Person

Kihachi Okamoto

Directing · 1924-02-17 · † 2005-02-19 · Yonago, Tottori, Japan

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.

Filmography (67)

Year	Film	As
2016	Shin Godzilla	Dr. Goro Maki (photograph)
2001	Vengeance for Sale	Director
2001	Vengeance for Sale	manga
2000	Boy's Choir	School Head
1995	East Meets West	Director
1995	East Meets West	Writer
1993	Coo: Come from a Distant Ocean Coo	screenplay
1991	Dai yûkai	screenplay
1991	Dai yûkai	Director
1986	Jazz Daimyo	Writer
1986	Jazz Daimyo	Director
1983	Yoake no runner	Actor
1981	At This Late Date, the Charleston	producer
1981	At This Late Date, the Charleston	Writer
1981	At This Late Date, the Charleston	Director
1979	The Last Game	Director
1979	The Last Game	writer
1978	Noisy Dynamite	Director
1978	Blue Christmas	Director
1977	Sugata Sanshirô	Director
1977	Sugata Sanshirô	Writer
1975	Tokkan	Director
1975	Tokkan	Writer
1974	Aoba shigereru	Director
1974	Aoba shigereru	screenplay
1973	Nippon sanjûshi: Hakata obi shime ippon dokko no maki	Director
1973	Nippon sanjûshi: Hakata obi shime ippon dokko no maki	writer
1972	Nippon sanjûshi: Osaraba Tokyo no maki	Writer
1972	Nippon sanjûshi: Osaraba Tokyo no maki	Director
1971	Battle of Okinawa	Director
1970	Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo	Director
1970	Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo	Writer
1969	Red Lion	Director
1969	Red Lion	writer
1968	Kill!	Director
1968	The Human Bullet	Director
1968	The Human Bullet	writer
1968	Kill!	screenplay
1967	Japan's Longest Day	Director
1967	The Age of Assassins	Director
1967	The Age of Assassins	Writer
1966	The Sword of Doom	Director
1965	Fort Graveyard	Director
1965	Fort Graveyard	Writer
1965	Ironfinger	screenplay
1965	Samurai Assassin	Director
1964	Â bakudan	screenplay
1964	Â bakudan	Director
1963	Sengoku yarô	Director
1963	The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman	Director
1963	Sengoku yarô	writer
1962	Dobunezumi sakusen	Director
1962	Dobunezumi sakusen	Writer
1962	Gekkyû dorobo	Director
1961	Big Shots Die at Dawn	Director
1961	Procurer of Hell	Director
1961	Blueprint of Murder	Director
1960	Daigaku no sanzôkutachi	Director
1960	The Last Gunfight	Director
1960	Dokuritsu gurentai nishi-e	Director
1960	Daigaku no sanzôkutachi	Writer
1959	The Big Boss	Director
1959	Dokuritsu gurentai	Director
1959	Dokuritsu gurentai	writer
1959	Aruhi watashi wa	Director
1958	All About Marriage	Director
1958	Wakai musumetachi	Director