Known for Directing
Born
April 1, 1937 (age 89)
Birthplace
Omuta, Fukuoka, Japan
Filmography
7 films, 6 shows


Captain Tsubasa Movie 02: Danger! All Japan Junior Team
1985 · 1h
country: Japan
The return match between the All-Europe and All-Japan Junior teams comes home to Japan, but what sort of problems will occur with the game on Tsubasa's home turf?


Ojamanga Yamada-kun
1981 · 27m
country: Japan
The Yamada family lives in Tokyo's Higashi Edogawa Ward. Noboru, the second son and high school student, dreams of becoming a professional baseball player. One day, he hears about a scout from a pro team! However, it turns out that it's not a pro baseball player, but a scout to become a professional wrestler! Ine, the housewife of the Yamada family and landlady of the Yamada-so apartment building they run, has recently gained weight. To lose weight, she joins a nearby tennis club, but there she runs into her son, Noboru, who is trying to join the club in search of girls!


Ganbare! Bokura no Hit and Run
1979
country: Japan
Inaba Junior High School's baseball team has been defeated miserably since the senior members left. Because of their poor results, the players are suspended from games and are almost forced to break up. Ironically, however, this hardship makes them band tighter together and intensifies their desire to play. They practice hard in the hope of regaining the respect of the other students and teachers. Soon, their will-power leads them to unbelievable victories. This story portrays the boys' dreams and friendship through baseball.


Huckleberry Finn
1976 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
Huck Finn is a homeless boy because he was abandoned by his father, who left the village for over a year. Although he lives in a barrel and the mother of his little friend Tom Sawyer does not want children to play with him, he is always surrounded by many friends. And it is during one of these games, while he is exploring a cave in search of "pirate treasure" that Huck discovers two robbers who had just looted the village.