Tatsumi Kumashiro | |
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| Born | April 24, 1927 |
| Died | February 24, 1995 (aged 67) |
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| Years active | 1972–1995 |
Tatsumi Kumashiro (神代 辰巳, Kumashiro Tatsumi) was a Japanese film director known for his critically acclaimed, award-winning Roman Porno films, such as Ichijo's Wet Lust (1972) and The Woman with Red Hair (1979). He was the most highly acclaimed director of the early Nikkatsu Roman Porno era, with many box-office successes, and films regularly appearing on the yearly Best Ten lists of the mainstream Kinema Junpo and Eiga Geijutsu film journals.[1] Kumashiro has been called, "the most consistently successful director in Japan's cinematic history,"[2] and Allmovie calls him, "arguably the most important Japanese director to emerge during the 1970s."[3]
- ^ Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.
- ^ Weisser, p.204.
- ^ Crow, Jonathan. "Tatsumi Kumashiro (Biography)". at Allmovie. Retrieved 2007-03-09.