Hideo Ōba Explained

Hideo Ōba (大庭 秀雄, Ōba Hideo, 28 February 1910 – 10 March 1997) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

Hideo Ōba
Image Caption:Hideo Ōba in 1953 on Asahi Camera
Birth Date:1910 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Aoyama, Akasaka-ku, Tokyo
Nationality:Japanese
Occupation:Film director
Years Active:1935–1969

Life

Ōba was born on 28 February 1910, in Aoyama, Akasaka-ku, Tokyo.

After graduating from Keio University's Department of Japanese Studies, Ōba started working at Shochiku. There he became an assistant director to film director Yasushi Sasaki, and made his debut as a director in 1939 with the film Otto no kachi. A year before his directorial debut, he wrote Ai yori Ai he as a screenwriter.[1]

In 1953, Ōba made Kazuo Kikuta's radio drama Kimi no na ha aired on NHK into a movie, which became a major hit. Kimi no na ha continued as a movie trilogy until 1954.

In his later years, he taught at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image.[2]

Ōba died on 10 March 1997, at the age of 87.

Selected filmography

References

  1. Book: Ueda, Masaaki. Nihon Jinmei Daijiten (日本人名大辞典). 2001. Kōdansha. 4-06-210800-3. 829387682.
  2. Book: Hrsg., Ōga, Tetsuo 1925-. Encyclopedia Nipponica 2001. 1994. Shōgakkan. 4-09-526125-0. 1072527152.