Kihachi Okamoto

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

1.2645

Gender

Male

Birthday

17-Feb-1924

Age

(102 years old)

Place of Birth

Yonago, Tottori, Japan

Also Known As

Кихати Окамото
오카모토 키하치
기하치 오카모토
키하치 오카모토
오카모토 기하치
Oosaku Ikuta
生田大作
Daisaku Ikuta

Kihachi Okamoto

Biography

Kihachi Okamoto (岡本喜八 Okamoto Kihachi) was a Japanese film director who worked in several different genres, most memorably in action genres such as jidaigeki and war films.

Credits

僕は天使ぢゃないよ (1977) Character: Fujiya President
A young couple lives together in a small apartment and struggles to keep their relationship together, despite inertia and financial hardship. Based on the comic Red Colored Elegy by Seiichi Hayashi.

獣人雪男 (1955) Character: Mountain searcher (uncredited)
Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman.

キッドナップ・ブルース (1982) Character: Izakaya Guest
A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch the sea, and their travel begins. The man does not intend to be a kidnapper – he asks the girl to phone her mother and tell her she's with him. During their trip they meet various people, but they always must continue on, lest the man be arrested.

シン・ゴジラ (2016) Character: Dr. Goro Maki (photograph)
When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.

独立少年合唱団 (2000) Character: School Head
A young teen's father dies, and he is sent to an orphanage. He's teased because he stutters almost runs away, until a beautiful, androgynous boy, Yasuo, convinces him to join the choir.

黒木太郎の愛と冒険 (1977) Character: N/A
Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the police, tries to cure a cat lady by reversing her trauma, and finally, rescues his niece who is about to be lured into prostitution.

Kihachi Okamoto

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Kihachi Okamoto

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