Hideo Ōba (大庭 秀雄, Ōba Hideo, 28 February 1910 – 10 March 1997) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Hideo Ōba | |
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 Hideo Ōba in 1953 on Asahi Camera | |
| Born | 28 February 1910 Aoyama, Akasaka-ku, Tokyo |
| Died | 10 March 1997 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1935–1969 |
Life
editŌba was born on 28 February 1910, in Aoyama, Akasaka-ku, Tokyo.[1]
After graduating from Keio University's Department of Japanese Studies, Ōba started working at Shochiku. There he became an assistant director to film director Yasushi Sasaki, and made his debut as a director in 1939 with the film Otto no kachi. A year before his directorial debut, he wrote Ai yori Ai he as a screenwriter.[2]
In 1953, Ōba made Kazuo Kikuta's radio drama Kimi no na ha aired on NHK into a movie, which became a major hit. Kimi no na ha continued as a movie trilogy until 1954.
In his later years, he taught at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image.[1]
Ōba died on 10 March 1997, at the age of 87.[2]
Selected filmography
edit- Otto no kachi (1939)
- Hana ha itsuwarazu (1941)
- Musume (1943)
- Kikyo (1950)
- Nagasaki no kane (1950)
- Kimi no na ha trilogy (1953-1954)
- Anata to tomoni (1955)
- Ejima ikushima (1955)
- Me no kabe (1958)
- Aru rakujitsu (1959)
- Zangiku monogatari (1963)
- Yukiguni (1965)
- Yokoborigawa (1966)
- Haru biyori (1967)
References
edit- ^ a b Hrsg., Ōga, Tetsuo 1925- (1994). Encyclopedia Nipponica 2001. Shōgakkan. ISBN 4-09-526125-0. OCLC 1072527152.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Ueda, Masaaki (2001). Nihon Jinmei Daijiten (日本人名大辞典). Kōdansha. ISBN 4-06-210800-3. OCLC 829387682.