Hideo Gosha

Director

Born: February 26, 1929 (63 years old)

Died: August 30, 1992

Place of birth: Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Hideo Gosha (February 26, 1929—August 30, 1992) was a Japanese film director. Among his most famous films are Goyokin and Hitokiri, released in 1969, and The Wolves, released in 1971. His most famous film in the West is Sword of the Beast, released by Criterion. Gosha's films are some of the darkest films from the samurai genre. He won the 1984 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year for The Geisha. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hideo Gosha, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography (24)

• The Wolves (1971, ★ 7.5)
• Tenchu! (1969, ★ 6.9)
• Violent Streets (1974, ★ 6.7)
• Sword of the Beast (1965, ★ 7.5)
• Goyokin (1969, ★ 7.4)
• Samurai Wolf II (1967, ★ 7)
• Samurai Wolf (1966, ★ 7.1)
• Cash Calls Hell (1966, ★ 7.7)
• Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn (1966, ★ 6.7)
• Three Outlaw Samurai (1964, ★ 7.4)
• Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989, ★ 7.4)
• Hunter in the Dark (1979, ★ 6.3)
• The Geisha (1983, ★ 5.6)
• Death Shadows (1986, ★ 6.3)
• Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978, ★ 6.1)
• Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather (1982, ★ 6.2)
• Yakuza Ladies (1986, ★ 5.5)
• Oar (1985, ★ 5.6)
• Heat Wave (1991, ★ 5.9)
• Tracked (1985, ★ 5.7)
• The Oil-Hell Murder (1992, ★ 5.9)
• Tokyo Bordello (1987, ★ 5.6)
• Fireflies in the North (1984, ★ 5.6)
• Gate of Flesh (1988, ★ 6.2)