Kenji Misumi
Film director
1921 – 1975
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Who was Kenji Misumi?
Kenji Misumi was a Japanese film director. He created films such as Lone Wolf and Cub and the initial film in the long-running Zatoichi series.
Misumi directed Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice, starring Shintaro Katsu.
He died at age 53.
His 1973 film Sakura no Daimon was voted by Makoto Shinozaki at the BFI The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time in 2012.
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- Born
- Mar 2, 1921
Kyoto - Also known as
- 三隅 研次
- Nationality
- Japan
- Profession
- Education
- Ritsumeikan University
- Lived in
- Kyoto
- Died
- Sep 24, 1975
Kyoto
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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