Name
Kihachi Okamoto
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1924-02-17
Deathday
2005-02-19 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Yonago, Tottori, Japan
Biography
Kihachi Okamoto (岡本 喜八 Okamoto Kihachi) was a Japanese film director who worked in several different genres, most memorably in action genres such as jidaigeki and war films.
Known For
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When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the gover...
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The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainlan...
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Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunat...
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Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese milit...
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Zatoichi treks to a village that has always been a favorite spot of his, only to discover ...
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An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman livi...
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A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of mone...
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A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a...
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After a storm hits their island, Yusuke (driving his jet-ski) finds a baby dinosaur. He sh...
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Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around ...
- 1982 Kidnapping Blues as Izakaya Guest
- 1977 I'm No Angel as Fujiya President
- 1955 Beast Man Snow Man as Mountain searcher (uncredited)
- 2000 Boy's Choir as School Head
- 2016 Shin Godzilla as Dr. Goro Maki (photograph)
- 1977 The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
