Masanobu Deme

Masanobu Deme (出目昌伸, Deme Masanobu; 2 October 1932 – 13 March 2016) was a Japanese film director.

Masanobu Deme 出目昌伸
Born	(1932-10-02)2 October 1932 Higashiōmi, Shiga, Japan
Died	13 March 2016(2016-03-13) (aged 83) Tokyo
Occupation	film director

Career

Born in Shiga Prefecture, Deme graduated from Waseda University before joining the Tōhō studio in 1957.^[1] After serving as an assistant director under such directors as Akira Kurosawa, Shūe Matsubayashi, Hiromichi Horikawa, and Kengo Furusawa, he made his directorial debut in 1968 with Toshigoro^[1] and earned a New Directors Citation from the Directors Guild of Japan in 1969 for his unusual youth film Oretachi no kōya.^[2] He also directed over 80 dramas on television.^[3]

He died on 13 March 2016 of pancreatic cancer in a Tokyo hospital.^[4]

Selected filmography

• Toshigoro (年ごろ) (1968)
• Oretachi no kōya (俺たちの荒野, Oretachi no kōya) (1969)
• Long Journey into Love (1973)
• Station to Heaven (天国の駅, Tengoku no eki) (1984)
• The Meridian In A Mist (霧の子午線, Kiri no Shigosen) (1996)
• Baruto no Gakuen (バルトの楽園) (2006)