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Director 1931 - 1984

Shirō Moritani

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Shirō Moritani (森谷 司郎, Moritani Shirō, September 28, 1931 – December 2, 1984) was a film director and screenwriter from Japan. Born in Tokyo, he debuted as an assistant director in Akira Kurosawa's 1961 film Yojimbo. His film Mount Hakkoda won Mainichi Film Award for... Read full bio →

Directed Films

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3 titles
Hakkodasan

Hakkodasan

Shirō Moritani 1977 2h 49m

Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with Russia.

Nihon chinbotsu

Nihon chinbotsu

Shirō Moritani 1973 2h 23m 4.0

The shorted re-edited American version of Submersion of Japan, in which Japan slowly sinks into the sea as the US and Japan work together to stop it.

Akazukinchan kiotsukete

Akazukinchan kiotsukete

Shirō Moritani 1970 1h 29m

A high-schooler involved in turn-of-the-decade student movements works to escape his comfort zone and apply himself.

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