Tomotaka Tasaka(1901-1974)

Director
Writer
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Tomotaka Tasaka was born on 14 April 1901 in Hiroshima, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Les cinq éclaireurs (1938), Hi no ataru sakamichi (1958) and Ubaguruma (1956). He was married to Hisako Takihana. He died on 17 October 1974.

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Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total

Known for

Les cinq éclaireurs (1938)

Les cinq éclaireurs

6.2

Director

1938

Hi no ataru sakamichi (1958)

Hi no ataru sakamichi

7.4

Director

1958

Ubaguruma (1956)

7.4

Director

1956

Gobanchô Yûgirirô (1963)

Gobanchô Yûgirirô

6.9

Director

1963

Credits

Director

Sukurappu shûdan
5.1
- Director
- 1968
Umi no koto
7.4
- Director
- 1966
Hiyameshi to Osan to Chan
6.9
- Director
- 1965
Same
6.7
- Director
- 1964
Gobanchô Yûgirirô
6.9
- Director
- 1963
Chiisakobe
7.5
- Director
- 1962
Hadakakko
8.2
- Director
- 1961
Zoku Shinran
- Director
- 1960
Shinran
- Director
- 1960
Wakai kawa no nagare
6.6
- Director
- 1959
Hi no ataru sakamichi
7.4
- Director
- 1958
Kyô no inochi
5.2
- Director
- 1957
Ubaguruma
7.4
- Director
- 1956
Jochûkko
7.9
- Director
- 1955
Asama no karasu
- Director
- 1953

Writer

Gobanchô Yûgirirô
6.9
- screenplay
- 1963
Chiisakobe
7.5
- screenplay
- 1962
Wakai kawa no nagare
6.6
- screenplay
- 1959
Hi no ataru sakamichi
7.4
- screenplay
- 1958
Kyô no inochi
5.2
- Writer
- 1957
Jochûkko
7.9
- Writer
- 1955
Nagasaki no uta wa wasureji
4.4
- Writer
- 1952
Kaigun
5.9
- writer
- 1943
Machi no tamashii
- Writer (as Shirô Takashigeya)
- 1940
Les cinq éclaireurs
6.2
- story (as Shirô Takashigeya)
- 1938
Gonin no yukaina aibô
- story
- 1931
Aiyoku no kiro
- Writer
- 1925

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Personal details

Alternative name
- Shirô Takashigeya
Born
- April 14, 1901
- Hiroshima, Japan
Died
- October 17, 1974
Spouse
- Hisako Takihana
Relatives
- Katsuhiko Tasaka(Sibling)

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Trivia
He resumed directing and won the best director prize at the 1958 Blue Ribbon Awards for A Slope in the Sun, which starred Yujiro Ishihara.

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