Kihachi Okamoto
Directing · Director · Screenplay · Writer
Born Feb 17, 1924 · Yonago, Tottori, Japan
Active 1951–2005 · Awards: Medal with Purple Ribbon, Mainichi Film Award for Best Director
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) - Director · ScreenplaySamurai 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) - Writer · DirectorRed Lion (1969) - Director · ScreenplayOh, Bomb! (1964) - Director · ScreenplayThe 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