Shūe Matsubayashi
Directing
1920-07-07
2009-08-15 (89 years old)
Sakurae, Shimane, Japan
Shūe Matsubayashi (松林 宗恵, Matsubayashi Shūe, sometimes rendered as Shuei Matsubayashi) (born July 7, 1920 - August 15, 2009, Shimane Prefecture, Japan) was a Japanese film director. He is best known for films in the comedy and war genres. He was also an ordained Shin Buddhist priest.
His final work as director was in the 1992 film Shorishatachi.
A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between ...
A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sink...