Kihachi Okamoto
Directing • AGE 81
Kihachi Okamoto (岡本 喜八 Okamoto Kihachi) was a Japanese film director who worked in several different genres, most memorably in action genres such as jidaigeki and war films.
Filmography
Shin Godzilla
Dr. Goro Maki (photograph)
2016
Vengeance for Sale
Director
2002
Boy's Choir
School Head
2000
East Meets West
Director
1995
Coo of the Far Seas
Screenplay
1993
Rainbow Kids
Director
1991
Taikoki
Director
1987
Jazz Daimyo
Director
1986
Kidnapping Blues
Izakaya Guest
1982
At This Late Date, the Charleston
Writer
1981
Magistrate of the Floating World
Director
1981
Kinagashi Bugyō
Writer
1981
The Last Game
Director
1979
Blood Type: Blue
Director
1978
Dynamite Don-Don
Director
1978
Ghost Train
Director
1978
Sugata Sanshiro
Director
1977
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977
I'm No Angel
Fujiya President
1977
Battle Cry
Writer
1975
Aoba shigereru
Screenplay
1974
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
Director
1973
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
Director
1972
The Battle of Okinawa
Director
1971
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Director
1970
Red Lion
Director
1969
The Human Bullet
Director
1968
Kill!
Director
1968
Japan's Longest Day
Director
1967
The Age of Assassins
Director
1967
The Sword of Doom
Director
1966
Ironfinger
Writer
1965
Fort Graveyard
Director
1965
Samurai Assassin
Director
1965
Oh, Bomb!
Screenplay
1964
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Director
1963
Warring Clans
Director
1963
Anything For Success
Director
1962
Operation Sewer Rats
Director
1962
Procurer of Hell
Director
1961
Big Shots Die at Dawn
Director
1961
Blueprint of Murder
Director
1961
Westward Desperado
Director
1960
University Bandits
Screenplay
1960
The Last Gunfight
Director
1960
Desperado Outpost
Director
1959
Someday I'll Know
Director
1959
The Big Boss
Director
1959
Bright Young Maidens
Director
1958
All About Marriage
Director
1958
Assistant President
Assistant Director
1958
Down Town
Assistant Director
1957
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
First Assistant Director
1957
The Maiden Courtesan
Assistant Director
1956
Beast Man Snow Man
Mountain searcher (uncredited)
1955
Mother and Son
Assistant Director
1955
Floating Clouds
Assistant Director
1955
The Blue Pearl
Assistant Director
1951