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Apr 12, 2005 · He died of esophagus cancer two days after his 81st birthday, on February 19, 2005. With Kihachi Okamoto gone, plus the recent passing of film noir specialist Yoshitaro Nomura, the eternal non-conformist Seijun Suzuki remains the last active filmmaker of Japan's battlefield generation.
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.
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.
- February 17, 1924
- February 19, 2005
On February 19, 2005, he died from cancer of the esophagus at his home at Tama Ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was 81 years old. His grave is found in the Sainen-ji Temple in Yonago City, Tottori Prefecture as well as in Shunju-en Cemetery in Tama Ward, Kawasaki City.
Jun 5, 2016 · Kill! was directed by Kihachi Okamoto and starred Tatsuya Nakadai, who had paired up two years earlier in the overwhelmingly bleak and nihilistic The Sword of Doom. They both switch gears quite effectively in this outing, lightening up considerably and maintaining a sharp balance that provokes chuckles while allowing genuine narrative tension ...
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.
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Okamoto Kihachi. Introduction. Graduated from Meiji University, School of Commerce in 43. Joined Toho as an assistant director. Drafted in 44. Enlisted in the army in 45, war ended, demobilized, reinstated. Promoted to director with "All About Marriage" in 58.
