Tomotaka Tasaka
Biography
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.
Known For
A House in the Quarter
Scrap Collectors
Tsuki yori no shisha
A Slope in the Sun
Hatobue wo Fuku Onna
Five Scouts
The Baby Carriage
The Stream of Youth
A Carpenter and Children
The Maid's Kid
Shinran, Part II
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Navy
Shinran
Koto—The Lake of Tears
Victory Song
The Sharks
Doburoku no Tatsu