Keisuke Kinoshita (木下 æƒ ä»‹, Kinoshita Keisuke, December 5, 1912
â€" December 30, 1998) was a Japanese film director.Kinoshita was
highly prolific, turning out some 42 films in the first 23 years of
his career. For this, Kinoshita explained that he "can’t help it.
Ideas for films have always just popped into my head like scraps of
paper into a wastebasket." While lesser-known internationally than
contemporaries such as Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi and YasujirÅ
Ozu, he was a household figure in his home country, beloved by both
critics and audiences from the 1940s to the 1960s.Born on 5 December
1912 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, about halfway between Tokyo
and Kyoto, to a family who owned a grocery store, Kinoshita was
already a movie fan when he was eight. Vowing to become a filmmaker,
he faced opposition from his parents.When he was in high school, a
film crew arrived in Hamamatsu for location shooting one day. He
befriended actor Bando Junosuke when the latter came to his store for
local products. Bando later helped him run away to Kyoto where most
period films were made. But his grandfather came and took him back
home the next day. His determination to become a filmmaker finally
moved his parents into letting him pursue his career. His mother
secured him an introduction to the Shochiku Kamata studios, where Ozu,
Mikio Naruse, and other famous directors worked.
â€" December 30, 1998) was a Japanese film director.Kinoshita was
highly prolific, turning out some 42 films in the first 23 years of
his career. For this, Kinoshita explained that he "can’t help it.
Ideas for films have always just popped into my head like scraps of
paper into a wastebasket." While lesser-known internationally than
contemporaries such as Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi and YasujirÅ
Ozu, he was a household figure in his home country, beloved by both
critics and audiences from the 1940s to the 1960s.Born on 5 December
1912 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, about halfway between Tokyo
and Kyoto, to a family who owned a grocery store, Kinoshita was
already a movie fan when he was eight. Vowing to become a filmmaker,
he faced opposition from his parents.When he was in high school, a
film crew arrived in Hamamatsu for location shooting one day. He
befriended actor Bando Junosuke when the latter came to his store for
local products. Bando later helped him run away to Kyoto where most
period films were made. But his grandfather came and took him back
home the next day. His determination to become a filmmaker finally
moved his parents into letting him pursue his career. His mother
secured him an introduction to the Shochiku Kamata studios, where Ozu,
Mikio Naruse, and other famous directors worked.
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