Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Kimiyoshi Yasuda (安田公義, Yasuda Kimiyoshi) (born February 15, 1911 Tokyo, Japan,^[1] died July 26, 1983) was a Japanese film director from the 1930s to 1970s. He directed six films about Zatoichi, the Blind Swordsman.^[2]

Kimiyoshi Yasuda
安田公義
Yasuda in 1952
Born	(1911-02-15)February 15, 1911 Tokyo, Japan
Died	July 26, 1983(1983-07-26) (aged 72) Japan
Years active	1935-1979

He signed with Nikkatsu Kyoto studio as an assistant director and started working as an assistant director under Sadao Yamanaka and Hiroshi Inagaki etc.^[3] He made his director debut with Ouma wa Nanajyunana-mangoku in 1944.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Assistant director

• The Million Ryo Pot (1935)

Director

• The Young Swordsman (潮出来島　美男剣法 Itako Dejima Binan Kenpo) (1954)
• The Dancer and Two Warriors (踊り子行状記 Odoriko Gyōjōki) (1955)
• The Young Lord (鬼斬り若様 Onikiri Wakasama) (1955)
• Suzunosuke Akado: Defeat the Demon-Faced Gang (1957)
• Fighting Letter for 29 People 29-nin no Kenka-jō (二十九人の喧嘩状, Nijūkunin no kenkajō) (1957)
• Suzunosuke Akado: The Vacuum Slash of Asuka (1957)
• Suzunosuke Akado: The One-Legged Demon (1957)
• (花太郎呪文 Hanataro Jumon ) (1958)
• Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi (1960) not shown in U.S. (remade in 1970 as The Masseur's Curse )
• Zatoichi on the Road (座頭市喧嘩旅 Zatōichi kenka-tabi) (1963)
• Adventures of Zatoichi (座頭市関所破り Zatōichi sekisho-yaburi) (1964)
• Daimajin (1966)
• Zatoichi's Cane Sword (座頭市鉄火旅 Zatōichi tekka-tabi) (1967)
• Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (妖怪百物語) (1968)
• Zatoichi and the Fugitives (座頭市果し状 Zatōichi hatashijō) (1968)
• Lady Sazen and the Drenched Swallow Sword (女左膳　濡れ燕片手斬り On'na hidarizen nuretsubame katate kiri) (1969)
• Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969) [with Yoshiyuki Kuroda]
• The Masseur's Curse (1970) the 3rd version of Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi^[5]
• Zatoichi and the One Armed Swordsman (新座頭市・破れ！唐人剣 Shin Zatōichi: Yabure! Tōjin-ken) (1971)
• Zatoichi's Conspiracy (新座頭市物語・笠間の血祭り Shin Zatōichi monogatari: Kasama no chimatsuri) (1973)

Television

• Kogarashi Monjirō (TV series) (1972-73)
• Nemuri Kyōshirō (TV series) (1972-73) ep,3,9)
• Oshizamurai Kiichihōgan (TV series) (1973-74 ep,2,4,16,23)
• Tsūkai! Kōchiyama Sōshun (TV series) (1975-76 ep,16,24)