Tadashi Imai

Japanese: 今井正 - いまいただし
Tadashi Imai

Film director. Born in Tokyo on January 8, 1912. He was involved in the left-wing student movement from his days at Mito High School, and dropped out of the Department of Aesthetics at Tokyo Imperial University in 1935 (Showa 10). In the same year, he joined JO Studios in Kyoto as an assistant director, and in 1939, after the studio was merged with Toho, he made his directorial debut with Numazu Military Academy. During World War II, he also made films to boost morale, such as Watchtower's Desperate Guard (1943), which depicts the fight of anti-Japanese guerrillas in Korea. After the war, he switched to a line of democratic enlightenment, and was highly praised for his film The Enemy of the People (1946), which denounces the corruption of the zaibatsu, and his coming-of-age film Blue Mountains (1949), based on a novel by Ishizaka Yojiro, was a huge hit. His follow-up film Until We Meet Again (1950) also received high praise. In 1950, he was targeted by the Red Purge (expulsion of leftists) for siding with the union during the Toho dispute, and so he left the company and went freelance. After "I'm Alive" in 1951, he energetically released works as a leader of the independent production movement. His film "The Tower of Himeyuri" (1953), which depicts the tragedy of the Battle of Okinawa, was shot for Toei and became a huge hit. He released many award-winning films, including "Nigorie" (1953), "There's a Spring Here" (1955), "Darkness at Noon" (1956), "Rice" (1957), and "Kiku and Isamu" (1959). His other works include "School of Echoes" (1952), "Cruel Tale of Bushido" (1963), and the two-part "River Without a Bridge" (1969-1970). His last work was "War and Youth" (1991). He passed away on November 22, 1991. He died at the age of 79.

[Shohei Sakajiri]

Documents List of Director's Works

Numazu Military Academy (1939)
We Are the Instructors (1939)
Tajinko Village (1940)
Women's Town (1940)
Your Excellency (1940)
The Ecology of Marriage (1941)
The Watchtower (1943)
The Sea of ​​Wrath (1944)
Vows of Love (1945)
An Enemy of the People (1946)
Life's Turn (1946)
24 Hours Underground (1947)
Blue Mountains (1949)
The Blue Mountains (1949)
A Woman's Face (1949)
Until We Meet Again (1950)
Still Alive (1951)
Yamabiko School (1952)
Himeyuri Tower (1953)
Nigorie (1953)
Because I Love You ~ Episode 2 "The Bride Who Jumped In" [An omnibus with Kozaburo Yoshimura and Satsuo Yamamoto] (1955)
Here is a Spring (1955)
Yukiko (1955)
Darkness at Noon (1956)
Rice (1957)
True Love Story (1957)
Night Drum (1958)
Kiku and Isamu (1959)
White Cliffs (1960)
Those are the harbor lights (1961)
Comedy: Japanese Grandma (1962)
Bushido Cruelty Story (1963)
Echigo Tsutsuishi Oyashirazu (1964)
Revenge (1964)
When the Sugar Candy Breaks (1967)
When I Disbelieve (1968)
River Without a Bridge, Part 1 (1969)
River Without a Bridge, Part 2 (1970)
The Emperor's Century - Episode 4 "Geothermal Heat" and Episode 5 "Great Prison" (1971)
A Woman Called En (1971)
Ah, Silent Friend (1972)
Navy Special Enlisted Soldier (1972)
Kobayashi, Takiji (1974)
Brother and Sister (1976)
The Witch (1976)
Pretending to be a Parent (1979)
Yuki (1981)
Himeyuri Tower (1982)
War and Youth (1991)

"Imai Tadashi's 'Complete Work' - A Life on the Screen" edited by Movie Book Workshop Alice (1990, published by ACT and Higashi Ginza Publishing)""Imai Tadashi's Film Life" edited by the New Japan Publishing Editorial Department (1992, New Japan Publishing)""Tsuki Tsumamiretsu - The Story of Film Director Imai Tadashi" by Takabe Tetsuya (2002, Bungeisha)""Imai Tadashi Film Reader" edited by the Association for Passing on the Life of Director Imai Tadashi (2012, Ronsosha)

