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Keisuke Kinoshita

Keisuke Kinoshita

Director 44 / Writer 42 / Actor · 1942 – 2000 · 🎬 87 · 🇯🇵 Japan

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

Dora-heita

writer

2000

Father

Father

writer

1988

Father

Father

director

1988

Children on the Island

Children on the Island

writer

1987

I Lived, But...

I Lived, But...

actor

1983

Children of Nagasaki

Children of Nagasaki

writer

1983

Children of Nagasaki

Children of Nagasaki

director

1983

The Young Rebels

The Young Rebels

writer

1980

The Young Rebels

The Young Rebels

director

1980

Oh, My Son!

Oh, My Son!

writer

1979

Oh, My Son!

Oh, My Son!

director

1979

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

writer

1976

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

director

1976

Green Light to Joy

Green Light to Joy

writer

1967

Eyes, the Sea and a Ball

Eyes, the Sea and a Ball

director

1967

Eyes, the Sea and a Ball

Eyes, the Sea and a Ball

writer

1967

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Once a Rainy Day

writer

1966

The Scent of Incense

The Scent of Incense

writer

1964

The Scent of Incense

The Scent of Incense

director

1964

A Legend or Was It?

A Legend or Was It?

director

1963

A Legend or Was It?

A Legend or Was It?

writer

1963

Sing, Young People!

Sing, Young People!

director

1963

Children of Izu

Children of Izu

writer

1962

This Year's Love

This Year's Love

director

1962

This Year's Love

This Year's Love

writer

1962

Immortal Love

Immortal Love

director

1961

Immortal Love

Immortal Love

writer

1961

The River Fuefuki

The River Fuefuki

writer

1960

The River Fuefuki

The River Fuefuki

director

1960

Spring Dreams

Spring Dreams

director

1960

Spring Dreams

Spring Dreams

writer

1960

Thus Another Day

Thus Another Day

writer

1959

Thus Another Day

Thus Another Day

director

1959

Farewell to Spring

Farewell to Spring

director

1959

Farewell to Spring

Farewell to Spring

writer

1959

The Snow Flurry

The Snow Flurry

writer

1959

The Snow Flurry

The Snow Flurry

director

1959

The Eternal Rainbow

The Eternal Rainbow

writer

1958

The Eternal Rainbow

The Eternal Rainbow

director

1958

The Ballad of Narayama

The Ballad of Narayama

director

1958

The Ballad of Narayama

The Ballad of Narayama

writer

1958

Danger Stalks Near

Danger Stalks Near

writer

1957

Danger Stalks Near

Danger Stalks Near

director

1957

Times of Joy and Sorrow

Times of Joy and Sorrow

writer

1957

Times of Joy and Sorrow

Times of Joy and Sorrow

director

1957

The Rose on His Arm

The Rose on His Arm

director

1956

The Rose on His Arm

The Rose on His Arm

writer

1956

Farewell to Dream

Farewell to Dream

director

1956

You Were Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

You Were Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

writer

1955

You Were Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

You Were Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

director

1955

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Bride in the Kitchen

writer

1955

The Tattered Wings

The Tattered Wings

writer

1955

The Tattered Wings

The Tattered Wings

director

1955

Twenty-Four Eyes

Twenty-Four Eyes

writer

1954

Twenty-Four Eyes

Twenty-Four Eyes

director

1954

The Garden of Women

The Garden of Women

director

1954

The Garden of Women

The Garden of Women

writer

1954

Love Letter

Love Letter

writer

1953

A Japanese Tragedy

A Japanese Tragedy

writer

1953

A Japanese Tragedy

A Japanese Tragedy

director

1953

Sincere Heart

Sincere Heart

writer

1953

Carmen's Innocent Love

Carmen's Innocent Love

director

1952

Carmen's Innocent Love

Carmen's Innocent Love

writer

1952

Fireworks Over the Sea

Fireworks Over the Sea

director

1951

Fireworks Over the Sea

Fireworks Over the Sea

writer

1951

Boyhood

Boyhood

writer

1951

Boyhood

Boyhood

director

1951

Carmen Comes Home

Carmen Comes Home

director

1951

Carmen Comes Home

Carmen Comes Home

writer

1951

Wedding Ring

Wedding Ring

writer

1950

Wedding Ring

Wedding Ring

director

1950

Broken Drum

Broken Drum

writer

1949

Broken Drum

Broken Drum

director

1949

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

director

1949

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

director

1949

Here's to the Young Lady

Here's to the Young Lady

director

1949

Apostasy

Apostasy

director

1948

The Portrait

The Portrait

director

1948

The Girl I Loved

The Girl I Loved

director

1946

The Girl I Loved

The Girl I Loved

writer

1946

Morning for the Osone Family

Morning for the Osone Family

director

1946

Army

Army

director

1944

Jubilation Street

Jubilation Street

director

1944

The Living Magoroku

The Living Magoroku

writer

1943

The Living Magoroku

The Living Magoroku

director

1943

Port of Flowers

Port of Flowers

director

1943

The Spy Has Not Died Yet

The Spy Has Not Died Yet

writer

1942

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