Heinosuke Gosho

Heinosuke Gosho
Born	(1902-01-24)24 January 1902 Tōkyō
Died	1 May 1981(1981-05-01) (aged 79) Mishima, Shizuoka
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Film director

Heinosuke Gosho (五所 平之助, Gosho Heinosuke, 24 January 1902 – 1 May 1981) was a Japanese film director who directed Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine, in 1931. He once served as president of the Directors Guild of Japan.

Selected filmography

• Aiyoku no ki (愛慾の記) (1930)
• The Neighbor's Wife and Mine (マダムと女房, Madamu to nyōbō) (1931)
• Izu no odoriko (恋の花咲く　伊豆の踊子, Koi no hana saku Izu no odoriko)(1933)
• A Burden of Life (人生のお荷物, Jinsei no onimotsu) (1935)
• Somniloquy of the Bridegroom (花婿の寝言, Hanamuko no negoto) (1935)
• Song of the Flower Basket (花籠の歌, Hanakago no uta) (1935)
• Lady of the Night with a Hazy Moon (朧夜の女, Oboroyo no onna) (1936)
• The New Road (Part one) (新道前篇, Shindō zenhen) (1936)
• The New Road (Part two) (新道後篇, Shindō kōhen) (1936)
• Incompatible Relations (木石, Bokuseki) (1940)
• Ima Hitotabi no (今ひとたびの, 1947)
• Entotsu no mieru basho (煙突の見える場所, English titles include: Where Chimneys Are Seen a.k.a. Four Chimneys (1953)
• When a Cloud Breaks Off (雲がちぎれる時) (1953)
• Inn at Osaka (大阪の宿, Osaka no yado) (1954)
• Takekurabe (たけくらべ Takekurabe), English titles include: Adolescence a.k.a. Growing Up Twice a.k.a. Growing Up a.k.a. Child's Play (1955)
• Yellow Crow (黄色いからす, Kiiroi karasu) (1957)
• Banka (a.k.a., Northern Elegy or Elegy of the North) (挽歌, 1957)
• Hunting Rifle (Hunting Gun) (猟銃) (1961)
• Kaachan kekkon shiroyo (1962)
• The Innocent Witch (Osorezan no onna) (1965)
• Utage (1967)
• A Woman and the Beancurd Soup (1968)

Bibliography

• Nolletti, Arthur (2005). The Cinema of Gosho Heinosuke: Laughter through Tears. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-34484-0

External links

• "五所平之助 (Gosho Heinosuke)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 13 July 2007.
• Heinosuke Gosho at IMDb