[References] | Blue Mountains | Independent Production | Nigorie | Japanese Film | Until We Meet Again

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

映画監督。明治45年1月8日、東京生まれ。旧制水戸高校時代より学生左翼運動に打ち込み、1935年(昭和10)、東京帝国大学美学科を中退。同年、京都のJOスタジオに助監督として入社、同社が東宝に合併された後の1939年、『沼津兵学校』で監督デビュー。第二次世界大戦中は、朝鮮の抗日ゲリラの戦いを描いた『望楼の決死隊』(1943)など戦意高揚映画も撮る。戦後は、民主主義啓蒙(けいもう)路線に転向し、財閥の腐敗を糾弾する『民衆の敵』(1946)で高く評価され、石坂洋次郎原作の青春映画『青い山脈』(1949)が大ヒットした。続く『また逢(あ)う日まで』(1950)で高い評価を得る。1950年、東宝争議では組合側に加担したためレッド・パージ(左翼追放)の対象となったのを機に、退社しフリーとなる。1951年の『どっこい生きてる』以後、独立プロ運動の旗手として、精力的に作品を発表。沖縄戦の悲劇を描く『ひめゆりの塔』(1953)を東映で撮り、大ヒットとなる。『にごりえ』(1953)、『ここに泉あり』(1955)、『真昼の暗黒』(1956)、『米』(1957)、『キクとイサム』(1959)などを発表、多くの賞を獲得した。他に『山びこ学校』(1952)、『武士道残酷物語』(1963)、『橋のない川』2部作(1969~1970)などがある。遺作は『戦争と青春』(1991)。平成3年11月22日、死去。享年79歳。

[坂尻昌平]

資料 監督作品一覧

沼津兵学校(1939)
われ等が教官(1939)
多甚古村(1940)
女の街(1940)
閣下(1940)
結婚の生態(1941)
望楼の決死隊(1943)
怒りの海(1944)
愛の誓ひ(1945)
民衆の敵(1946)
人生とんぼ返り(1946)
地下街二十四時間(1947)
青い山脈(1949)
続 青い山脈(1949)
女の顔(1949)
また逢う日まで(1950)
どっこい生きてる(1951)
山びこ学校(1952)
ひめゆりの塔(1953)
にごりえ(1953)
愛すればこそ~第二話「とびこんだ花嫁」[吉村公三郎、山本薩夫とのオムニバス](1955)
ここに泉あり(1955)
由紀子(1955)
真昼の暗黒(1956)
米(1957)
純愛物語(1957)
夜の鼓(1958)
キクとイサム(1959)
白い崖(1960)
あれが港の灯だ(1961)
喜劇 にっぽんのお婆あちゃん(1962)
武士道残酷物語(1963)
越後つついし親不知(1964)
仇討(1964)
砂糖菓子が壊れるとき(1967)
不信のとき(1968)
橋のない川 第一部(1969)
橋のない川 第二部(1970)
天皇の世紀~第4話「地熱」・第5話「大獄」(1971)
婉(えん)という女(1971)
あゝ声なき友(1972)
海軍特別年少兵(1972)
小林多喜二(1974)
あにいもうと(1976)
妖婆(1976)
子育てごっこ(1979)
ゆき(1981)
ひめゆりの塔(1982)
戦争と青春(1991)

『映画の本工房ありす編『今井正「全仕事」――スクリーンのある人生』(1990・ACT、東銀座出版社発売)』『新日本出版社編集部編『今井正の映画人生』(1992・新日本出版社)』『高部鉄也著『燃えつまみれつ――映画監督今井正物語』(2002・文芸社)』『今井正監督を語り継ぐ会編『今井正映画読本』(2012・論創社)』

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