Satsuo Yamamoto(1910-1983)

Director
Writer
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Satsuo Yamamoto was born on 15 July 1910 in Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Shiroi Kyotô (1966), Fumô chitai (1976) and The Battle of Manchuria (1970). He died on 11 August 1983 in Tokyo, Japan.

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Awards
- 12 wins & 3 nominations total

Known for

Shiroi Kyotô (1966)

7.5

Director

1966

Fumô chitai (1976)

7.1

Director

1976

The Battle of Manchuria (1970)

The Battle of Manchuria

7.1

Director

1970

Ballad of the Cart (1959)

Ballad of the Cart

7.2

Director

1959

Credits

Director

Ah! Nomugi toge - Shinryokuhen
4.4
- Director
- 1982
Asshii-tachi no machi
5.0
- Director
- 1981
Oh! The Nomugi Pass
7.3
- Director
- 1979
August Without Emperor
6.7
- Director
- 1978
Tenpô suiko-den: Ôhara Yûgaku
- Director
- 1976
Fumô chitai
7.1
- Director
- 1976
Kinkanshoku
7.3
- Director
- 1975
The Family
7.5
- Director
- 1974
Men and War III
7.1
- Director
- 1973
Men and War II
7.0
- Director
- 1971
The Battle of Manchuria
7.1
- Director
- 1970
Tengu-tô
6.6
- Director
- 1969
Peony Lantern
7.1
- Director
- 1968
Dorei kojo
- Director
- 1968
The Bogus Policeman
6.6
- Director
- 1967

Writer

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Personal details

Born
- July 15, 1910
- Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan
Died
- August 11, 1983
- Tokyo, Japan(pancreatic cancer)

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Trivia
Began in films as an assistant director in 1933. As a director in post-war Japan, he was noted for his strongly anti-authoritarian films (influenced by his own wartime experiences while fighting in Manchuria). He also ran his own production company.

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