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Sadao Yamanaka (山中 貞雄, Yamanaka Sadao, November 7, 1909 – September 17, 1938) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter who directed 26 films between 1932 and 1938. He was a contemporary of Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse and Kenji Mizoguchi and one of the primary figures in the development of the jidaigeki, or historical film.
Jun 10, 2020 · The director and screenwriter Yamanaka Sadao was the first to discover Hara, drawn by her wholesome, schoolgirl aura, and cast her in the 1936 period drama Kōchiyama Sōshun (Priest of Darkness...
Jun 11, 2023 · The story follows an ancient pot which holds a treasure map leading to, naturally, one million ryo, an exorbitant amount. However, the pot is sold by the owner’s wife, having no idea of the...
Jun 13, 2018 · Film history is full of lost movies and forgotten filmmakers, but the case of Sadao Yamanaka is one of the saddest; a brilliant director in 1930s Japan, he died young and all but three of his twenty-seven features are lost. The three that remain are all great works of narrative art.
Sadao Yamanaka: Forever New. By Sato Kimitoshi. Ozu Yasujiro spoke of Yamanaka in 1955, seventeen years after Yamanaka's death: "I am sure that if he were alive now, he would be shooting a modern human drama, not a jidai-geki. For me, it is fascinating to imagine what his films would have been like.
Sadao Yamanaka (山中 貞雄, Yamanaka Sadao, November 7, 1909 – September 17, 1938) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter who directed 26 films between 1932 and 1938. He was a contemporary of Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse and Kenji Mizoguchi and one of the primary figures in the development of the jidaigeki, or historical film.
Dec 2, 2021 · Director Sadao Yamanaka manages to tell a story whose themes seem just as relevant as they were during the time of filming, and whose performances and visual approach makes this feature a true discovery for Asian cinephiles.
