Shugoro Yamamoto - Turner Classic Movies

Filmography

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Tsubaki Sanjuro (2007)

Source Material

The Sea is Watching (2003)

Source Material (From Stories: "The Smell Of An Unknown Flower" And "Before The Dew Dries")

Kah-Chan (2001)

AFTER THE RAIN (1999)

From Story ("Passing Through The Wooden Gate")

Inochi Bonifuro (1971)

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Red Beard (1966) -- (Movie Clip) He's The Dictator

Sanjuro (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Attack Me!

Biography

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

Tsubaki Sanjuro (2007)

Source Material

The Sea is Watching (2003)

Source Material (From Stories: "The Smell Of An Unknown Flower" And "Before The Dew Dries")

Kah-Chan (2001)

AFTER THE RAIN (1999)

From Story ("Passing Through The Wooden Gate")

Inochi Bonifuro (1971)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Dora-Heita (2000)

Source Material (From Novel)

Dodes'ka-Den (1971)

Life Events

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Red Beard (1966) -- (Movie Clip) He's The Dictator In early 19th century Japan, skeptical young doctor Yasumoto (Yuzo Kayama) is introduced to the clinic and the head man (Toshiro Mifune, title character), early in Akira Kurosawa's Red Beard, 1966, from a novel by Shugoro Yamamoto.

Sanjuro (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Attack Me! Toshiro Mifune (title character) is pretending he's defected and joined evil Muroto (Tatsuya Nakadai), when his pals led by Iori (Yuzo Kayama), not in on the scheme, stage a raid, in Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro, 1962.

Sanjuro (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Killing People Is A Bad Habit Having just rescued the chamberlain's daughter (Reiko Dan) and her mother (Takako Irie), Toshiro Mifune (title character), Iori (Yuzo Kayama) and their gang decide to flee, in Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro, 1962.

Sanjuro (1962) -- (Movie Clip) You Wanna Fight? From the opening scene, Toshiro Mifune (title character) shows the nine Samurai led by Iori (Yuzo Kayama) that their true enemy is the superintendent, whose henchman Muroto (Tatsuya Nakadai) appears with posse, in Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro, 1962.

Dodes 'Ka-Den -- (Movie Clip) Train Freak! Roku-chan (Yoshitaka Zushi) in the middle of his Tokyo slum pantomime, imagining himself a conductor, the film's title being Japanese slang for the sound of a streetcar, early in Akira Kurosawa's Dodes 'Ka-Den, 1970.

Dodes 'Ka-Den -- (Movie Clip) Please Dear Buddha Opening scene, Roku-chan (Yoshitaka Zushi), who dreams of being a conductor, with his mother (Kin Sugai), their Tokyo slum dwelling decorated with streetcar drawings director Akira Kurosawa solicited from Japanese kids, in Dodes 'Ka-Den, 1970.

Dodes 'Ka-Den -- (Movie Clip) If We Become Weak The old man (Kamatari Fujiwara) ventures out into the slum, gets heckled, as the beggar (Noboru Mitsutahi) offers his first philosophical commentary for his son (Hiroyuki Kawase), director Akira Kurosawa shooting on location in a Tokyo dump, in Dodes 'Ka-Den, 1970.

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