Tadashi Imai

Tadashi Imai
Tadashi Imai in the April 1953 issue
of Asahi Camera
Born(1912-01-08)January 8, 1912
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
DiedNovember 22, 1991(1991-11-22) (aged 79)
Sōka, Japan[1]
NationalityJapanese
OccupationFilm director
Years active1939–1991

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.[2] His most noted films include An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) and Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963).

  1. ^ "Film Director Tadashi Imai Dead at 79". Associated Press (in Japanese). 22 November 1991. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Imai Tadashi". Nihon jinmei jiten (in Japanese). Kōdansha. Retrieved 27 October 2010.