Tomotaka Tasaka
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1901-04-14
Day of Death
1974-10-17 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Hiroshima, Japan
Tomotaka Tasaka
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.
Known For
Crew
(1968)
Scrap Collectors
Director
(1966)
Koto—The Lake of Tears
Director
(1965)
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Director
(1964)
The Sharks
Director
(1963)
A House in the Quarter
Director, Screenplay
(1962)
A Carpenter and Children
Director, Screenplay
(1961)
Run, Genta, Run!
Director
(1960)
Shinran, Part II
Director
(1960)
Shinran
Director
(1959)
The Stream of Youth
Screenplay, Director
(1958)
A Slope in the Sun
Director, Screenplay
(1957)
This Day's Life
Writer, Director
(1956)
The Baby Carriage
Director
(1955)
The Maid's Kid
Director, Screenplay
(1952)
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
Director, Writer
(1951)
Yukiwarisō
Director
(1945)
Victory Song
Director
(1943)
Navy
Writer, Director
(1942)
Mother and Child Grass
Director, Screenplay
(1941)
君と僕
Director
(1939)
Explosion!
Director
(1939)
Mud and Soldiers
Director
(1938)
Five Scouts
Director, Original Story
(1938)
A Pebble by the Wayside
Director
(1934)
Tsuki yori no shisha
Director
(1932)
Daughter and Springtime
Director
(1932)
Hatobue wo Fuku Onna
Director
(1931)
(1930)
Behold This Mother
Director
(1928)
Kekkon nijuso: zenpen
Director
(1928)
Town of Love
Director