Yoshiki Onoda | |
Birth Date: | 12 July 1925 |
Birth Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
Occupation: | Director, screenwriter |
Yearsactive: | 1958–present |
Spouse: | Mitsuya Utako |
is a Japanese film director and writer.[1]
Born in Tokyo, the family then moved to Korea. In 1947, he moved back to Japan to work as an assistant director to Akira Kurosawa at the Toho studios. In 1958 he directed his first film, Hitogui Ama.
He was married to actress Mitsuya Utako from 1960 to her death in 2004.