Tomotaka Tasaka

Apr 14, 1901 - Hiroshima, Japan

Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, he began working at Nikkatsu's Kyoto studio in 1924 and eventually came to prominence for a series of realist, humanist films made at Nikkatsu's Tamagawa studio in the late 1930s such as Robō no ishi and Mud and Soldiers, both of which starred Isamu Kosugi.

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Movie	1932	Daughter and Springtime	Director	Directing
Movie	1928	Kekkon nijuso: zenpen	Director	Directing
Movie	1939	Explosion!	Director	Directing
Movie	1942	Mother and Child Grass	Director	Directing
Movie	1932	Hatobue wo Fuku Onna	Director	Directing
Movie	1952	I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki	Director	Directing
Movie	1952	I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki	Writer	Writing
Movie	1938	Five Scouts	Director	Directing
Movie	1941	君と僕	Director	Directing
Movie	1930	Behold This Mother	Director	Directing
Movie	1956	The Baby Carriage	Director	Directing
Movie	1966	Koto—The Lake of Tears	Director	Directing
Movie	1943	Navy	Writer	Writing
Movie	1943	Navy	Director	Directing
Movie	1958	A Slope in the Sun	Director	Directing
Movie	1938	A Pebble by the Wayside	Director	Directing
Movie	1939	Mud and Soldiers	Director	Directing
Movie	1955	The Maid's Kid	Director	Directing
Movie	1942	Mother and Child Grass	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1962	A Carpenter and Children	Director	Directing
Movie	1962	A Carpenter and Children	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1959	The Stream of Youth	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1961	Run, Genta, Run!	Director	Directing
Movie	1965	Cold Rice, Osan, Chan	Director	Directing
Movie	1960	Shinran, Part II	Director	Directing
Movie	1931	Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen	Director	Directing
Movie	1945	Victory Song	Director	Directing
Movie	1928	Town of Love	Director	Directing
Movie	1957	This Day's Life	Writer	Writing
Movie	1957	This Day's Life	Director	Directing
Movie	1955	The Maid's Kid	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1958	A Slope in the Sun	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1938	Five Scouts	Original Story	Writing
Movie	1951	Yukiwarisō	Director	Directing
Movie	1963	A House in the Quarter	Director	Directing
Movie	1960	Shinran	Director	Directing
Movie	1968	Scrap Collectors	Director	Directing
Movie	1934	Tsuki yori no shisha	Director	Directing
Movie	1959	The Stream of Youth	Director	Directing
Movie	1964	The Sharks	Director	Directing
Movie	1963	A House in the Quarter	Screenplay	Writing

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