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  1. Kihachi Okamoto (岡本 喜八, Okamoto Kihachi, February 17, 1924 – February 19, 2005) was a Japanese film director who worked in several different genres.

  2. Kihachi Okamoto. Director: The Human Bullet. Okamoto belonged to what one colleague called "the generation where most of them got killed": the leagues of university graduates who were drafted into and sacrificed to the last years of Japan's war in the South Pacific.

    • Kihachi Okamoto
    • February 19, 2005
    • February 17, 1924
    • 1958
    • 1959
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    • 1961
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    • 1963
    • 1965
    • 1967
    • 1978
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    All About Marriage (Kekkon no Subete)
    Wakai Musumetachi
    Boss of the Underworld (Ankokugai no Kaoyaku)
    Aruhi Watashi wa
    Desperado Outpost (Dokuritsu Gurentai)
    The Last Gunfight (Ankokugai no Taiketsu)
    Daigaku no Sanzokutachi
    Westward Desperado (Dokuritsu Gurentai Nishi-e)
    Ankokugai no Dankon
    Big Shots Die at Dawn (Kaoyaku Akatsuki ni Shisu)
    Jigoku no Kyoen
    Operation X (Dobunezumi Sakusen)
    Gekkyu Dorobo
    Warring Clans (Sengoku Yaro)
    The Elegant of Life of Mr. Everyman (Ebunriman-shi no Yuga na Seikatsu)
    Samurai Assassin (Samurai)
    Fort Graveyard (Chi to Suna)
    The Age of Assassins (Satsujinkyo Jidai, a.k.a. Epoch of Murder Madness)
    Japan's Longest Day (Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi, a.k.a. The Emperor and the General)
    Blue Christmas
    Dynamite Bang Bang (Dainamaito Dondon)

    A retrospective of the late Japanese filmmaker who made his mark in action, war, and chanbara films. Learn about his war experience, his collaborations with Toshiro Mifune, and his eclectic output.

  3. Kihachi Okamoto. Director: The Human Bullet. Okamoto belonged to what one colleague called "the generation where most of them got killed": the leagues of university graduates who were drafted into and sacrificed to the last years of Japan's war in the South Pacific.

  4. Top 10 Kihachi Okamoto (to watch) 1. Fort Graveyard (1965) 132 min | Drama, Music, War. In 1945, Japanese Army Sergeant Kosugi and a platoon of young green recruits must retake and defend a fort occupied by the Chinese forces. Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Makoto Satô, Reiko Dan, Yûnosuke Itô.

  5. Aug 23, 2018 · Erik, the Asian Movie Enthusiast presents: My top 10 Kihachi Okamoto films, with a brief discussion on the director himself. See below for a summary of the films on this list, with my #1...

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  7. Feb 19, 2005 · Kihachi Okamoto (岡本 喜八 Okamoto Kihachi) was a Japanese film director who worked in several different genres, most memorably in action genres such as jidaigeki and war films.