
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 |