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.
Directed 80
1970s
- 1975
Priest of Darkness
Director
- 1973
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
Director
- 1972
- 1971
- 1970
Ghost of Kasane Swamp
Director
1960s
- 1969
Second Generation Young Boss
Director
Lefty Fencer
Director
Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts
Director
Sworn Brothers
Director
- 1968
Sequel: Secret Report From A Women's Prison
Director
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
Director
Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters
Director
- 1967
The Hoodlum Priest
Director
Bad Reputation: The Notorious Man of Legend
Director
Tokyo Gambler
Director
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Director
- 1966
殺人者
Director
- 1965
New Tengu from Mount Kurama
Director
Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
Director
- 1964
Adventures of Zatoichi
Director
Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
Director
- 1963
Zatoichi on the Road
Director
- 1962
Kumoemon to sono tsuma
Director
Ame no Kudan-zaka
Director
- 1961
Suttobi jingi
Director
Isobushi Genta
Director
Bishōnen henge
Director
Tobidashita onna daimyō
Director
Harekosode
Director
- 1960
Ippon-gatana dohyō iri
Director
Genroku onna daimyō
Director
Oja sando gosa
Director
Yosakoi sandogasa
Director
1950s
- 1959
Tsukikage Hyōgo: Jōdan kasumigiri
Director
Chiyoda Castle in Flames
Director
Beni azami
Director
Tenryū no karasu
Director
- 1958
Megitsune Buro
Director
Fūraibō ichiban shōbu
Director
Hanatarō Jumon
Director
- 1957
Akado Suzunosuke vs. the One-Legged Devil
Director
Akado Suzunosuke and the Vacuum Slash of the Asuka School
Director
Akado Suzunosuke Destroys the Devil Mask Gang
Director
Fighting Letter for 29 People
Director
- 1956
Haha shirayuki
Director
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane Continued
Director
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane
Director
Ninjutsu senshuken jiai
Director
Ninjutsu musha shūgyō
Director
Shirai Gonpachi
Director
Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 2
Director
- 1955
Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 1
Director
- 1954
The Young Swordsman
Director
Date sōdō: Haha goten
Director
関八州勢揃い
Director
Maiko monogatari
Director
Kai nusumadara kumo
Director
- 1953
Zoku suna-e jubaku: Yukijorō
Director
Hiren tsubaki
Director
Haha no hitomi
Director
- 1952
Sado Island Elegy
Director
The Madwoman in a Furisode
Director
- 1951
Izayoi kaidō
Director
Jōen no hatoba
Director
- 1950
Tetsuro no dankon
Director
Komusō yashiki
Director
1940s
- 1949
The Elephant Who Waited
Director
Haha koiboshi
Director
The Man Who Laughs Last
Director
- 1948
That Night's Adventure
Director
- 1944
Ouma wa nanajū nanaman seki
Director
- 1942
Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō
Assistant Director
1930s
- 1939
Wrote 5
1970s
- 1979
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Kasane Swamp
Writer
Japanese Masterpiece Ghost Story Theatre
Screenplay
- 1973
- 1971
1950s
- 1950
Komusō yashiki
Screenplay
Created 1
1970s
- 1979
Hanshichi Torimonocho
Creator