Tatsumi Kumashiro

Directing

Tatsumi Kumashiro

Born April 24, 1927 · Saga City, Saga Prefecture, Japan

Died February 24, 1995 · aged 67

Tatsumi Kumashiro was a Japanese film director known for his critically acclaimed, award-winning Roman Porno films. He was one of the most highly acclaimed directors of the early Nikkatsu Roman Porno era, with many box-office successes, and films regularly appearing on the yearly Best Ten lists of the mainstream Kinema Junpo and Eiga Geijutsu film journals. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For

Modori RiverModori River · 1983
Modori River
5.71983
MovieCrimeDrama
The story of Takeha, a free-spirited genius poet who lived through Taisho Romanticism, and the women who gave themselves over to his ambitions.
Bedtime EyesBedtime Eyes · 1987
Bedtime Eyes
4.71987
MovieDrama
Based on a polemic novel by Amy Yamada, Bedtime Eyes is about the intense love relationship between a second rate Japanese jazz singer and a black American GI on the margins of the law.
Mister, Missus, Miss LonelyMister, Missus, Miss Lonely · 1980
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
7.51980
MovieDrama
Two men and a woman plan to steal 1.5 Billion yen.
Woods Are WetWoods Are Wet · 1973
Woods Are Wet
5.61973
MovieDramaHorror
Sachiko has just committed a crime. She is helped by a couple to whom she grants her confidence. Quickly this couple blackmails her and threatens to deliver her to the police. Sachiko has no other choice but to obey them.
Ecstasy of the Black RoseEcstasy of the Black Rose · 1975
Ecstasy of the Black Rose
5.61975
MovieDrama
After his leading actress becomes pregnant and wants to quit, Juzo, an adult film director, becomes obsessed with finding the woman whose moaning he captured secretly at a dentist’s office to star in the film instead.
The InfernoThe Inferno · 1979
The Inferno
6.91979
MovieHorror
Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother's grief from beyond the grave.
Like a Rolling StoneLike a Rolling Stone · 1994
Like a Rolling Stone
5.51994
MovieDrama
Tanaka is a yakuza who collects 'protection money' from establishments. He has just been released from jail, where he had spent eight years, and finds out that his boss wants to get rid of him. Tanaka is not an archetypal yakuza; he travels by public transport. But he does have two mistresses: Ayumi, who runs a nightclub, and Yoshie, a brothel-keeper. When Tanaka's boss ends up in hospital, second man Kurauchi exerts increasing pressure on Tanaka. Tanaka deliberately has himself wounded by a fighter to dodge several of Kurauchi's demands.
The Man with Two HeartsThe Man with Two Hearts · 1996
The Man with Two Hearts
7.01996
MovieDrama

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