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Takumi Furukawa
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Born
March 27
,
1917
·
Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
Died
October 4
,
2018
·
Tokyo, Japan
(heart failure)
Birth name
Takumi Iwasaki
Mini Bio
Takumi Furukawa was born on March 27, 1917 in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for
Gyangu no shôzô (1965)
,
Hei ying (1967)
and
Season of the Sun (1956)
. He died on October 4, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.
Trivia
Furukawa, aka Tai Kao-Mei, also directed two films in Hong Kong and dramas for television.
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.
After serving in the war, he returned to work at Daiei Film before returning to Nikkatsu when it resumed producing films in 1954.
While working as an assistant director, he assisted such directors as Tomotaka Tasaka, Kajiro Yamamoto, Akira Kurosawa, and Heinosuke Gosho.
His Cruel Gun Story (1964) was released on DVD with English subtitles by Eclipse from the Criterion Collection.
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