Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Kimiyoshi Yasuda (安田公義, Yasuda Kimiyoshi) (born February 15, 1911 Tokyo, Japan, died July 26, 1983) was a Japanese film director from the 1950s to 1970s. He directed at least six films about Zatoichi, The Blind Swordsman.

Filmography

• The Young Swordsman (潮出来島　美男剣法 Itako Dejima Binan Kenpo) (1954)
• The Dancer and Two Warriors (踊り子行状記 Odoriko Gyōjōki) (1955)
• The Young Lord (鬼斬り若様 Onikiri Wakasama) (1955)
• Fighting Letter for 29 People 29-nin no Kenka-jō (二十九人の喧嘩状, Nijūkunin no kenkajō) (1957)
• (花太郎呪文 Hanataro Jumon) (1958)
• Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi (1960 film)
• Zatoichi on the Road (座頭市喧嘩旅 Zatōichi kenka-tabi) (1963)
• Adventures of Zatoichi (座頭市関所破り Zatōichi sekisho-yaburi) (1964)
• Daimajin (1966 film)
• Zatoichi's Cane Sword (座頭市鉄火旅 Zatōichi tekka-tabi) (1967)
• Yokai Monsters: One Hundred Monsters (妖怪百物語) (1968)
• Zatoichi and the Fugitives (座頭市果し状 Zatōichi hatashijō) (1968)
• Lady Sazen and the Drenched Swallow Sword (女左膳　濡れ燕片手斬り On'na hidarizen nuretsubame katate kiri) (1969)
• Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi (1970 film)
• The Blind Swordsman Meets His Equal aka Zatoichi Meets the One Armed Swordsman (新座頭市・破れ！唐人剣 Shin Zatōichi: Yabure! Tōjin-ken) (1971)
• Zatoichi's Conspiracy (新座頭市物語・笠間の血祭り Shin Zatōichi monogatari: Kasama no chimatsuri) (1973)

External links

• Kimiyoshi Yasuda at IMDb