Tomotaka Tasaka
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 14, 1901
- Died
- October 17, 1974
- Birthplace
- Hiroshima, Japan
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.
Filmography
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, Screenplay
A Carpenter and Children 1962
Director, Screenplay
Run, Genta, Run! 1961
Director
Shinran, Part II 1960
Director
Shinran 1960
Director
The Stream of Youth 1959
Screenplay, Director
A Slope in the Sun 1958
Director, Screenplay
This Day's Life 1957
Writer, Director
The Baby Carriage 1956
Director
The Maid's Kid 1955
Director, Screenplay
Eternal Song of Nagasaki 1952
Director, Writer
Yukiwarisō 1951
Director
Doburoku no Tatsu 1949
Director
Victory Song 1945
Director
Navy 1943
Writer, Director
- Mother and Child Grass
Mother and Child Grass 1942
Director, Screenplay
You and I 1941
Director
Mud and Soldiers 1939
Director
Explosion! 1939
Director
A Pebble by the Wayside 1938
Director
Five Scouts 1938
Director, Original Story
Tsuki yori no shisha 1934
Director
Daughter and Springtime 1932
Director
- Hatobue wo Fuku Onna
Hatobue wo Fuku Onna 1932
Director
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen 1931
Director
Behold This Mother 1930
Director
- Town of Love
Town of Love 1928
Director
Kekkon nijuso: zenpen 1928
Director
- Hero of Alishan
Hero of Alishan 1927
Director
Credits from TMDB.