FILM DIRECTOR

Tadashi Imai

1912 - 1991

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Tadashi Imai (今井正, Imai Tadashi, January 8, 1912 – November 22, 1991) was a Japanese film director known for social realist filmmaking informed by a left-wing perspective. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tadashi Imai has received more than 59,620 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Tadashi Imai is the 892nd most popular film director (up from 898th in 2019), the 1,137th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,100th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Tadashi Imai ranks 892 out of 2,041. Before him are Mikael Håfström, Jean Grémillon, Régis Wargnier, Pyotr Chardynin, Luca Guadagnino, and Giuseppe Amato. After him are Jack Cardiff, Wayne Wang, Wanda Jakubowska, Percy Adlon, Catherine Hardwicke, and Alexandre Volkoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Tadashi Imai ranks 240. Before him are Maurice Guigue, Léon Damas, Roger Courtois, Ted Drake, Ferdinand Leitner, and Sándor Végh. After him are Nam Sung-yong, György Szűcs, Albert Richter, Maksim Tank, Niyazi, and Rudi Fischer. Among people deceased in 1991, Tadashi Imai ranks 163. Before him are Anton Yugov, Ronald Lacey, Ely, Gaston Waringhien, Mokhtar Dahari, and Július Torma. After him are Steve Marriott, Ole Beich, Ahmet Adnan Saygun, György Szűcs, Olga Spessivtseva, and Jean Langlais.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tadashi Imai ranks 1,137 out of 6,245. Before him are Joji (1992), Ichirō Nagai (1931), Hidetoki Takahashi (1916), Haruko Sugimura (1909), Aguri Suzuki (1960), and Hajime Isayama (1986). After him are Gotō Shōjirō (1838), Akira Emoto (1948), Toshiko Yuasa (1909), Yumi Matsutoya (1954), Isao Kimura (1923), and Toru Iwatani (1955).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Tadashi Imai ranks 39. Before him are Keisuke Kinoshita (1912), Yoshiaki Kawajiri (1950), Tomoyuki Tanaka (1910), Yasuzo Masumura (1924), Sion Sono (1961), and Shinobu Hashimoto (1918). After him are Yasushi Akimoto (1958), Masato Harada (1949), Yoshishige Yoshida (1933), Hideo Nakata (1961), Masaaki Yuasa (1965), and Shinya Tsukamoto (1960).

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Filmography

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Director
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords.
Apr 28o 19637 / 10
Revenge
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An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to an argument with his superior. The situation snowballs out of control, leading to a deadly duel and political fallout which threatens the entire clan. Declared mentally unstable by the corrupt authority, Shinpachi begins his descent into true insanity…
Nov 1o 19647.5 / 10
Night Drum
Director
Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially greeted by the effusive welcome of his family, spiteful whispers also reach his ear about an adulterous affair carried on, in his long absence, between his wife and a famous drummer. With Hikokuro’s honor imperiled by rumor, his family insists on a formal investigation into the veracity of the gossip. Through the combined testimony of many witnesses, a tale unwinds around the visits of a traveling musician hired to tutor the family heir, the spurned attentions of the man who started the rumor, and the ultimate truth behind the accusations. The conclusion of events prove as much an indictment of bushidō as it is of the reluctant parties involved. Adapted from a 1706 play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon and based on a true case.
Apr 15o 19586.1 / 10