Tomotaka Tasaka (ç"°å ‚ 具隆, Tasaka Tomotaka, 14 April 1902 â€" 17
October 1974) was a Japanese film director.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 RobÅ no
ishi and Mud and Soldiers, both of which starred Isamu Kosugi. His war
film, Five Scouts, was screened in the competition at the 6th Venice
International Film Festival.Tasaka was a victim of the atomic bombing
of Hiroshima and spent many years recovering. He eventually resumed
directing and won the best director prize at the 1958 Blue Ribbon
Awards for A Slope in the Sun, which starred YÅ«jirÅ Ishihara.
October 1974) was a Japanese film director.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 RobÅ no
ishi and Mud and Soldiers, both of which starred Isamu Kosugi. His war
film, Five Scouts, was screened in the competition at the 6th Venice
International Film Festival.Tasaka was a victim of the atomic bombing
of Hiroshima and spent many years recovering. He eventually resumed
directing and won the best director prize at the 1958 Blue Ribbon
Awards for A Slope in the Sun, which starred YÅ«jirÅ Ishihara.
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