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Kōsaku Yamashita (山下耕作, Yamashita Kōsaku, 10 December 1930 – 6 December 1998) was a Japanese film director who specialized in directing Yakuza films.[2] Yamashita was nicknamed Shōgun.[3][4] His son is director Tomohiko Yamashita.[5]

Kōsaku Yamashita
Born	(1930-01-10)10 January 1930 Kagoshima Prefecture,[1] Japan
Died	6 December 1998 Tokyo, Japan
Other names	Shōgun
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1955-1998

In 1952, He graduated from Kyoto University and joined Toei Film.[6] He was working an office job, but three years later,[6] he became an assistant director under Tomu Uchida and Kōzaburō Yoshimura.[7]

Yamashita made his directorial debut with Wakatono Senryu Hada in 1961.[7] His representative works included The Valiant Red Peony series and Kyōdai Jingi (1966).[6]

Selected filmography

Film

• Wakatono Senryu Hada (1961)
• Kyōdai Jingi (1966)
• The Vanity of the Shogun's Mistresses (1968)
• The Valiant Red Peony aka Hibotan Bakuto (1968)
• Zoro Me no San Kyōdai (1972)
• Yamaguchi-gumi Sandaime (1973)
• Yokosuka Naval Prison (1973)
• Yamaguchi-gumi gaiden: Kyushu Shinko-sakusen aka The Tattooed Hit Man
• Father of the Kamikaze (1974)
• Story of All-Out Attack or Path of Japanese Chivalry (1975)
• Jail Breakers aka Datsō Yugi (1976)
• Gōtō Satsujin Shu (1976)
• Tokugawa Ichizoku no Hōukai (1980)
• Shura no Mure (1984)
• The Last True Yakuza aka Saigo no Bakuto (1985)
• Night Train (1987)
• The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma (1987)
• Another Way (1988)
• Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle (1990)
• Shin Gokudō no Tsumatachi Kakugoshiiya (1993)

Television

• Oshizamurai Kiichihōgan (1974) (ep.13)
• Hissatsu Shigotonin (1980) (ep.8)
• Choshichiro Edo Nikki (1983-91)
• Nemuri Kyōshirō Burai Hikae (1983)
• Katsu Kaishu (1990) (TV Film)
• Abare Hasshū Goyō Tabi (1991-94)

Further reading

• Shōgun to Yobareta Otoko Eiga Kantoku Yamashita Kōsaku 将軍と呼ばれた男―映画監督山下耕作 (ワイズ出版 1999) ISBN 9784898300022

References

External links

• Kōsaku Yamashita profile and Films at Kinenote

• Kōsaku Yamashita at IMDb

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