• Kihachi Okamoto (岡本 喜八, Okamoto Kihachi, February 17, 1924 – February 19, 2005) was a Japanese film director who worked in several different genres. Born...
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  • Okamoto (岡本 圭人, born 1993), Japanese singer and member of the group Hey! Say! JUMP Kido Okamoto (岡本 綺堂, 1872–1939), Japanese author Kihachi Okamoto (岡本...
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    acting for other famed directors — Hiroshi Inagaki, Kajiro Yamamoto, Kihachi Okamoto — in roles ranging from a caped lover to a Mexican bandit. Mifune's...
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    Face of Another), Mikio Naruse (When a Woman Ascends the Stairs), Kihachi Okamoto (Kill! and The Sword of Doom), Hideo Gosha (Goyokin), Shirō Toyoda...
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    Rebellion, both cynical films based on flawed loyalty to the clan. Kihachi Okamoto films focus on violence in a particular fashion. In particular in his...
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  • Kihachi (written: 喜八) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: Kihachi Okamoto (岡本 喜八, 1924–2005), Japanese film director...
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  • The Human Bullet (category Films directed by Kihachi Okamoto)
    during the late stage of World War II. It was written and directed by Kihachi Okamoto. During the last days of the war, a nameless young cadet is assigned...
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  • Vengeance for Sale (category Films directed by Kihachi Okamoto)
    directed by Kihachi Okamoto. Vengeance for Sale is a remake of the TV movie directed by Kihachi Okamoto in 1969, based on the manga written by Okamoto under...
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    (写楽) Tonbo Masahiro Shinoda (篠田正浩) East Meets West Kenkichi Kamijō Kihachi Okamoto (岡本喜八) Emergency Call (緊急呼出し エマージェンシー・コール) Hideyuki Harada Kazuki Ōmori...
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  • Kazuo Ikehiro: 3 Shintaro Katsu: 2 Akira Inoue: 1 Satsuo Yamamoto: 1 Kihachi Okamoto: 1 The television series Zatoichi ran for four seasons—a total of 100...
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  • Red Lion (film) (category Films directed by Kihachi Okamoto)
    Red Lion (赤毛, Akage) is a 1969 Japanese film directed by Kihachi Okamoto and starring Toshirō Mifune and Shima Iwashita. Gonzo (権三, Toshiro Mifune), a...
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    Kurosawa's One Wonderful Sunday. He often worked with Akira Kurosawa and Kihachi Okamoto. One Wonderful Sunday (1947) as Ticket seller Drunken Angel (1948)...
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  • Kill! (category Films directed by Kihachi Okamoto)
    Japanese comedy-chambara film directed by Kihachi Okamoto. The film had a screenplay written by Akira Murao and Okamoto, and is based on the story Torideyama...
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  • East Meets West (1995 film) (category Films directed by Kihachi Okamoto)
    East Meets West is a 1995 Japanese Western film directed by Kihachi Okamoto. The film starts off with an old man in the desert, and two signs are shown;...
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  • Japan's Longest Day (category Films directed by Kihachi Okamoto)
    no ichiban nagai hi) is a 1967 Japanese epic war film directed by Kihachi Okamoto. The subject of the majority of the movie is the period between noon...
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  • The Sword of Doom (category Films directed by Kihachi Okamoto)
    Bodhisattva Pass"), is a 1966 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Kihachi Okamoto and starring Tatsuya Nakadai. It is based on the serial novel of the...
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    Yasumoto Japan's Longest Day (Kihachi Okamoto, 1967) - Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki The Human Bullet (Kihachi Okamoto, 1968) Otoko wa Tsurai yo (Yoji...
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    (1988) Junya Sato (1989) Shōhei Imamura (1990) Masahiro Shinoda (1991) Kihachi Okamoto (1992) Masayuki Suo (1993) Yoji Yamada (1994) Kinji Fukasaku (1995)...
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  • Samurai Assassin (category Films directed by Kihachi Okamoto)
    Samurai Assassin (侍, Samurai) is a 1965 Japanese film directed by Kihachi Okamoto and starring Toshiro Mifune, Koshiro Matsumoto, Yūnosuke Itō, and Michiyo...
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  • The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman (category Films directed by Kihachi Okamoto)
    yūgana seikatsu) is a 1963 Japanese satirical comedy film directed by Kihachi Okamoto and based on the Naoki Prize winning novel by Hitomi Yamaguchi. Eburi...
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  • first role was as a rock singer in the 1958 film All About Marriage by Kihachi Okamoto and he has since gone on to star in more than 70 feature films. At...
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  • Battle of Okinawa (film) (category Films directed by Kihachi Okamoto)
    Shōwashi: Okinawa Kessen) is a 1971 Japanese war film directed by Kihachi Okamoto from a screenplay by Kaneto Shindo and Ryōzō Kasahara, with effects...
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    (1988) Junya Sato (1989) Shōhei Imamura (1990) Masahiro Shinoda (1991) Kihachi Okamoto (1992) Masayuki Suo (1993) Yoji Yamada (1994) Kinji Fukasaku (1995)...
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  • Blue Christmas (film) (category Films directed by Kihachi Okamoto)
    The Blue Stigma, is a 1978 Japanese science fiction film by director Kihachi Okamoto. It deals with prejudice against UFO witnesses whose blood is turned...
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    (1988) Junya Sato (1989) Shōhei Imamura (1990) Masahiro Shinoda (1991) Kihachi Okamoto (1992) Masayuki Suo (1993) Yoji Yamada (1994) Kinji Fukasaku (1995)...
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    (1988) Junya Sato (1989) Shōhei Imamura (1990) Masahiro Shinoda (1991) Kihachi Okamoto (1992) Masayuki Suo (1993) Yoji Yamada (1994) Kinji Fukasaku (1995)...
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  • The Age of Assassins (category Films directed by Kihachi Okamoto)
    Assassins (殺人狂時代, Satsujinkyō jidai) is a 1967 Japanese film directed by Kihachi Okamoto. A nerdy young college instructor named Shinji Kikyo returns home one...
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  • carrion Kill may also refer to: Kill!, a 1968 Japanese film directed by Kihachi Okamoto Kill (film), a 2023 Indian action film directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat...
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    Bradley Whitford United States Traditional Western East Meets West Kihachi Okamoto Christopher Mayer, Hiroyuki Sanada Japan Samurai Western A Fistful...
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    (1965, directed by Toshio Masuda) The Sword of Doom (1966, directed by Kihachi Okamoto) The River of Tears (1967, directed by Kenji Misumi) Double Suicide...
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