Kinugasa Teinosuke
Selected Filmography:
1922: Two Little birds
1926: A Crazy Page
1928: Crossroads
1932: The Loyal Forty-Seven Ronins
1936: An Actor's Revenge
1953: The Gate of Hell
1955: It Happened in Tokyo
1958: The White Heron
1966: Little Fugitive
Selection:
Kinugasa Teinosuke was born in 1896 in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture. He started as a drama player before becoming a film director in 1922. He is considered one of the best film directors in between the two World Wars. He directed 109 movies. He died in 1982 in Kyoto.
