Directing

Katsuhiko Tasaka

Born — Died

1914-05-28 — 1979-09-29

Place of birth

Toyota District, Hiroshima, Japan

Known for

Directing

Credits

24 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Itarō jishi poster
NR

Itarō abandons his life as a hatamoto to become a yakuza.

Itarō jishi

1955

Tsubakuro kasa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tsubakuro kasa

1955

Hana no sando gasa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hana no sando gasa

1954

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago

1955

Asama no karasu poster
NR

After killing a man who owed him neither a debt of gratitude nor a grudge, Tokijiro decides to leave the yakuza life behind in accordance with the code of honor—but becomes an assistant to yakuza for the sake of the man’s orphaned child his mother.

Asama no karasu

1953

Ishimatsu - The One-Eyed Swordsman poster
NR

Ishimatsu of Mori, from his early days leading up to his joining with Shimizu Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido where he made his mark in history through his tragic end this is the story of a beloved and loyal henchman.

Ishimatsu - The One-Eyed Swordsman

1957

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Seki no yatappe

1953

Hana no kenkajō poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hana no kenkajō

1953

Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp poster
7.0

A remake of Kaidan Saga yashiki (1953).

Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp

1957

Jakō yashiki poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Jakō yashiki

1955

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shinshu Tenmakyo

1952

Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut poster
6.4

The story of Sasaki Kojiro, a young swordsman, and his quest to train under master Seigen and develop his own style.

Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut

1961

Kantarou zukiyo-uta poster
NR

Kantaro, known as a rowdy boy in the town of Ina, attacked the local boss, Kaneoni's Arahira, all by himself, but was defeated by a large group of people and thrown into the Tenryu River, never to be seen again. Three years later, Kantaro, who was rumored to be dead, was reported to have appeared at a boarding house upstream of the Tenryu River by Genkō, a horseman who had been saved by Kantaro. O-Mitsu, the daughter of Chokai-ji Temple, who had secretly been in love with Kantaro, was thrilled by the rumor and told her father, the monk Ryokai, about it. However, Ryokai was none other than the one who had rescued Kantaro from the boarding house three years earlier and had secretly sent him to Edo.

Kantarou zukiyo-uta

1952

Ghost Story: Crying in the Night Lantern poster
8.0

One day, a funeral was held at one of the tenements in Asakusa. It was the only son of a wealthy merchant named Matasaburo, who had run away from home with a woman he was in love with and had been living here. But this funeral was actually a kyogen (a farce) orchestrated by a gardener named Yunosuke, who had planted it without telling his wife, Okinu, in order to bilk his parents out of their money. Matasaburo believed Yunosuke, who said he would dig him up right away, and was buried in the ground. ......

Ghost Story: Crying in the Night Lantern

1962

Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase

1958

Fighting Birds poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Fighting Birds

1956

The Great White Tiger Platoon poster
6.0

The Great White Tiger Platoon was part of the Aizu clan's last ditch efforts to stop the advance of Imperial troops after the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Meant to be a reserve unit as it was made of the young, 16-17 year old sons of Aizu samurai. Their story is one of the great tragedies of the Boshin War (1868-1869) as they were called into action. Getting cut off from the main body of their platoon, a group of 20 from the 2nd squad retreated to Iimori Hill, where they looked down upon fires surrounding Aizu Castle and thinking that the castle has fallen and all is lost, they choose to die as samurai by committing seppuku. A superb rendition of this true story that shows the true honor of the samurai.

The Great White Tiger Platoon

1954

Yutaro's Secret Story poster
8.0

Yutaro Kodan, born under a cloud because his aristocrat father died opposing the shogunate, stumbles onto a treasure map. Lusting after the treasure, Lord Sumi Tadamasa convinces trusting Princess Tsu that the gold will help to avenge her lost clan.

Yutaro's Secret Story

1959

Nagurikomi Songokū poster
NR

Second sequel to Saiyuki (1952)

Nagurikomi Songokū

1954

No artwork available
7.7

It is brother against brother in this tale of love and betrayal within the famed Yagyu clan. In one of their earliest films together, superstars Ichikawa Raizo and Katsu Shintaro are magnificent as the two finest young swordsmen in the clan. As they vie for the hand of a beautiful woman their loyalty comes into question during an attack on their lord. When one of them masters the secret technique taught to him by Miyamoto Musashi, it leads to bloody violence that can tear the clan apart! Filled with superb swordplay this rare classic is not to be missed!

Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan

1956

Migratory Birds of the Flowers poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Migratory Birds of the Flowers

1956

Flowery Hood poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Flowery Hood

1956

Matashirō Fighting Journey poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Matashirō Fighting Journey

1956

Flowery Hood 2 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Flowery Hood 2

1956