Tomotaka Tasaka
Biography
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.
Directing (32 movies)
Daughter and Springtime
1932
Kekkon nijuso: zenpen
1928
Explosion!
1939
Mother and Child Grass
1942
Hatobue wo Fuku Onna
1932
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952
Five Scouts
1938
君と僕
1941
Behold This Mother
1930
The Baby Carriage
1956
Koto—The Lake of Tears
1966
Navy
1943
A Pebble by the Wayside
1938
A Slope in the Sun
1958
Mud and Soldiers
1939
The Maid's Kid
1955
A Carpenter and Children
1962
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965
Shinran, Part II
1960
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
1931
Victory Song
1945
Town of Love
1928
This Day's Life
1957
Yukiwarisō
1951
A House in the Quarter
1963
Shinran
1960
Scrap Collectors
1968
Tsuki yori no shisha
1934
The Stream of Youth
1959
The Sharks
1964
Hero of Alishan
1927
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Mother and Child Grass | 1942 | Screenplay |
| Navy | 1943 | Writer |
| I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki | 1952 | Writer |
| The Maid's Kid | 1955 | Screenplay |
| This Day's Life | 1957 | Writer |
| A Slope in the Sun | 1958 | Screenplay |
| The Stream of Youth | 1959 | Screenplay |
| A Carpenter and Children | 1962 | Screenplay |
| A House in the Quarter | 1963 | Screenplay |