
Kimiyoshi Yasuda
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 15, 1911
- Died
- July 26, 1983 (aged 72)
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Kimiyoshi Yasuda was a Japanese film director from the 1930s to 1970s. He directed six films about Zatoichi, the Blind Swordsman. He signed with Nikkatsu Kyoto studio as an assistant director and started working as an assistant director under Sadao Yamanaka and Hiroshi Inagaki etc.
Known For

Daimajin

Zatoichi on the Road

Adventures of Zatoichi

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

Zatoichi's Cane Sword

Zatoichi and the Fugitives

Zatoichi's Conspiracy

Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters

Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts

Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing

Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan

Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
Filmography

Priest of Darkness
TV · Director · 2 eps

Zatoichi's Conspiracy
Movie · Director

Mute Samurai
TV · Director · 4 eps

Kogarashi Monjiro
TV · Director · 2 eps

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
Movie · Director

Ghost of Kasane Swamp
Movie · Director

Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts
Movie · Director

Lefty Fencer
Movie · Director

Second Generation Young Boss
Movie · Director

Sworn Brothers
Movie · Director

Zatoichi and the Fugitives
Movie · Director

Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters
Movie · Director

Sequel: Secret Report From A Women's Prison
Movie · Director

Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
Movie · Director

Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Movie · Director

The Hoodlum Priest
Movie · Director

Bad Reputation: The Notorious Man of Legend
Movie · Director

Tokyo Gambler
Movie · Director

Daimajin
Movie · Director

殺人者
Movie · Director

Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
Movie · Director

New Tengu from Mount Kurama
Movie · Director

Adventures of Zatoichi
Movie · Director

Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
Movie · Director

Zatoichi on the Road
Movie · Director

Taiketsu
Movie · Director

Ame no Kudan-zaka
Movie · Director

Kumoemon to sono tsuma
Movie · Director

Harekosode
Movie · Director

Suttobi jingi
Movie · Director

Tobidashita onna daimyō
Movie · Director

Bishōnen henge
Movie · Director

Isobushi Genta
Movie · Director

Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane
Movie · Director

Oja sando gosa
Movie · Director

Yosakoi sandogasa
Movie · Director

Genroku onna daimyō
Movie · Director

Ippon-gatana dohyō iri
Movie · Director

Tenryū no karasu
Movie · Director

Beni azami
Movie · Director

Chiyoda Castle in Flames
Movie · Director

Tsukikage Hyōgo: Jōdan kasumigiri
Movie · Director

Hana no yukyo-den
Movie · Director

Hanatarō Jumon
Movie · Director

Megitsune Buro
Movie · Director

Fūraibō ichiban shōbu
Movie · Director

Akado Suzunosuke Destroys the Devil Mask Gang
Movie · Director

Akado Suzunosuke and the Vacuum Slash of the Asuka School
Movie · Director

Akado Suzunosuke vs. the One-Legged Devil
Movie · Director

Fighting Letter for 29 People
Movie · Director

Shirai Gonpachi
Movie · Director

Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 2
Movie · Director

Ninjutsu musha shūgyō
Movie · Director

Ninjutsu senshuken jiai
Movie · Director
Tsukiyo no aho dori
Movie · Director

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane
Movie · Director

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane Continued
Movie · Director

Haha shirayuki
Movie · Director

The Dancer and Two Warriors
Movie · Director
The Young Lord
Movie · Director

Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 1
Movie · Director

The Young Swordsman
Movie · Director

Maiko monogatari
Movie · Director

関八州勢揃い
Movie · Director

Kai nusumadara kumo
Movie · Director

Date sōdō: Haha goten
Movie · Director

Hiren tsubaki
Movie · Director

Haha no hitomi
Movie · Director
Suna-e jubaku
Movie · Director

Zoku suna-e jubaku: Yukijorō
Movie · Director

Sado Island Elegy
Movie · Director

The Madwoman in a Furisode
Movie · Director

Izayoi kaidō
Movie · Director

The Red Key
Movie · Director

Jōen no hatoba
Movie · Director
Condor
Movie · Director
Pirate Island
Movie · Director

Komusō yashiki
Movie · Director

Tetsuro no dankon
Movie · Director

The Man Who Laughs Last
Movie · Director

The Elephant Who Waited
Movie · Director

Haha koiboshi
Movie · Director

That Night's Adventure
Movie · Director

Ouma wa nanajū nanaman seki
Movie · Director

Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō
Movie · Assistant Director

Shunjû ittôryû
Movie · Assistant Director