Tomu Uchida
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday26 April 1898
Died7 August 1970 (age 72)
Place of birthOkayama, Okayama, Japan
Known credits43
Biography
Uchida started out at the Taikatsu studio in the early 1920s, but came to prominence at Nikkatsu, adapting literary works with the screenwriter Yasutarō Yagi in a realist style. His 1929 film A Living Puppet (Ikeru ningyo) was selected as the fourth best film of the year by the film journal, Kinema Junpo. Many of his 1930s films featured the actor Isamu Kosugi. One such work, Policeman (Keisatsukan), has been called "a tremendously stylish gangster movie about the love-hate relationship between a cop and a criminal, once childhood friends" It is Uchida’s only surviving complete silent film. Uc…
Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
1971 · Director
Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
1968 · Director
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965 · Director
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965 · Screenplay
A Fugitive from the Past
1965 · Director
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964 · Director
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964 · Adaptation
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963 · Director
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963 · Screenplay
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962 · Director
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962 · Adaptation
The Mad Fox
1962 · Director
Miyamoto Musashi
1961 · Director
Hero of the Red Light District
1960 · Director
The Master Spearman
1960 · Director
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959 · Director
Souls in the Moonlight III
1959 · Director
The Outsiders
1958 · Director
Souls in the Moonlight II
1958 · Director
The Eleventh Hour
1957 · Director
The Eleventh Hour
1957 · Screenplay
Souls in the Moonlight
1957 · Director
The Horse Boy
1957 · Director
Rebellion from Below
1956 · Director
The Kuroda Affair
1956 · Director
We Never Let You Go
1955 · Supervising Producer
A Hole of My Own Making
1955 · Director
Twilight Saloon
1955 · Director
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
1955 · Director
Sorcerer’s Orb
1954 · Director
Sorcerer’s Orb
1954 · Creator
History - Part I
1940 · Director
Earth
1939 · Director
Unending Advance
1937 · Director
The Naked Town
1937 · Director
The Crown of Life
1936 · Director
Theater of Life: Youth Version
1936 · Director
Sun over the River
1934 · Director
Police Officer
1933 · Director
The Revenge Champion
1931 · Director
Jean Valjean: Part Two
1931 · Director
Jean Valjean: Part One
1931 · Director
Return to Heaven
1930 · Director
Sweat
1929 · Director
A Living Puppet
1929 · Director
The King of Rowing
1927 · Director
Crab Temple Omen
1925 · Director
Tale of a Boy: Noble Heart
1925 · Director
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