Eiichi Kudo Explained

Eiichi Kudo
Birth Date:	17 July 1929
Birth Place:	Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan
Death Place:	Kyoto, Japan
Occupation:	Film director
Yearsactive:	1956-1998

was a Japanese film director.^[1] Kudo directed 30 films between 1956 and 1998, the most notable being 13 Assassins (1963) and The Great Killing (1964).^[2] He joined the Toei film company in 1952 and made his film director debut with Fukaku hichō in 1959. His 1982 film Yaju-deka was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival.^[3]

Kudo directed many television dramas, notably more than 50 episodes of the popular television jidaigeki Hissatsu series.^[4]

He died of intracerebral hemorrhage on September 23, 1999.^[4]

Filmography

• Fukaku hichō (1959)
• (1959)
• (1960)
• (1960)
• Hebigami maden (1960)
• (1960)
• (1960)
• (1960)
• Heavenly Dragon (1960)
• Flowers on the Road (1961)
• Woman of the Ghostly Lantern (1961)
• The Foreign Shark (1961)
• Kashi no onna Ishimatsu (1961)
• Hakko ryukitai (1961)
• Revenge for His Lover (1962)
• 13 Assassins (1963)
• Castle of Owls (1963)
• The Great Killing (1964)
• (1965)
• Convicted Woman (1966)
• Eleven Samurai (1967)
• (1967)
• Sangyo supai (1968)
• (1968)
• The Fort of Death (1969)
• Yakuza tai G-men (1973)
• (1974)
• Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1979)
• (1980)
• Yokohama BJ Blues (1981)
• Yaju-deka (1982)
• Nogare no machi (1983)
• Ansatsu shirei (1984)
• Love Letter (1985) (actor only)
• Sure Death 3 (1986)
• Chronicle of the Town Magistrate (1987)
• Takasebune (1988)
• Water Moon (1989)
• Nakibokuro (1991)
• Bloody Passion (1992)
• Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears (1993)
• Gunro no keifu (1998)

Television

• Hissatsu series
  • Hissatsu Shiokinin (1972) episodes 7, 12, 16, 25, and 26
  • Tasukenin Hashiru (1973-74) episodes 4, 11, 29, and 30
  • Kurayami Shitomenin (1974)
  • Hissatsu Karakurinin (1975)
  • Hissatsu Karakurinin Keppūhen (1976) episodes 2and 3
  • Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin (1977) episodes 1, 2, 5, 19, 27, 36, and 39
  • Edo Professional Hissatsu Shōbainin (1978) episodes 1, 2, and 26
  • Hissastu Hashikakenin (1985) episodes 1, 2, and 5
• Tsūkai! Kōchiyama Sōshun (1975-76)
• Fûfu tabi nikki saraba ronin (1976)
• Shi no dangai (TV movie) (1982)
• Sengoku Ransei no Abarenbo Saito Dosan Doto no Tenka Tori (TV movie) (1991)
• Taira no Kiyomori (TV movie) (1992)
• Shinsengumi Keppū Roku (1998) episode 1
• Kagemusha Tokugawa Ieyasu (TV miniseries) (1998)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eiichi Kudo . All Cinema . 13 December 2019.
2. Web site: デジタル大辞泉「工藤栄一」の解説. kotobank. September 5, 2021.
3. Web site: Berlinale: 1982 Programme . 21 November 2010 . berlinale.de.
4. Web site: 工藤栄一. 映画DB. September 5, 2021.