Masanobu Deme Explained

Masanobu Deme 出目昌伸
Birth Date:	1932 10, df=yes
Birth Place:	Higashiōmi, Shiga, Japan
Death Place:	Tokyo
Occupation:	film director

was a Japanese film director.

Career

Born in Shiga Prefecture, Deme graduated from Waseda University before joining the Tōhō studio in 1957.^[1] After serving as an assistant director under such directors as Akira Kurosawa, Shūe Matsubayashi, Hiromichi Horikawa, and Kengo Furusawa, he made his directorial debut in 1968 with Toshigoro and earned a New Directors Citation from the Directors Guild of Japan in 1969 for his unusual youth film Oretachi no kōya.^[2] He also directed over 80 dramas on television.^[3]

He died on 13 March 2016 of pancreatic cancer in a Tokyo hospital.^[4]

Selected filmography

• Toshigoro (年ごろ) (1968)
• Oretachi no kōya (俺たちの荒野, Oretachi no kōya) (1969)
• Long Journey into Love (1973)
• Station to Heaven (天国の駅, Tengoku no eki) (1984)
• The Meridian In A Mist (霧の子午線, Kiri no Shigosen) (1996)
• Baruto no Gakuen (バルトの楽園) (2006)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Deme Masanobu-san. October 2009. Ōmi no hito. Shiga Prefecture. Japanese. 12 December 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110614021925/http://www.pref.shiga.jp/c/tokyo/ohmi/ohminohito/deme.html. 14 June 2011.
2. Web site: Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō . Directors Guild of Japan . Japanese . 12 December 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101122022302/http://dgj.or.jp/award_g/ . 22 November 2010 .
3. Web site: Deme Masanobu. Terebi dorama dētabēsu. Japanese. 12 December 2010.
4. Web site: ja:映画監督の出目昌伸さんが死去. http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/20160313-OHT1T50215.html. Sports Hochi. Hochi Shimbun. 13 March 2016. Japanese. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160314103330/http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/20160313-OHT1T50215.html. 14 March 2016.