Kihachi Okamoto
Directing · Director · Screenplay · Writer
Born Feb 17, 1924 · Yonago, Tottori, Japan
Active 1951–2005
Kihachi Okamoto (岡本 喜八 Okamoto Kihachi) was a Japanese film director who worked in several different genres, most memorably in action genres such as jidaigeki and war films.
Filmography
Shin Godzilla (2016) — Dr. Goro Maki (photograph)The Sword of Doom (1966) — DirectorFloating Clouds (1955) — Assistant DirectorKill! (1968) — Screenplay · DirectorSamurai Assassin (1965) — DirectorZatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970) — Director · ScreenplayJapan's Longest Day (1967) — DirectorThe Battle of Okinawa (1971) — Officer Spotting Enemy Ship (uncredited) · DirectorAssistant President (1958) — Assistant DirectorBright Young Maidens (1958) — DirectorAll About Marriage (1958) — DirectorSugata Sanshiro (1977) — Director · WriterRed Lion (1969) — Director · ScreenplayOh, Bomb! (1964) — Screenplay · DirectorThe Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro (1977)Warring Clans (1963) — Director · WriterDynamite Don-Don (1978) — DirectorThe Last Game (1979) — Director · WriterUniversity Bandits (1960) — Screenplay · DirectorSomeday I'll Know (1959) — DirectorProcurer of Hell (1961) — DirectorCoo of the Far Seas (1993) — ScreenplayThe Age of Assassins (1967) — Director · ScreenplayIronfinger (1965) — Writer