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Filmmaker · Japan

Heinosuke Gosho

Died in 1981

Heinosuke Gosho was born in early 1902 in Kanda, Tokyo, the son of a merchant. He joined Shōchiku as an assistant to the director Yasujirō Shimazu and moved into directing in 1925. His films, which combine comedy and drama, mostly focus on the lives of ordinary people. He presided over the association of Japanese directors, wrote haiku all his life, and died on 1 May 1981 in Shizuoka Prefecture.

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