Directing · b. 1911 · Tokyo, Japan

Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Biography

Kimiyoshi Yasuda was a Japanese film director from the 1930s to 1970s. He directed six films about Zatoichi, the Blind Swordsman. He signed with Nikkatsu Kyoto studio as an assistant director and started working as an assistant director under Sadao Yamanaka and Hiroshi Inagaki etc.

Directed
Zatoichi's Conspiracy 1973 Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman 1971 Ghost of Kasane Swamp 1970 Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts 1969 Lefty Fencer 1969 Second Generation Young Boss 1969 Sworn Brothers 1969 Zatoichi and the Fugitives 1968 Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters 1968 Sequel: Secret Report From A Women's Prison 1968 Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair 1968 Zatoichi's Cane Sword 1967 The Hoodlum Priest 1967 Bad Reputation: The Notorious Man of Legend 1967 Tokyo Gambler 1967 Daimajin 1966 殺人者 1966 Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan 1965 New Tengu from Mount Kurama 1965 Adventures of Zatoichi 1964 Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing 1964 Zatoichi on the Road 1963 Ame no Kudan-zaka 1962 Kumoemon to sono tsuma 1962 晴小袖 1961 すっとび仁義 1961 Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane 1960 お嬢さん三度笠 1960 Hana no yukyo-den 1958 Hanatarō Jumon 1958 Megitsune Buro 1958 Akado Suzunosuke Destroys the Devil Mask Gang 1957 Akado Suzunosuke and the Vacuum Slash of the Asuka School 1957 Akado Suzunosuke vs. the One-Legged Devil 1957 Fighting Letter for 29 People 1957 Shirai Gonpachi 1956 Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 2 1956 The Dancer and Two Warriors 1955 The Young Lord 1955 Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 1 1955 The Young Swordsman 1954 Maiko monogatari 1954 関八州勢揃い 1954 Izayoi kaidō 1951 アベック・パトロール 赤い鍵 1951 The Man Who Laughs Last 1949 The Elephant Who Waited 1949 That Night's Adventure 1948
Other Credits
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Kasane Swamp Writer 1979 Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō Assistant Director 1942 Shunjû ittôryû Assistant Director 1939
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