Tomotaka Tasaka

Director, Writer

April 14, 1901 — October 17, 1974 (73 years)
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

  • Five Scouts
    Five Scouts1938
  • A Slope in the Sun
    A Slope in the Sun1958
  • The Maid's Kid
    The Maid's Kid1955
  • Koto—The Lake of Tears
    Koto—The Lake of Tears1966
  • Mud and Soldiers
    Mud and Soldiers1939
  • Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
    Cold Rice, Osan, Chan1965
  • Run, Genta, Run!
    Run, Genta, Run!1961
  • A Carpenter and Children
    A Carpenter and Children1962
  • The Baby Carriage
    The Baby Carriage1956
  • This Day's Life
    This Day's Life1957
  • The Stream of Youth
    The Stream of Youth1959

Filmography

1963
A House in the Quarter · as Screenplay
1962
Chiisakobe · as Screenplay
1959
Wakai kawa no nagare · as Screenplay
1958
A Slope in the Sun · as Screenplay
1957
1955
The Maid's Kid · as Screenplay

1938
Five Scouts · as Original Story