Kazunari Takeda

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Kazunari Takeda

Directing 95 November 15, 1930

Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Director. Worked as an associate director under several directors at Nikkatsu in the 1950s and 60s, including many AD roles on the films of director Seijun Suzuki. He then was pro…

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Take Aim at the Police Van

Take Aim at the Police Van

6.2 1960 Movie
Underworld Beauty

Underworld Beauty

5.9 1958 Movie
Eight Hours of Terror

Eight Hours of Terror

7.5 1957 Movie
The Sleeping Beast Within

The Sleeping Beast Within

6.8 1960 Movie
Voice Without a Shadow

Voice Without a Shadow

6.2 1958 Movie
Tokyo Knights

Tokyo Knights

6.9 1961 Movie
Woman's Trail: Wet Path

Woman's Trail: Wet Path

6.0 1980 Movie
Smashing the 0-Line

Smashing the 0-Line

6.3 1960 Movie
East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights

East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights

6.0 1998 Movie
Room of Shame

Room of Shame

4.5 1982 Movie
The Boy Who Came Back

The Boy Who Came Back

7.6 1958 Movie
Yami ni dakarete

Yami ni dakarete

5.4 1982 Movie

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Director. Worked as an associate director under several directors at Nikkatsu in the 1950s and 60s, including many AD roles on the films of director Seijun Suzuki. He then was promoted to director and went on to become a notable, and fairly active contributor to Nikkatsu's Roman Porno series.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1998
    East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights

    Movie Director

  2. 1984
    Watashi no naka no shōfu

    Movie Director

  3. 1983
    Nozoki

    Movie Director

  4. 1982
    Room of Shame

    Movie Director

  5. 1982
    Yami ni dakarete

    Movie Director

  6. 1980
    Woman's Trail: Wet Path

    Movie Director

  7. 1979
    Secret of One Summer

    Movie Director

  8. 1978
    Young Beast: Secret Pleasures

    Movie Director

  9. 1978
    Junko's Bliss

    Movie Director

  10. 1977
    Sensei no tsushinbo

    Movie Director

  11. 1976
    Sachiko no sachi

    Movie Director

  12. 1976
    Late Bloom: Campus Erotica

    Movie Director

  13. 1976
    Competition: Married Couples Secret Technique

    Movie Director

  14. 1975
    Housewife's Experience: New Tenement Apartment

    Movie Director

  15. 1975
    Housewife's Experience: Tenement Apartment 2

    Movie Director

  16. 1975
    Housewife's Experience: Tenement

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1974
    Joshi daisei: Karisome no tsuma

    Movie Director

  2. 1973
    Season of Lust: A Trail of Honey from an 18 Year Old

    Movie Director

  3. 1973
    Handbook on Love

    Movie Director

  4. 1972
    Maruhi: Benten gokaichō

    Movie Director

  5. 1971
    Monk's Paradise

    Movie Director

  6. 1970
    Sign of the Jack

    Movie Director

  7. 1970
    Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song

    Movie Director

  8. 1969
    We Sell It Because It Sells

    Movie Director

  9. 1967
    Return to Kanto Prison

    Movie Director

  10. 1967
    The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding

    Movie Director

  11. 1966
    Fearless Comrades

    Movie Assistant Director

  12. 1966
    Tomo o okuru uta

    Movie Assistant Director

  13. 1966
    Return of the Wolf

    Movie Assistant Director

  14. 1963
    I Have the Sun in My Back

    Movie Assistant Director

  15. 1961
    Living by Karate

    Movie Assistant Director

  16. 1961
    Tokyo Knights

    Movie Assistant Director

  17. 1960
    The Rambler on a Pearl Farm

    Movie Assistant Director

  18. 1960
    Smashing the 0-Line

    Movie Assistant Director

  19. 1960
    The Sleeping Beast Within

    Movie Assistant Director

  20. 1960
    Take Aim at the Police Van

    Movie Assistant Director

  21. 1959
    The Ghost of Iwojima

    Movie Assistant Director

  22. 1959
    Age of Nudity

    Movie Assistant Director

  23. 1959
    Passport to Darkness

    Movie Assistant Director

  24. 1959
    Love Letter

    Movie Assistant Director