Kimiyoshi Yasuda | |
Native Name: | 安田公義 |
Native Name Lang: | 安田公義 |
Birth Date: | February 15, 1911 |
Birth Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
Death Date: | July 26, 1983 |
Death Place: | Japan |
Years Active: | 1935-1979 |
(born February 15, 1911 Tokyo, Japan,[1] died July 26, 1983) was a Japanese film director from the 1930s to 1970s. He directed six films about Zatoichi, the Blind Swordsman.[2]
He signed with Nikkatsu Kyoto studio as an assistant director and started working as an assistant director under Sadao Yamanaka and Hiroshi Inagaki etc.[3] He made his director debut with Ouma wa Nanajyunana-mangoku in 1944.[4]