of Sendai's Castle (1962)

Destiny's Son (1962)

The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)

Her Hidden Past (1962)

The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark (1961)

Buddha (1961)

Satan's Sword: The Dragon God (1960)

Satan's Sword (1960)

What Price Love? (1960)

Patterns of Love (1960)

Princess Sen in Edo (1960)

The Lord Pretends (1959)

Yotsuya Ghost Story (1959)

A Thousand Flying Cranes (1959)

Gambler and the Princess (1959)

Travels of Lord Mito (1958)

Obsessive Snake (1958)

The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall (1958)

Freelance Samurai (1957)

Gonpachi (1956)

The Fiery Magistrate (1956)

Flowery Brothers (1956)

Asataro the Crow (1956)

Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot (1954)

The Tale of Genji (1951)

Information

Known ForDirecting

GenderMale

Birthday1921-03-02

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1921-03-02

Deathday
1975-09-24 (54 years old)

Birth Place
Kyoto, Japan

Citizenships
Empire of Japan, Japan