Kenji Misumi

Kenji Misumi
Born	(1921-03-02)March 2, 1921 Kyoto, Japan
Died
Occupation	Film director

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.

He died at age 53.

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

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)
• Ken-ki (1965)
• 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)

External links

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