Shirō Moritani
Directing · Screenplay · Producer · Director
Born Sep 28, 1931 · Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Active 1958–1984
Shirō Moritani (森谷 司郎, Moritani Shirō, September 28, 1931 – December 2, 1984) was a film director and screenwriter from Japan. Born in Tokyo, he debuted as an assistant director in Akira Kurosawa's 1961 film Yojimbo.
Filmography
Yojimbo (1961) — Assistant DirectorHigh and Low (1963) — Assistant DirectorRed Beard (1965) — Assistant DirectorThe Bad Sleep Well (1960) — Assistant DirectorSubmersion of Japan (1973) — DirectorThe Longest Tunnel (1982) — Screenplay · Producer · DirectorAdults Cannot Understand - Record of Youth (1958) — WriterZero Fighter (1966) — DirectorSodachi zakari (1967) — DirectorHajimete no Tabi (1971) — Director · WriterMy Brother, My Love (1968) — DirectorMount Hakkoda (1977) — DirectorThe Sun is Calling You (1963) — WriterJudge and Jeopardy (1968) — DirectorWakare no uta (1971) — DirectorBullet Wound (1969) — DirectorInterpol Code 8 (1963) — First Assistant DirectorMonument to Holy Service (1978) — DirectorAbandoned (1981) — Screenplay · DirectorShiosai (1971) — DirectorThe Revolt (1980) — DirectorTake Care, Red Riding Hood (1970) — Writer · DirectorFutari no Koibito (1969) — DirectorThe Yoshida School (1983) — Writer · Director