Hideo Ōba

Hideo Ōba (大庭 秀雄, Ōba Hideo, 28 February 1910 – 10 March 1997) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

Hideo Ōba
Hideo Ōba in 1953 on Asahi Camera
Born(1910-02-28)28 February 1910
Aoyama, Akasaka-ku, Tokyo
Died10 March 1997(1997-03-10) (aged 87)
NationalityJapanese
OccupationFilm director
Years active1935–1969

Life

Ōba was born on 28 February 1910, in Aoyama, Akasaka-ku, Tokyo.[1]

After graduating from Keio University's Department of Japanese Studies, Ōba started working at Shochiku. There he became an assistant director to film director Yasushi Sasaki, and made his debut as a director in 1939 with the film Otto no kachi. A year before his directorial debut, he wrote Ai yori Ai he as a screenwriter.[2]

In 1953, Ōba made Kazuo Kikuta's radio drama Kimi no na ha aired on NHK into a movie, which became a major hit. Kimi no na ha continued as a movie trilogy until 1954.

In his later years, he taught at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image.[1]

Ōba died on 10 March 1997, at the age of 87.[2]

Selected filmography

  • Otto no kachi (1939)
  • Hana ha itsuwarazu (1941)
  • Musume (1943)
  • Kikyo (1950)
  • Nagasaki no kane (1950)
  • Kimi no na ha trilogy (1953-1954)
  • Anata to tomoni (1955)
  • Ejima ikushima (1955)
  • Me no kabe (1958)
  • Aru rakujitsu (1959)
  • Zangiku monogatari (1963)
  • Yukiguni (1965)
  • Yokoborigawa (1966)
  • Haru biyori (1967)

References

  1. ^ a b Hrsg., Ōga, Tetsuo 1925- (1994). Encyclopedia Nipponica 2001. Shōgakkan. ISBN 4-09-526125-0. OCLC 1072527152.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b Ueda, Masaaki (2001). Nihon Jinmei Daijiten (日本人名大辞典). Kōdansha. ISBN 4-06-210800-3. OCLC 829387682.