Daisuke Itō
Japanese film director (1898-1981)
2.26body-of-work score · ranked #470 of 2631 directors · 6 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- October 13, 1898 · Uwajima
- Died
- July 19, 1981 · Kyoto Prefecture
- Nationality
- Japan, Empire of Japan
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, director

Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 10.501 citation
- 20.431 citation
- 30.361 citation
- 40.361 citation
- 50.321 citation
- 60.301 citation
Complete filmography
All 31 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1926Chōkon
- 1927A Diary of Chuji's Travels
- 1927Chuji’s Travel Diary I: Koshu tate hen
- 1927Chuji’s Travel Diary II: Story of Bloody Shinshu
- 1927Chuji’s Travel Diary III: The Chuji Patrol Episode
- 1927The Vassal'S Neck
- 1928Chikemuri Takadanobaba
- 1929Man-Slashing Horse-Piercing Sword
- 1930Suronin Chuya
- 1931Oatsurae Jirokichi Koshi
- 1931Samurai Nippon
- 1934Chūshingura: Ninjō-hen and Fukushū-hen
- 1936あさぎり峠
- 1942Kurama Tengu
- 1943Nitôryû kaigen
- 1947素浪人罷通る
- 1948Ōshō
- 1951Five Men of Edo
- 1951The Sedan-Chair in Misty Night
- 1953An Heir's Place
- 1955Life of Geisha
- 1955The Servant’s Neck
- 1955王将一代
- 1958Benten Kozō
- 1959Onna to Kaizoku
- 1959Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
- 1960Scar Yosaburo
- 1961Hangyakuji
- 1962The King
- 1965Tokugawa Ieyasu
- 1970Bakumatsu


