Occupation film director Name Masanobu Deme | Role Film director Education Waseda University | |
Born October 2, 1932 (age 91) ( 1932-10-02 ) Higashiomi, Shiga, Japan Movies Baruto no Gakuen, Station to Heaven, Kike wadatsumi no koe Last Friends, Oretachi no koya, Long Journey Into Love Nominations Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year, Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year Similar People Toshiyuki Nishida, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Mayu Tsuruta, Oliver Bootz, Ken Matsudaira | ||
Masanobu Deme (出目昌伸, Deme Masanobu, 2 October 1932 – 13 March 2016) was a Japanese film director.
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Career
Born in Shiga Prefecture, Deme graduated from Waseda University before joining the Tōhō studio in 1957. After serving as an assistant director under such directors as Akira Kurosawa, Shūe Matsubayashi, Hiromichi Horikawa, and Kengo Furusawa, he made his directorial debut in 1968 with Toshigoro and earned a New Directors Citation from the Directors Guild of Japan in 1969 for his unusual youth film Oretachi no kōya. He also directed over 80 dramas on television.
He died on 13 March 2016 of pancreatic cancer in a Tokyo hospital.
Selected filmography
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