Sadao Yamanaka

Sadao Yamanaka was born on 7 November 1909 in Kyoto, where he studied commerce. He joined Makino straight away, where he wrote screenplays and worked as an assistant, then moved into directing in 1932 at the company of the actor Arashi Kanjūrō, and later worked for other studios. He made only period films, of which just three survive. Conscripted in 1937, he left for the Chinese front and died of illness on 17 September 1938.

In the catalogue 1

• CinemaHumanity and Paper Balloons人情紙風船Sadao Yamanaka · 1937Cinema