Year

Milestone

1924

Joined Shochiku company as assistant cameraman

1926

Hired as assistant director to Tadamoto Okubo

1927

Film directing debut with "Zange no Yaiba/The Sword of Penitence" (based on US film "Kick-In;" first collobaration with screenwriter Kogo Noda)

1936

First sound film as director "Hitori musuko/The Only Son"

1937

Served as infantry corporal in China during Sino-Japanese War

1943

Sent to Singapore to make propaganda films (never made any)

1958

Color-film directing debut with "Higanbana/Equinox Flower"

1962

Last film as director "Samma no aji/An Autumn Afternoon"

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