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Tomu Uchida

Director

Tomu Uchida

Directing
1955 — 1965 · 3 films
Lived
26 April 1898 — d. 1970
From
Okayama, Okayama, Japan

Uchida started out at the Taikatsu studio in the early 1920s, but came to prominence at Nikkatsu, adapting literary works with the screenwriter Yasutarō Yagi in a realist style. His 1929 film A Living Puppet (Ikeru ningyo) was selected as the fourth best film of the year by the film journal, Kinema Junpo. Many of his 1930s films featured the actor Isamu Kosugi.

Career Signature

How Tomu Uchida’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.