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Kajirō Yamamoto

Name in Native Language: "山本嘉次郎" (Japanese/JA)
Screenwriter / Actor / Film Director | * 03/15/1902 († 72, 09/28/1974) | Tokyo (Japan)
Kajirō Yamamoto (山本 嘉次郎, Yamamoto Kajirō, 15 March 1902 – 21 September 1974) was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor who was known for his war films and comedies and as the mentor of Akira Kurosawa. The combined list of his efforts as a director for documentaries, silent, and sound films includes over 90 film titles during his lifetime. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Music

Known for these Movies & Shows

Japanese Navy air cadets train for the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the HMS Prince of Wales. ...

The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya

Certification unknown

1942 | 1h 56min
Drama, History, War
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Girls in the Orchard

Certification unknown

1953 | 1h 35min
Drama
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May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, she travels incognito with a tour group, in hopes of having a quiet vacation without being noticed. B ...

A Holiday in Tokyo

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1958 | 1h 30min
Drama
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Movies with Kajirō Yamamoto as Actor(1)

1952 Kin no tamago: Golden girl

Movies with Kajirō Yamamoto as Crew(66)

Directing/Director1959 The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
Writing/Screenplay1959 The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
Directing/Director1958 A Holiday in Tokyo
Writing/Writer1958 A Holiday in Tokyo
Directing/Director1956 The Underworld
Writing/Screenplay1955 Diary of the First Incredible Laughing Trip
Directing/Director1955 A Man Among Men
Directing/Director1953 Girls in the Orchard
Production/Producer1953 Girls in the Orchard
Writing/Writer1953 Girls in the Orchard
Directing/Director1952 Third Class Executives
Writing/Writer1952 Third Class Executives
Directing/Director1951 Who Knows a Woman's Heart
Writing/Writer1951 Who Knows a Woman's Heart
Directing/Director1951 Elegy
Writing/Writer1951 Elegy
Directing/Director1950 Escape from Prison
Writing/Screenplay1950 Escape from Prison
Writing/Writer1949 Ginza Cancan Girls
Production/Associate Producer1949 Stray Dog
Writing/Screenplay1949 The Adventures of Tobisuke
Directing/Director1949 Flirtation in Spring
Production/Executive Producer1949 Flirtation in Spring
Writing/Screenplay1949 Flirtation in Spring
Writing/Screenplay1948 Enoken's Singing Detective Story
Directing/Director1947 These Foolish Times
Directing/Director1946 Those Who Make Tomorrow
Writing/Writer1946 Those Who Make Tomorrow
Directing/Director1944 Battle Troop
Writing/Screenplay1944 Battle Troop
Directing/Director1944 Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
Writing/Writer1944 Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
Directing/Director1942 Sky of Hope
Writing/Writer1942 Sky of Hope
Directing/Director1942 The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
Directing/Director1941 Horse
Writing/Writer1941 Horse
Directing/Director1940 The Monkey King
Writing/Screenplay1940 The Monkey King
Directing/Director1940 Songoku 2
Writing/Writer1940 Songoku 2
Writing/Screenplay1940 Enoken's Bow-Wow General
Directing/Director1940 Enoken's Zangiri Kinta
Directing/Director1940 Roppa's Honeymoon
Writing/Screenplay1940 Roppa's Honeymoon
Directing/Director1940 Songoku 1
Writing/Writer1940 Songoku 1
Directing/Director1938 Composition Class
Directing/Director1938 Tojuro's Love
Writing/Screenplay1937 Enoken's Sarutobi Sasuke
Directing/Director1937 A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
Writing/Writer1937 A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
Directing/Director1937 Enoken's Chakkiri Kinta Part 2: Returning Is Scary, But the Weather Will Clear If You Wait
Writing/Screenplay1937 Enoken's Chakkiri Kinta Part 2: Returning Is Scary, But the Weather Will Clear If You Wait
Directing/Director1937 Enoken’s Kinta the Pickpocket
Writing/Screenplay1937 Enoken’s Kinta the Pickpocket
Directing/Director1936 Enoken's Donguri Tonbei
Directing/Director1936 Enoken's The Millionaire, Part 2
Directing/Director1936 Enoken's The Millionaire, Part 1
Directing/Director1936 I Am a Cat
Directing/Director1935 Enoken's Kondo Isami
Directing/Director1935 Botchan
Directing/Director1934 Romantic and Crazy
Writing/Original Film Writer1932 Daughter and Springtime
Writing/Screenplay1932 Hatobue wo Fuku Onna
Writing/Screenplay1928 Town of Love

Citizenship: Japan
Born: Saturday, 03/15 1902 (March) in Tokyo (Japan)
Died: Saturday, 09/28 1974 (September) in Tokyo (aged: 72)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Educated at: Keio University
Other names for Kajirō Yamamoto (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"山本 嘉次郎"
"山本嘉次郎"
"Кадзиро Ямамото"
"やまもと かじろう" (Kana/Japanese)
"Yamamoto Kajirō"
Kajirō Yamamoto frequently works together with these people:
Kenichi Enomoto (18x, Actor)
Hideko Takamine (11x, Actress)
Akira Kurosawa (10x, Crew)
Toshirō Mifune (9x, Actor)
Zeko Nakamura (9x, Actor)
Shigekazu Kurihara (9x, Crew)
Sōjirō Motoki (8x, Crew)
Sadaichi Yanagida (8x, Cast)
Takashi Shimura (7x, Actor)
Takeo Kita (7x, Crew)
Kamatari Fujiwara (7x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:465193, Added: 09/29/2018, Last updated: 03/31/2024