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.
Known For
A House in the Quarter
A Carpenter and Children
The Baby Carriage
Doburoku no Tatsu
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Victory Song
Run, Genta, Run!
The Maid's Kid
Koto—The Lake of Tears
A Slope in the Sun
Eternal Song of Nagasaki
The Stream of Youth
Shinran, Part II
Shinran
This Day's Life
The Sharks
Tsuki yori no shisha
Scrap Collectors