Kōsaku Yamashita Explained

Kōsaku Yamashita
Birth Date:	10 January 1930
Birth Place:	Kagoshima Prefecture,^[1] Japan
Death Date:	6 December 1998
Death Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Other Names:	Shōgun
Occupation:	Film director
Yearsactive:	1955-1998

was a Japanese film director who specialized in directing Yakuza films.^[2] Yamashita was nicknamed Shōgun.^{[3] [4]} His son is director Tomohiko Yamashita.^[5]

In 1952, He graduated from Kyoto University and joined Toei Film. He was working an office job, but three years later,^[6] he became an assistant director under Tomu Uchida and Kōzaburō Yoshimura.^[7]

Yamashita made his directorial debut with Wakatono Senryu Hada in 1961.^[7] His representative works included The Valiant Red Peony series and Kyōdai Jingi (1966).^[6]

Selected filmography

Film

• Wakatono Senryu Hada (1961)
• Kyōdai Jingi (1966)
• The Vanity of the Shogun's Mistresses (1968)
• The Valiant Red Peony aka Hibotan Bakuto (1968)
• Zoro Me no San Kyōdai (1972)
• Yamaguchi-gumi Sandaime (1973)
• Yokosuka Naval Prison (1973)
• Yamaguchi-gumi gaiden: Kyushu Shinko-sakusen aka The Tattooed Hit Man
• Father of the Kamikaze (1974)
• Story of All-Out Attack or Path of Japanese Chivalry (1975)
• Jail Breakers aka Datsō Yugi (1976)
• Gōtō Satsujin Shu (1976)
• Tokugawa Ichizoku no Hōukai (1980)
• Shura no Mure (1984)
• The Last True Yakuza aka Saigo no Bakuto (1985)
• Night Train (1987)
• The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma (1987)
• Another Way (1988)
• Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle (1990)
• Shin Gokudō no Tsumatachi Kakugoshiiya (1993)

Television

• Oshizamurai Kiichihōgan (1974) (ep.13)
• Hissatsu Shigotonin (1980) (ep.8)
• Choshichiro Edo Nikki (1983-91)
• Nemuri Kyōshirō Burai Hikae (1983)
• Katsu Kaishu (1990) (TV Film)
• Abare Hasshū Goyō Tabi (1991-94)

Further reading

• Shōgun to Yobareta Otoko Eiga Kantoku Yamashita Kōsaku 将軍と呼ばれた男―映画監督山下耕作 (ワイズ出版 1999)

External links

• Kōsaku Yamashita profile and Films at Kinenote

Notes and References

1. Web site: 山下耕作. The TV. ja. 13 December 2021.
2. Web site: Kōsaku Yamashita profile. Goo. ja. 13 December 2021.
3. Web site: Kōsaku Yamashita profile. 映画ナタリー. ja. 13 December 2021.
4. Web site: 山下耕作の世界 by Sadao Nakajima . ラピュタ. ja. 13 December 2021.
5. Web site: Tomohiko Yamashita. 株式会社京都組. 13 December 2021.
6. Web site: Kōsaku Yamashita Profile. 映画DB. 8 December 2021.
7. Web site: 20世紀日本人名事典「山下 耕作」の解説. Kotobank. 13 December 2021.