Tatsumi Kumashiro

Tatsumi Kumashiro
BornApril 24, 1927
Saga, Kyūshū, Japan
DiedFebruary 24, 1995(1995-02-24) (aged 67)
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
Years active1972–1995

Tatsumi Kumashiro (Kumashiro Tatsumi (神代 辰巳); 24 April 1927 – 24 February 1995) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his critically acclaimed, award-winning Roman Porno films.

Kumashiro 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] Notable films include Ichijo's Wet Lust (1972) and The Woman with Red Hair (1979). 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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Weisser, p.204.
  3. ^ Crow, Jonathan. "Tatsumi Kumashiro (Biography)". at Allmovie. Retrieved 2007-03-09.