Keisuke Kinoshita
Keisuke Kinoshita was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. While lesser-known internationally than contemporaries such as Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi and Yasujirō Ozu, he was a household figure in his home country, beloved by both critics and audiences from the 1940s to the 1960s. Kinoshita's films were marked by a sense of sentimentality, purity, and beauty, and often featured experimentation in both technique and subject matter.
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Dora-heita
writer
2000
Father
writer
1988
Father
director
1988
Children on the Island
writer
1987
I Lived, But...
actor
1983
Children of Nagasaki
writer
1983
Children of Nagasaki
director
1983
The Young Rebels
writer
1980
The Young Rebels
director
1980
Oh, My Son!
writer
1979
Oh, My Son!
director
1979
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
writer
1976
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
director
1976
Green Light to Joy
writer
1967
Eyes, the Sea and a Ball
director
1967
Eyes, the Sea and a Ball
writer
1967
Once a Rainy Day
writer
1966
The Scent of Incense
writer
1964
The Scent of Incense
director
1964
A Legend or Was It?
director
1963
A Legend or Was It?
writer
1963
Sing, Young People!
director
1963
Children of Izu
writer
1962
This Year's Love
director
1962
This Year's Love
writer
1962
Immortal Love
director
1961
Immortal Love
writer
1961
The River Fuefuki
writer
1960
The River Fuefuki
director
1960
Spring Dreams
director
1960
Spring Dreams
writer
1960
Thus Another Day
writer
1959
Thus Another Day
director
1959
Farewell to Spring
director
1959
Farewell to Spring
writer
1959
The Snow Flurry
writer
1959
The Snow Flurry
director
1959
The Eternal Rainbow
writer
1958
The Eternal Rainbow
director
1958
The Ballad of Narayama
director
1958
The Ballad of Narayama
writer
1958
Danger Stalks Near
writer
1957
Danger Stalks Near
director
1957
Times of Joy and Sorrow
writer
1957
Times of Joy and Sorrow
director
1957
The Rose on His Arm
director
1956
The Rose on His Arm
writer
1956
Farewell to Dream
director
1956
You Were Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
writer
1955
You Were Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
director
1955
Bride in the Kitchen
writer
1955
The Tattered Wings
writer
1955
The Tattered Wings
director
1955
Twenty-Four Eyes
writer
1954
Twenty-Four Eyes
director
1954
The Garden of Women
director
1954
The Garden of Women
writer
1954
Love Letter
writer
1953
A Japanese Tragedy
writer
1953
A Japanese Tragedy
director
1953
Sincere Heart
writer
1953
Carmen's Innocent Love
director
1952
Carmen's Innocent Love
writer
1952
Fireworks Over the Sea
director
1951
Fireworks Over the Sea
writer
1951
Boyhood
writer
1951
Boyhood
director
1951
Carmen Comes Home
director
1951
Carmen Comes Home
writer
1951
Wedding Ring
writer
1950
Wedding Ring
director
1950
Broken Drum
writer
1949
Broken Drum
director
1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
director
1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
director
1949
Here's to the Young Lady
director
1949
Apostasy
director
1948
The Portrait
director
1948
The Girl I Loved
director
1946
The Girl I Loved
writer
1946
Morning for the Osone Family
director
1946
Army
director
1944
Jubilation Street
director
1944
The Living Magoroku
writer
1943
The Living Magoroku
director
1943
Port of Flowers
director
1943
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
writer
1942