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Hideo Gosha portrait

Hideo Gosha

12 films

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Hideo Gosha (February 26, 1929—August 30, 1992) was a Japanese film director. Among his most famous films are Goyokin and Hitokiri, released in 1969, and The Wolves, released in 1971. His most famous film in the West is Sword of the Beast, released by Criterion. Gosha's films are some of the darkest films from the samurai genre. He won the 1984 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year for The Geisha. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hideo Gosha, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Where to Start with Hideo Gosha

Hideo Gosha appears in 12 drama films in the Pulse of Cinema catalogue. The highest Pulse-rated are Three Outlaw Samurai, Goyokin, Sword of the Beast, a strong place to start exploring Hideo Gosha's drama work.

Three Outlaw Samurai 7.4

Three Outlaw Samurai

1964
Goyokin 7.4

Goyokin

1969
Sword of the Beast 7.5

Sword of the Beast

1965

Hideo Gosha: Drama Films 12

The Wolves 7.5

The Wolves

1971
Sword of the Beast 7.5

Sword of the Beast

1965
Three Outlaw Samurai 7.4

Three Outlaw Samurai

1964
Goyokin 7.4

Goyokin

1969
Samurai Wolf 7.1

Samurai Wolf

1966
Samurai Wolf II 7.1

Samurai Wolf II

1967
Tenchu! 7.0

Tenchu!

1969
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn 6.7

Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn

1966
Violent Streets 6.7

Violent Streets

1974
Hunter in the Dark 6.3

Hunter in the Dark

1979
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather 6.2

Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather

1982
The Geisha 5.6

The Geisha

1983

Frequent Collaborators

Tatsuya Nakadai Tatsuya Nakadai 5 films together Isao Natsuyagi Isao Natsuyagi 5 films together Tetsuro Tamba Tetsuro Tamba 4 films together Noboru Andō Noboru Andō 2 films together Mikijiro Hira Mikijiro Hira 2 films together Shima Iwashita Shima Iwashita 2 films together