Takumi Furukawa Explained

Takumi Furukawa
Native Name:古川卓己
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Name:Iwasaki Takumi
Birth Date:27 March 1917
Birth Place:Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
Death Place:Tokyo, Japan
Nationality:Japanese
Other Names:Tai Kao-Mei
Occupation:Film director, screenwriter

, aka Tai Kao-Mei, was a Japanese film director.

Career

Born in Tokyo as Iwasaki Takumi, Furukawa graduated from the College of Art at Nihon University in 1941 and entered the Nikkatsu studio first in the screenwriting division before becoming an assistant director.[1] After serving in the war, he returned to work at Daiei Film before returning to Nikkatsu when it resumed producing films in 1954. While working as an assistant director, he assisted such directors as Tomotaka Tasaka, Kajiro Yamamoto, Akira Kurosawa, and Heinosuke Gosho.

He made his directorial debut in 1955 with Jigoku no Yōjinbō, which starred Rentarō Mikuni and for which he wrote the script.[2] He is most known for directing Season of the Sun in 1956, which was a box office success and helped launch the career of Yujiro Ishihara.[3] His Cruel Gun Story (1964) was released on DVD with English subtitles by Eclipse from the Criterion Collection.[4] Furukawa directed two films in Hong Kong and dramas for television.[5]

Furukawa died of heart failure on 4 October 2018 in a Tokyo hospital at the age of 101.

Filmography

Films

This is a partial list of films.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Watanabe . Takenobu . Nihon eiga terebi kantoku zenshū . 1988 . Kinema Junpō . 357–358 . Japanese . Furukawa Takumi.
  2. Web site: 101歳大往生「太陽の季節」監督の古川卓己さんが死去 . SANSPO . 12 October 2018 . 12 October 2018 . ja-JP.
  3. Web site: Schilling . Mark . Thriving and surviving a tumultuous century . Variety . 12 October 2018 . 2 November 2012.
  4. Web site: Blakeslee . David . A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Takumi Furukawa's Cruel Gun Story . CriterionCast . 12 October 2018 . 4 January 2014.
  5. Web site: Furukawa Takumi . hkmdb.com . August 12, 2020.
  6. Web site: Black Falcon . hkmdb.com . April 5, 1967 . August 12, 2021.
  7. Web site: Kiss and Kill . hkmdb.com . August 19, 1967 . August 12, 2021.