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 Five Scouts
1938 · Director
A House in the Quarter
1963 · Director
A Slope in the Sun
1958 · Director
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965 · Director
Victory Song
1945 · Director
Koto—The Lake of Tears
1966 · Director
The Maid's Kid
1955 · Director
Run, Genta, Run!
1961 · Director
A Pebble by the Wayside
1938 · Director
A Carpenter and Children
1962 · Director
Explosion!
1939 · Director
Scrap Collectors
1968 · Director
Year Popular Top rated Directed33 Scrap Collectors
1968 · Director
Koto—The Lake of Tears
1966 · Director
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965 · Director
The Sharks
1964 · Director
A House in the Quarter
1963 · Director
A Carpenter and Children
1962 · Director
Run, Genta, Run!
1961 · Director
Shinran, Part II
1960 · Director
The Stream of Youth
1959 · Director
A Slope in the Sun
1958 · Director
This Day's Life
1957 · Director
The Baby Carriage
1956 · Director
The Maid's Kid
1955 · Director
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952 · Director
Yukiwarisō
1951 · Director
Doburoku no Tatsu
1949 · Director
Victory Song
1945 · Director
