Heinosuke Gosho

Heinosuke Gosho (五所 平之助, Gosho Heinosuke, 24 January 1902 – 1 May 1981) was a Japanese film director who directed Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine, in 1931. He once served as president of the Directors Guild of Japan.^[1]

Selected filmography

• Aiyoku no ki (愛慾の記) (1930)
• The Neighbor's Wife and Mine (マダムと女房, Madamu to nyōbō) (1931)
• Izu no odoriko (1933)
• A Burden of Life (人生のお荷物, Jinsei no onimotsu) (1935)
• Somniloquy of the Bridegroom (花婿の寝言, Hanamuko no negoto) (1935)
• Song of the Flower Basket (花籠の歌, Hanakago no uta) (1935)
• Lady of the Night with a Hazy Moon (朧夜の女, Oboroyo no onna) (1936)
• The New Road (Part one) (新道前篇 , Shindou senhen) (1936)
• The New Road (Part two) (新道後篇 , Shindou kouhen) (1936)
• Incompatible Relations (木石, Bokuseki) (1940)
• Ima Hitotabi no (1947)
• Entotsu no mieru basho (煙突の見える場所) (1953)
• When a Cloud Breaks Off (雲がちぎれる時) (1953)
• Inn at Osaka (Osaka no yado) (1954)
• Takekurabe (たけくらべ Takekurabe), English titles include: Adolescence aka Growing Up Twice aka Growing Up aka Child's Play (1955)
• Yellow Crow (黄色いからす , Kiroi karasu) (1957)
• Hunting Rifle (Hunting Gun) (猟銃) (1961)
• Kaachan kekkon shiroyo (1962)
• The Innocent Witch (Osorezan no onna) (1965)
• Utage (1967)

References

Bibliography

• Nolletti, Arthur (2005). The Cinema of Gosho Heinosuke: Laughter through Tears. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-34484-0

External links

• "五所平之助 (Gosho Heinosuke)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-07-13. 
• Heinosuke Gosho at the Internet Movie Database