Kenji Misumi

Kenji Misumi (三隅 研次, Misumi Kenji) (2 March 1921 – 24 September 1975) 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.^[1]

He died at age 53.^[2]

His 1973 film Sakura no Daimon was voted by Makoto Shinozaki at the BFI The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time in 2012.^[3]

Selected filmography

• Tale of Genji (1951)
• Sisters of Nishijin (1952)
• Enlightened Buddha (1952)
• Hell Gate (1953)
• Tange Sazen Monkey Pot Moss (1954)
• Ginji Seven Faces (1955)
• Kill the Moon Silhouette (1955)
• Mad Insect Sings (1955)
• Yoshinaka Three Women Over the New Tale of the Heike (1956)
• Asatarō garasu (1956)
• Flowery Brothers (1956)
• Shiranuhi Magistrate (1956)
• Gonpachi (1956)
• Crescent Hibun (1957)
• Freelance Samurai (1957)
• Ghost-Cat Wall of Hatred (1958)
• Satan's Sword (1960)
• Satan's Sword II (1960)
• Buddha (1961)
• The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
• Destiny's Son (1962)
• Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963)
• Ken (1964)
• Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)
• Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
• Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
• Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
• Devil's Temple (1969)
• Zatoichi: The Festival of Fire (1970)
• Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (1972)
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973)
• Sakura no Daimon (1973)
• The Last Samurai (1974)

References

External links

• Kenji Misumi at the Internet Movie Database
• Kenji Misumi at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)