Keisuke Kinoshita

Director

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Birth Place
Japan
Born
December 05, 1912
Died
December 30, 1998
Cause of Death
Complications From A Stroke

Biography

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Accomplished in a wide range of genres, Kinoshita made satiric comedies, stirring social dramas and the visually compelling, Kabuki version of "The Ballad of Narayama" (1958). He is probably best known, however, for his numerous sentimental romances of the 1950s and 60s, such as "She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum" (1955). "Carmen Comes Home" (1951), about a big-city stripper who shakes u...

Filmography

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Father (1988)
Director
Big Joys, Small Sorrows (1986)
Director
Children of Nagasaki (1983)
Director
The Young Rebels (1980)
Director
Oh, My Son! (1979)
Director
Sri Lanka no ai to wakare (1976)
Director

Biography

Accomplished in a wide range of genres, Kinoshita made satiric comedies, stirring social dramas and the visually compelling, Kabuki version of "The Ballad of Narayama" (1958). He is probably best known, however, for his numerous sentimental romances of the 1950s and 60s, such as "She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum" (1955). "Carmen Comes Home" (1951), about a big-city stripper who shakes up her home town during a short visit, was Japan's first film to be released in color and one of the director's best.

Kinoshita's brother Chuji scored a number of his films, as well as Masaki Kobayashi's epic, "The Human Condition" (1958-61), his brother-in-law Hiroyuki (Hiroshi) Kusuda was the cinematographer on many of his films.

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Father (1988)
Director
Big Joys, Small Sorrows (1986)
Director
Children of Nagasaki (1983)
Director
The Young Rebels (1980)
Director
Oh, My Son! (1979)
Director
Sri Lanka no ai to wakare (1976)
Director
Eyes, the Sea and a Ball (1968)
Director
Ballad of Narayama (1961)
Director
Immortal Love (1961)
Director
Spring Dreams (1960)
Director
Farewell to Spring (1959)
Director
Farewell to Dream (1956)
Director
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Director
The Garden of Women (1954)
Director
Carmen Comes Home (1951)
Director
Yotsuya Kaidan, Part Two (1949)
Director
Morning for the Osone Family (1946)
Director
The Army (1944)
Director
Port of Flowers (1943)
Director

Writer (Feature Film)

Father (1988)
Writer
Big Joys, Small Sorrows (1986)
Screenplay
Children of Nagasaki (1983)
Screenwriter
The Young Rebels (1980)
Screenplay
Oh, My Son! (1979)
Screenwriter
Sri Lanka no ai to wakare (1976)
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Sri Lanka no ai to wakare (1976)
Screenwriter
Eyes, the Sea and a Ball (1968)
Screenwriter
Once a Rainy Day (1968)
Story
Ballad of Narayama (1961)
Screenwriter
Immortal Love (1961)
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Immortal Love (1961)
Screenwriter
Spring Dreams (1960)
Screenwriter
Spring Dreams (1960)
From Story
Farewell to Spring (1959)
Screenwriter
Farewell to Spring (1959)
From Story
The Garden of Women (1954)
Screenwriter
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Screenwriter
Carmen Comes Home (1951)
Screenwriter
Carmen Comes Home (1951)
From Story

Producer (Feature Film)

Eyes, the Sea and a Ball (1968)
Executive Producer
Immortal Love (1961)
Producer

Life Events

1933

Began film career as lab/camera assistant

1941

In Japanese army

1943

Directed first film "Hana Saku Minato/The Blossoming Port"

1951

Directed country's first ever color film "Carmen Comes Home"

Family

Chuji Kinoshita
Brother
Composer. Scored films by Keisuke Kinoshita such as "Carmen Comes Home" (1951), as well as Masaki Kobayashi's "The Human Condition" (1958-1961).
Yoshiko Kusuda
Sister
Scriptwriter.
Hiroshi Kusuda
Brother-In-Law
Director of photography. Shot a number of Kinoshita's films, including "The Ballad of Narayama" (1958).

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