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name: "Daisuke Itō"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "13 October 1898"
died: "19 July 1981"
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# Daisuke Itō

## Identity

Daisuke Itō

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daisuke-ito
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daisuke-ito
- **IMDb ID:** nm0411866
- **TMDB ID:** 150293
- **Wikidata ID:** Q171601
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke_It%C5%8D_(film_director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171601, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411866/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/150293

Writer. Born 13 October 1898 in Uwajima, Ehime, Japan. Died 19 July 1981.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 13 October 1898, Uwajima, Ehime, Japan
- **Died:** 19 July 1981
- **Also known as:** Daisuke Ito, Daisuke Itou, Daisuke Itô, Дайскэ Ито
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke_It%C5%8D_(film_director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171601, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411866/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/150293

## Biography

Daisuke Itō (伊藤 大輔) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He was born on 13 October 1898 in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, and died on 19 July 1981 in Kyoto Prefecture.

Itō began writing screenplays in the early 1920s and made his directorial debut in 1924. He became a leading figure in jidaigeki (period drama) cinema during the silent era, notably with the trilogy *A Diary of Chuji's Travels* (1927). His work often featured dynamic camerawork and anti-heroic protagonists. He continued directing and writing into the sound era and postwar period, with credits including adaptations for later films such as *An Actor's Revenge* (1963).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *An Actor's Revenge* (1963), Fi1m 85, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/an-actors-revenge.md)

## Complete filmography (86)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death* (1971), Adaptation
- *The Ambitious* (1970), Screenplay, Director
- *Broken Swords* (1969), Writer
- *Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy* (1966), Screenplay
- *The Thieves' Who's Who* (1966), Screenplay
- *Zatoichi and the Chess Expert* (1965), Screenplay
- *Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu* (1965), Director, Screenplay
- *Zoku ôsho* (1963), Screenplay
- *The Life of Rikisha-Man* (1963), Screenplay
- *Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai* (1963), Director, Screenplay
- *An Actor's Revenge* (1963), Screenplay — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/an-actors-revenge.md)
- *The King* (1962), Screenplay, Director
- *Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3* (1962), Director, Screenplay
- *The Conspirator* (1961), Screenplay, Director
- *Mask of the Moon* (1961), Screenplay
- *Samurai Desperadoes* (1960), Screenplay
- *Tsukinode no ketto* (1960), Screenplay, Director
- *Scarred Yosaburo* (1960), Director, Writer
- *Samurai Vendetta* (1959), Screenplay, Adaptation
- *Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord* (1959), Screenplay, Director
- *The Woman and the Pirate* (1959), Adaptation, Director, Original Story
- *The Gay Masquerade* (1958), Director
- *Blooms of Hell* (1957), Director, Screenplay
- *Ninjō misui* (1957), Adaptation
- *Itohan Monogatari* (1957), Director
- *Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin* (1957), Screenplay
- *元祿美少年記* (1955), Director
- *The Vassal's Neck* (1955), Director, Screenplay
- *Ootone no Taiketsu* (1955), Screenplay
- *Life of Geisha* (1955), Director, Screenplay
- *The Story of Shunkin* (1954), Director
- *A Samurai's Love* (1954), Director, Writer
- *Tange Sazen* (1953), Screenplay
- *The Tattoo Murder Case* (1953), Adaptation
- *An Heir's Place* (1953), Director, Writer
- *Suttobi kago* (1952), Writer
- *Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Jigoku no mon* (1952), Screenplay
- *治郎吉格子* (1952), Director, Screenplay
- *Five Men of Edo* (1951), Director
- *The Inner Palace Conspiracy* (1951), Director
- *Les Miserables I: God and the Devil* (1950), Director
- *I Saw a Phantom Fish* (1950), Director, Screenplay, Original Story
- *The Motherland Far Far Away* (1950), Director
- *Hebi hime dōchū* (1949), Treatment
- *The Flower That Crossed the Mountain* (1949), Screenplay, Director
- *Guren bosatsu* (1949), Adaptation
- *The Grand Master* (1948), Director, Writer
- *Surônin makaritôru* (1947), Director
- *Woman on the Night Train* (1947), Writer
- *Yari-odori gojūsantsugi* (1946), Screenplay
- *Meiji no kyōdai* (1946), Screenplay
- *Tōkai suikoden* (1945), Director
- *Kokusai Mitsuyudan* (1944), Screenplay, Director
- *Miyamoto Musashi - Battle at Han'nya Hill* (1943), Director, Screenplay
- *Initiation of the Two-Sword Style* (1943), Director, Screenplay
- *Kurama Tengu* (1942), Screenplay, Director
- *Kunisada Chūji: Shinshū komoriuta* (1936), Story
- *Poppy* (1935), Writer
- *An Actor's Revenge* (1935), Writer
- *The Comb of Oroku* (1935), Screenplay, Director
- *Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen* (1934), Director
- *Hotta Hayato* (1933), Screenplay, Director
- *Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen* (1933), Writer, Director
- *Jirokichi the Rat* (1931), Writer, Director
- *Zuku ôoka seidan mazo kaiketsu-hen* (1931), Director, Screenplay
- *Suronin Chuya* (1930), Director, Writer, Story
- *Ōoka Cases Devil's Image - Part One* (1930), Writer, Director
- *Man-Slashing Horse-Piercing Sword* (1929), Director, Writer
- *Shinpan Ôoka seidan; Daisanpen: Kaikatsuhen* (1928), Director, Writer
- *New Version of the Ghost of Yotsuya* (1928), Director
- *Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-nihen* (1928), Director, Screenplay
- *Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-ippen* (1928), Screenplay, Director
- *Blood Spattered at Takadanobaba* (1928), Screenplay, Director
- *Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode* (1927), Writer, Director
- *Gerou* (1927), Screenplay, Director
- *Chuji's Travel Diary: Story of Bloody Shinshu* (1927), Writer, Director
- *Evil Spirit* (1927), Director
- *Chuji's Travel Diary: Koshu Swordfighting* (1927), Director
- *An Unforgettable Grudge* (1926), Director, Screenplay
- *Diary of a Drunkard* (1924), Writer, Director
- *Chichi yo izuko e* (1923), Writer
- *The Woman and the Pirate* (1923), Screenplay
- *Aa mujô - Dai ippen: Hôrô no maki* (1923), Screenplay
- *Yama no senroban* (1923), Writer
- *Umi no yôbigôe* (1922), Screenplay
- *Diary of a Drunkard* (1921), Screenplay

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director 1962: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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