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Tomu Uchida

Tomu Uchida

Actor, Director, Writer

Born April 26, 1898 in Okayama, Okayama, Japan

Died August 7, 1970

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Uchida began his career at the Taikatsu studio in the early 1920s but gained recognition at Nikkatsu, where he collaborated with screenwriter Yasutarō Yagi to adapt literary works in a realist style. His 1929 film A Living Puppet (Ikeru ningyo) was ranked the fourth best film of the year by the film journal Kinema Junpo. Many of his 1930s films featured actor Isamu Kosugi. One notable film, Policeman (Keisatsukan), has been described as "a tremendously stylish gangster movie about the love-hate relationship between a cop and a criminal, once childhood friends." It is Uchida’s only surviving complete silent film. Drawing from Hollywood gangster films and expressionist techniques, the story follows a young policeman pursuing an old friend who has become a criminal. Uchida's works from the 1920s and 1930s included leftist social commentary and were often critically acclaimed. Kinema Junpo named Jinsei Gekijo the second best film of 1936, Karininaki Zenshin the best film of 1937, and Tsuchi the best film of 1939. Tsuchi was praised for its realistic portrayal of the lives of poor Meiji-period tenant farmers. Unfortunately, few of Uchida's prewar films survive in complete form.

In 1941, Uchida left the Nikkatsu studio. After an unsuccessful attempt to start his own production company, he began working with the Manchukuo Film Association in 1943, though he never completed a film there. In 1945, he was taken prisoner and held in Manchuria until 1954, when he returned to Japan.

Upon his return, he joined the Toei studio. His post-war films showcase a versatile genre director with no immediately obvious thematic focus, similar to many Golden Age Hollywood filmmakers. Uchida skillfully directed chamber dramas, comedies, and samurai epics, often in color and infused with a progressive sense of irony.

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Filmography

Actor

17

Type

Year

Danshi Tokkan Feature Film1926

Hakurai tonchinkan Feature Film1926

Lights of Sympathy Feature Film1926

Gokurakutô no joô Feature Film1925

Kaizokutô Feature Film1924

Koke no musu made Feature Film1924

Inada no sôan - Yamato Heikurô Short Film1923

Aru shinbun kisha no shuki Feature Film1922

Hibana Feature Film1922

Jûjiro Feature Film1922

Kokoro no tobirâ Feature Film1922

Dainankô fujin Feature Film1921

Jasei no in Feature Film1921Clipper

Kojima Takatoki Short Film1921

Kôshi yôrô Short Film1921

Kurueru akuma Feature Film1921

Amachua kurabu Poster

Amachua kurabu Feature Film1920

Director

71

Type

Year

Miyamoto Musashi VI Poster

Miyamoto Musashi VI Feature Film1971

Muyônosuke Poster

Muyônosuke TV Series1969

Jinsei gekijô: Hishakaku to Kiratsune Poster

Jinsei gekijô: Hishakaku to Kiratsune Feature Film1968

A Fugitive from the Past Poster

A Fugitive from the Past Feature Film1965

Miyamoto Musashi V: Duel at Ganryu Island Poster

Miyamoto Musashi V: Duel at Ganryu Island Feature Film1965

Miyamoto Musashi IV: Duel at Ichijyo-ji Temple Poster

Miyamoto Musashi IV: Duel at Ichijyo-ji Temple Feature Film1964

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of the Nito-ryu Style Poster

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of the Nito-ryu Style Feature Film1963

Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow Poster

Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow Feature Film1962

Miyamoto Musashi II: Duel at Hannya Hill Poster

Miyamoto Musashi II: Duel at Hannya Hill Feature Film1962

Miyamoto Musashi Poster

Miyamoto Musashi Feature Film1961

Hero of the Red Light District Poster

Hero of the Red Light District Feature Film1960

The Master Spearman Poster

The Master Spearman Feature Film1960

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka Poster

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka Feature Film1959

Souls in the Moonlight III Poster

Souls in the Moonlight III Feature Film1959

Senryô-jishi Feature Film1958

Souls in the Moonlight II Poster

Souls in the Moonlight II Feature Film1958

The Outsiders Poster

The Outsiders Feature Film1958

Horse Boy Poster

Horse Boy Feature Film1957

Sword in the Moonlight Poster

Sword in the Moonlight Feature Film1957

They Are Buried Alive Poster

They Are Buried Alive Feature Film1957

Disorder of the Kuroda Clan Poster

Disorder of the Kuroda Clan Feature Film1956

Rebellion from Below Poster

Rebellion from Below Feature Film1956

A Hole of My Own Making Poster

A Hole of My Own Making Feature Film1955

Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji Poster

Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji Feature Film1955

Twilight Saloon Poster

Twilight Saloon Feature Film1955

Rekishi: Dai ichi-bu - Dôran boshin Feature Film1940

Rekishi: Dai ni-bu - Shôdo kensetsu; Dai san-bu: Reimei Nippon Feature Film1940

Tsuchi Feature Film1939

Tôkyô sen'ichi-ya Poster

Tôkyô sen'ichi-ya Feature Film1938

Hadaka no machi Feature Film1937

Unending Advance Poster

Unending Advance Feature Film1937

Jinsei gekijô Poster

Jinsei gekijô Feature Film1936

Seimei no kanmuri Poster

Seimei no kanmuri Feature Film1936

Hakugin no ôza - Kôhen Feature Film1935

Hakugin no ôza - Zempen Feature Film1935

Kâwa no ûeno taiyô Poster

Kâwa no ûeno taiyô Feature Film1934

Neppu Feature Film1934

Keisatsukan Poster

Keisatsukan Feature Film1933

Sakebu Ajia Feature Film1933

Âi wa dokomademo Feature Film1932

Daichi ni tatsu: Kohen Feature Film1932

Daichi ni tatsu: Zenpen Feature Film1932

Adauchi senshu Poster

Adauchi senshu Feature Film1931

Janbarujan: kohen Poster

Janbarujan: kohen Feature Film1931

Janbarujan: Zenpen Poster

Janbarujan: Zenpen Feature Film1931

Misu nippon Feature Film1931

Sanmen kijî Feature Film1931

Return to Heaven Feature Film1930

Ikeru ningyô Poster

Ikeru ningyô Feature Film1929

Kigeki: Ase Poster

Kigeki: Ase Feature Film1929

Nikkatsu kôshinkyoku: Undô hen Feature Film1929

Shaba no kaze Feature Film1929

Taiyoji defunê no minato Feature Film1929

Chikyu wa mawaru: Dai-san-bu Kuso hen Feature Film1928

Hikari Feature Film1928

Kaitei kechinbô nagayâ Feature Film1928

Nômisukê kînshu ûndo Feature Film1928

Hoen Danu Feature Film1927

Kechinbo Choja Feature Film1927

Kutsu Feature Film1927

Kyosô mîkkakân Feature Film1927

Miraî no shusse Feature Film1927

Namakemono Feature Film1927

The King of Rowing Poster

The King of Rowing Short Film1927

Tôyô bukyôdan Feature Film1927

Giketsu Feature Film1925

Kyoei wa jigoku Short Film1925

Shônen bidan: Kiyoki kokoro Poster

Shônen bidan: Kiyoki kokoro Short Film1925

Tale of Crab Temple Poster

Tale of Crab Temple Short Film1925

Enmeiin no semushi-otoko Feature Film1924

Aa, Konishi junsa Feature Film1922

Writer

10

Miyamoto Musashi V: Duel at Ganryu Island Poster

Miyamoto Musashi V: Duel at Ganryu Island Feature Film1965

Miyamoto Musashi IV: Duel at Ichijyo-ji Temple Poster

Miyamoto Musashi IV: Duel at Ichijyo-ji Temple Feature Film1964

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of the Nito-ryu Style Poster

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of the Nito-ryu Style Feature Film1963

Miyamoto Musashi II: Duel at Hannya Hill Poster

Miyamoto Musashi II: Duel at Hannya Hill Feature Film1962

They Are Buried Alive Poster

They Are Buried Alive Feature Film1957

Rekishi: Dai ichi-bu - Dôran boshin Feature Film1940

Rekishi: Dai ni-bu - Shôdo kensetsu; Dai san-bu: Reimei Nippon Feature Film1940

Tôkyô sen'ichi-ya Poster

Tôkyô sen'ichi-ya Feature Film1938

Hakugin no ôza - Kôhen Feature Film1935

Hakugin no ôza - Zempen Feature Film1935

Animation Department

1

Tale of Crab Temple Poster

Tale of Crab Temple Short Film1925

2nd Unit / Asst Director

1

Haru wa kaeru Short Film1924

Producer

1

Kaki no ki no aru ie Poster

Kaki no ki no aru ie Feature Film1955

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