Kazui Nihonmatsu

Kazui Nihonmatsu (二本松 嘉瑞, Nihonmatsu Yoshimitsu, born 9 April 1922) is a Japanese film director.

Kazui Nihonmatsu
Born	Yoshimitsu Nihonmatsu 9 April 1922 Kamakura, Japan
Occupation	Assistant director, director, screenwriter
Years active	1951 – 1968

Biography

After graduating in Business at the Waseda University, Nihonmatsu was hired at the Shochiku Ofuna Photographic Office in 1948 and later became assistant director to filmmakers such as Akira Kurosawa,[1] Keisuke Kinoshita and more often to Masaki Kobayashi.

As a director, Nihonmatsu directed only two kaiju films:[2] The X from Outer Space and Genocide, both produced by Shochiku, at its first experiences producing J-Horror films.[3][4]

Filmography

Assistant director

• Carmen Comes Home (1951, directed by Keisuke Kinoshita)
• The Idiot (1951, directed by Akira Kurosawa)
• Youth of the Son (1952, directed by Masaki Kobayashi)
• Sincere Heart (1953, directed by Masaki Kobayashi)
• The Thick-Walled Room (1956, directed by Masaki Kobayashi)
• The Inheritance (1962, directed by Masaki Kobayashi)

Director

• The X from Outer Space (1967, also screenwriter)
• Genocide (1968)

References

1. Yoshimoto, Mitsuhiro (2000). Kurosawa: Film Studies and Japanese Cinema. Duke University Press Books. ISBN 0822325195.
2. "A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Kazui Nihonmatsu's The X from Outer Space". criterioncast.com. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
3. "The X from Outer Space (1967)". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
4. "Genocide (1968)". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 25 April 2019.

External links

• Kazui Nihonmatsu at IMDb
• Kazui Nihonmatsu at AllMovie