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Tomotaka Tasaka

Japanese screenwriter and film director (1902–1974)

3.44body-of-work score · ranked #325 of 2631 directors · 7 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
April 14, 1902 · Hiroshima Prefecture
Died
October 17, 1974
Nationality
Japan, Empire of Japan
Work
film director, screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Tomotaka Tasaka
キネマ旬報社 柳谷次男撮影 · Public domain

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.

  1. 1
    Five Scouts五人の斥候兵

    1938 · Japan · war

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1938 #1

    1.001 citation
  2. 2
    Mud and Soldiers土と兵隊

    1939 · Japan · war

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1939 #3

    0.501 citation
  3. 3
    Gobanchō Yūgirirō五番町夕霧楼

    1963 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1963 #3

    0.501 citation
  4. 4
    Lake of Tears湖の琴

    1966 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1966 #4

    0.431 citation
  5. 5
    Cold Rice, Osan, Chan冷飯とおさんとちゃん

    1965 · Japan

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1965 #6

    0.361 citation
  6. 6
    The Maid's Kid女中ッ子

    1955 · Japan

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1955 #7

    0.331 citation
  7. 7
    Run, Genta, Run!はだかっ子

    1961 · Japan

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1961 #8

    0.321 citation

Complete filmography

All 15 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.