Movies
TV Shows
People

Kihachi Okamoto

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
6

Gender
Male

Birthday
February 17, 1924 (102 years old)

Place of Birth
Yonago, Tottori, Japan

Kihachi Okamoto

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

Directing

2002Vengeance for Sale...Director
1995East Meets West...Director
1991Rainbow Kids...Director
1987Taikoki...Director
1986Jazz Daimyo...Director
1981At This Late Date, the Charleston...Director
1981Magistrate of the Floating World...Director
1981Kinagashi Bugyō...Director
1979The Last Game...Director
1978Blood Type: Blue...Director
1978Dynamite Don-Don...Director
1978Ghost Train...Director
1977Sugata Sanshiro...Director
1975Battle Cry...Director
1974Aoba shigereru...Director
1973The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi...Director
1972The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!...Director
1971The Battle of Okinawa...Director
1970Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo...Director
1969Red Lion...Director
1968The Human Bullet...Director
1968Kill!...Director
1967Japan's Longest Day...Director
1967The Age of Assassins...Director
1966The Sword of Doom...Director
1965Fort Graveyard...Director
1965Samurai Assassin...Director
1964Oh, Bomb!...Director
1963The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman...Director
1963Warring Clans...Director
1962Anything For Success...Director
1962Operation Sewer Rats...Director
1961Procurer of Hell...Director
1961Big Shots Die at Dawn...Director
1961Blueprint of Murder...Director
1960Westward Desperado...Director
1960University Bandits...Director
1960The Last Gunfight...Director
1959Desperado Outpost...Director
1959Someday I'll Know...Director
1959The Big Boss...Director
1958Bright Young Maidens...Director
1958All About Marriage...Director
1958Assistant President...Assistant Director
1957Down Town...Assistant Director
1957Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman...First Assistant Director
1956The Maiden Courtesan...Assistant Director
1955Beast Man Snow Man...First Assistant Director
1955Mother and Son...Assistant Director
1955Floating Clouds...Assistant Director
1951The Blue Pearl...Assistant Director

Writing

2002Vengeance for Sale...Writer
2002Vengeance for Sale...Novel
1995East Meets West...Writer
1993Coo of the Far Seas...Screenplay
1991Rainbow Kids...Screenplay
1986Jazz Daimyo...Writer
1981At This Late Date, the Charleston...Writer
1981Kinagashi Bugyō...Writer
1979The Last Game...Writer
1977Sugata Sanshiro...Writer
1975Battle Cry...Writer
1974Aoba shigereru...Screenplay
1970Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo...Screenplay
1969Red Lion...Screenplay
1968The Human Bullet...Writer
1968Kill!...Screenplay
1967The Age of Assassins...Screenplay
1965Ironfinger...Writer
1965Fort Graveyard...Screenplay
1964Oh, Bomb!...Screenplay
1963Warring Clans...Writer
1962Operation Sewer Rats...Writer
1960Westward Desperado...Screenplay
1960University Bandits...Screenplay
1959Desperado Outpost...Screenplay

Production

1981At This Late Date, the Charleston...Producer

Creator

1981Kinagashi Bugyō...Creator

Crew

1973The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi...Script
1972The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!...Script

Acting

2016Shin Godzillaas Dr. Goro Maki (photograph)
2000Boy's Choiras School Head
1982Kidnapping Bluesas Izakaya Guest
1977The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taroas
1977I'm No Angelas Fujiya President
1955Beast Man Snow Manas Mountain searcher (uncredited)