Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Kimiyoshi Yasuda was born on Feb 15, 1911 in Japan. Kimiyoshi Yasuda's big-screen debut came with Zatoichi on the Road directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda in 1963. Kimiyoshi Yasuda is known for Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Shintarô Katsu stars as Zatôichi and Jimmy Wang Yu as Wang Kong. The upcoming new movie Kimiyoshi Yasuda plays is Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman which will be released on Jan 13, 1971.

Born in Tokyo in 1911 Yasuda Kimiyoshi died in the capital city in 1983. In-between, however, the director was in charge of 88 films most of which were of the jidaigeki genre. Kimiyoshi's first film was 1944's Ouma Wa Nanajyunana Mangoku. Beginning with 1964 the director began working on TV movies as well. His better-known works remain his run of Zatoichi films. Kimiyoshi was known for his specific and scrupulous style of shooting and, being good at drawing, illustrating his own storyboards in advance of the commencement of shooting.