Tomotaka Tasaka
Known for
Directing
Born
April 14, 1901
Birthplace
Hiroshima, Japan
Died
October 17, 1974 (aged 73)
Biography
Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, he began working at Nikkatsu's Kyoto studio in 1924 and eventually came to prominence for a series of realist, humanist films made at Nikkatsu's Tamagawa studio in the late 1930s such as Robō no ishi and Mud and Soldiers, both of which starred Isamu Kosugi.
Best known work
Five Scouts
1938
A Slope in the Sun
1958
A House in the Quarter
1963
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965
Victory Song
1945
Koto—The Lake of Tears
1966
A Pebble by the Wayside
1938
The Maid's Kid
1955
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
Explosion!
1939Filmography
1968
Scrap CollectorsDirector
1966
Koto—The Lake of TearsDirector
1965
Cold Rice, Osan, ChanDirector
1964
The SharksDirector
1963
A House in the QuarterDirector, Screenplay
1962
A Carpenter and ChildrenDirector, Screenplay
1961
Run, Genta, Run!Director
1960
Shinran, Part IIDirector
1960
ShinranDirector
1959
The Stream of YouthScreenplay, Director
1958
A Slope in the SunDirector, Screenplay
1957
This Day's LifeDirector, Writer
1956
The Baby CarriageDirector
1955
The Maid's KidDirector, Screenplay
1952
I'll Not Forget the Song of NagasakiDirector, Writer
1951
YukiwarisōDirector
1949
Doburoku no TatsuDirector
1945
Victory SongDirector
1943
NavyDirector, Writer
1942
Mother and Child GrassDirector, Screenplay
1941
You and IDirector
1939
Mud and SoldiersDirector
1939
Explosion!Director
1938
A Pebble by the WaysideDirector
1938
Five ScoutsDirector, Original Story