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Shirō Moritani

Director, Writer, Producer, Additional Credits
Born September 28, 1931Died December 2, 1984 (53 years)
Shirō Moritani (森谷 司郎, Moritani Shirō, September 28, 1931 – December 2, 1984) was a film director and screenwriter from Japan. Born in Tokyo, he debuted as an assistant director in Akira Kurosawa's 1961 film Yojimbo. His film Mount Hakkoda won Mainichi Film Award for Excellence Film in 1978.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • High and Low

Known For

  • Yojimbo
  • High and Low
  • Red Beard
  • The Bad Sleep Well
  • Godzilla 1985
  • Submersion of Japan
  • The War in Space
  • Prophecies of Nostradamus
  • Kaikyô
  • Take Care, Red Riding Hood
  • The Revolt
  • Zero faita dai kûsen
  • Interpol Code 8
  • Shôsetsu Yoshida gakko
  • After School

Shirō Moritani Filmography

1965
Red Beard · as Assistant Director
1963
Interpol Code 8 · as First Assistant Director
1963
High and Low · as Assistant Director
1961
Yojimbo · as Assistant Director
1960
The Bad Sleep Well · as Assistant Director

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