Daisuke Ito

Daisuke Ito was born in October 1898 in Uwajima, in Ehime prefecture. A pupil of the dramatist Osanai Kaoru, he joined Shōchiku in 1920 and wrote screenplays there, before moving into directing in 1924. Having joined Nikkatsu, he made a star of Ōkōchi Denjirō. His mobile camera earned him a nickname that plays on his name, and his heroes are solitary figures on the margins. He directed until 1970 and died in Kyoto on 19 July 1981.

In the catalogue 1

• CinemaA Diary of Chuji's Travels忠次旅日記Daisuke Ito · 1927Cinema