Takumi Furukawa | |
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古川卓己 | |
Born | Iwasaki Takumi
[1] 27 March 1917 |
Died | 4 October 2018 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 101)
Nationality | Japanese |
Other names | Tai Kao-Mei |
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Takumi Furukawa (古川 卓己, Furukawa Takumi, 27 March 1917 – 4 October 2018), aka Tai Kao-Mei ( Chinese: 戴高美), was a Japanese film director.
Born in Tokyo as Iwasaki Takumi, [1] Furukawa graduated from the College of Art at Nihon University in 1941 and entered the Nikkatsu studio first in the screenwriting division before becoming an assistant director. [2] After serving in the war, he returned to work at Daiei Film before returning to Nikkatsu when it resumed producing films in 1954. [2] While working as an assistant director, he assisted such directors as Tomotaka Tasaka, Kajiro Yamamoto, Akira Kurosawa, and Heinosuke Gosho. [2]
He made his directorial debut in 1955 with Jigoku no Yōjinbō, which starred Rentarō Mikuni and for which he wrote the script. [2] [1] He is most known for directing Season of the Sun in 1956, which was a box office success and helped launch the career of Yujiro Ishihara. [1] [3] His Cruel Gun Story (1964) was released on DVD with English subtitles by Eclipse from the Criterion Collection. [4] Furukawa directed two films in Hong Kong and dramas for television. [5] [2]
Furukawa died of heart failure on 4 October 2018 in a Tokyo hospital at the age of 101. [1]
This is a partial list of films.