Eiichi Kudō

DirectorWriterActorDirecting Jul 17 (died age 71) Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan 1958–1998 (40 year career)

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Biography

Eiichi Kudo (工藤栄一, Kudō Eiichi, 17 July 1929 – 23 September 2000) was a Japanese film director. He directed 30 films between 1956 and 1998. His 1982 film Yaju-deka was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. One of his most famous movies is the 1963 film 13 Assassins. This movie was remade in 2010 by Takashi Miike.

Known For

Film

13 Assassins

Director

Film

Eleven Samurai

Director

Film

The Great Killing

Director

Film

Love Letter

Man in Detention

Film

Yokohama BJ Blues

Director

Film

The Fort of Death

Director

Film

Wounded Angels

Director

Film

Castle of Owls

Director

Filmography

Acting (3)

Movies (3)

A Homance

Love Letter

as Man in Detention

The Catch

as Bar Owner

Crew (76)

Movies (66)

Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2

1998

Director

Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2

1998

Screenplay

Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface

1997

Director

5.7

Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface

1997

Screenplay

5.7

Shadow Warrior of Nobunaga Oda

1996

Director

Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf

1996

Director

Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf

1996

Screenplay

Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears

1993

Director

Taira no Kiyomori

1992

Director

Catch Up

1992

Director

Catch Up

1992

Screenplay

Passion

1992

Director

6.5

Chronicle of the Town Magistrate

1992

Director

Nakibokuro

1991

Director

Nakibokuro

1991

Screenplay

Saito Dosan: Rage of Power

1991

Director

6.5

Betrayal Tomorrow

1990

Director

Water Moon

1989

Director

The Eccentric Shinza

Director

Sure Death! 3

Director

Hanzo: The Razor

Director

Assassination Orders

1984

Director

6.5

Nogare no machi

1983

Director

Nogare no machi

1983

Screenplay

The Dropout

1982

Director

7.0

Shi no dangai

1982

Director

Tonga Adventure Family

1982

Director

Yokohama BJ Blues

1981

Director

7.5

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

1980

Director

8.0

Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1979

Director

7.0

The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges

1974

Director

Dangerous Trade in Kobe

Director

The Fort of Death

Director

Sky Scraper!

Screenplay

A History of the Japanese Underworld

1968

Director

Industrial Spy

Director

Eleven Samurai

Director

A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance

1967

Director

Convicted Woman

1966

Director

Yakuza G-Men

1965

Director

Chivalrous Nature

1965

Director

The Great Killing

Director

13 Assassins

Director

Castle of Owls

Director

The Mysterious Purple Hood

1963

Director

Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin

1963

Director

The Princess and the Bearded Lord

1962

Director

Revenge for His Lover

1962

Director

Shimmering Sword

1962

Director

Flowers on the Road

1961

Director

5.0

Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern

1961

Director

A Fishwife's Tale

1961

Director

Travels of Gonkuro

1961

Director

5.0

Yakuza Princess of Edo

1961

Director

Samurai Knights

1961

Director

Paper Crane Palanquin

Director

Heavenly Dragon

Director

Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Road

1960

Director

Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Holy Mountain

1960

Director

Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Fujimi Pass

1960

Director

Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Akiba

1960

Director

Lair of the Snakegod

1960

Director

Secrets of Fuji 2

1959

Director

Secrets of Fuji

1959

Director

Roughneck From Asama

1958

Assistant Director

6.6

Detective Hibari: Case of the Golden Hairpins

1958

Assistant Director

5.0

Television (10)

Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu

1998

Director

Gokenin Zankuro

1995

Director

8.0

Kumokiri Nizaemon

1995

Director

Shadow Warriors

Director

Hissatsu Shigotonin

Director

Yokomizo Seishi Series

Director

Please Hire Me!

Director

Priest of Darkness

Director

Unified Shadows

1975

Director

Wounded Angels

1974

Director

10.0