Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Born in Tokyo in 1911 Yasuda Kimiyoshi died in the capital city in 1983. In-between, however, the director was in charge of 88 films most of which were of the jidaigeki genre. Kimiyoshi's first film was 1944's Ouma Wa Nanajyunana Mangoku. Beginning with 1964 the director began working on TV movies as well. His better-known works remain his run of Zatoichi films. Kimiyoshi was known for his specific and scrupulous style of shooting and, being good at drawing, illustrating his own storyboards in advance of the commencement of shooting.