Film director. Born in Kagoshima City. Due to left-wing activism, he dropped out of the German department at Waseda University after one year. In 1933 (Showa 8), he joined Shochiku Kamata. He worked as an assistant director to Naruse Mikio, and when Naruse transferred to PCL (the predecessor to Toho), he joined. He was promoted to director in 1937 and attracted attention with "Hot Wind" (1943), but his real career began after World War II, when he left Toho in the midst of a dispute and went freelance. He demonstrated his talent in message-filled films such as "City of Violence" (1950), which was at the forefront of the independent production movement of the 1950s, "Vacuum Zone" (1952), a scathing indictment of the Imperial Army, "Song of the Cart" (1959), a tale of a farm woman's life, and "The Witness's Chair" (1965), a criticism of court cases, and solidified his position as a left-wing social writer. On the other hand, in works such as "The White Tower" (1966), "The Magnificent Clan" (1974), "The Annular Eclipse" (1975), and "The Barren Zone" (1976), he also demonstrated his talent for entertaining films by using melodramatic techniques to depict the behind-the-scenes dramas of the medical, political, and financial worlds. This duality can also be seen in his period dramas "The Shinobi no Mono" (1962), the "War and Humanity" trilogy (1970-1973), and "Ah, Nomugi Pass" (1979). His final work was "Ah, Nomugi Pass: New Green Chapter" (1982). [Tomonori Saeki] Documents List of Director's Works The Handmaiden (1937) "My Movie Life" by Satsuo Yamamoto (1984, Shin Nihon Shuppansha) Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
映画監督。鹿児島市生まれ。左翼運動により早稲田(わせだ)大学独文科を1年で中退。1933年(昭和8)松竹蒲田(かまた)へ。成瀬巳喜男(なるせみきお)の助監督につき、成瀬の移籍に従いPCL(東宝の前身)入社。1937年に監督昇進、『熱風』(1943)で注目されるが、本格的活躍は第二次世界大戦後、東宝争議で退社後のフリー時代に始まる。1950年代独立プロ運動の先陣となった『暴力の街』(1950)、痛烈な皇軍告発の『真空地帯』(1952)、農婦の一代記『荷車の歌』(1959)、裁判批判の『証人の椅子(いす)』(1965)等のメッセージ映画に力量を発揮、左翼社会派作家の地位を不動にした。一方、『白い巨塔』(1966)、『華麗なる一族』(1974)、『金環蝕(しょく)』(1975)、『不毛地帯』(1976)等の作品では、医、政財界の裏面劇をメロドラマ的手法で重厚に描き娯楽映画の才腕も示す。この両面性は時代劇『忍びの者』(1962)、『戦争と人間』三部作(1970~1973)、『あゝ野麦峠』(1979)にもみられる。遺作『あゝ野麦峠・新緑篇(へん)』(1982)。 [佐伯知紀] 資料 監督作品一覧お嬢さん(1937) 『山本薩夫著『私の映画人生』(1984・新日本出版社)』 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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