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Kimiyoshi Yasuda (安田公義, Yasuda Kimiyoshi) (born February 15, 1911 Tokyo, Japan, died July 26, 1983) was a Japanese film director from the 1930s to 1970s. He directed six films about Zatoichi, the Blind Swordsman.
Kimiyoshi Yasuda. Director: Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman. 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.
The wandering swordsman finds himself in a small village that serves as hideout for a band of fugitives who control the town officials and enforce brutal slave labor in the local silk mill.
Kimiyoshi Yasuda is known as an Director, Screenplay, Writer, and Assistant Director. Some of his work includes Daimajin, Zatoichi on the Road, Adventures of Zatoichi, Zatoichi's Cane Sword, Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman, Zatoichi and the Fugitives, Zatoichi's Conspiracy, and Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters.
Aug 7, 2021 · One year after the last entry to the series, “Zatoichi Challenged”, once again Kimiyoshi Yasuda took over directing duties for the overall eighteenth film in the franchise, “Zatoichi and the Fugitives”.
Kimiyoshi Yasuda (安田公義, Yasuda Kimiyoshi) (born February 15, 1911 Tokyo, Japan, died July 26, 1983) was a Japanese film director from the 1950s to 1970s. He directed at least six films about Zatoichi , the Blind Swordsman and Yokai Monsters: Along With Ghosts .
Kimiyoshi Yasuda (安田 公義 Yasuda Kimiyoshi) was a Japanese film director. Yasuda began his career in 1935, working as an assistant director for Nikkatsu Kyoto Studio. He joined Daiei Kyoto Studio as a director in 1944. He was best known for period dramas, including entries in the Zatoichi and Nemuri Kyoshiro series.
