Kano Ôtsuka

Nacimiento : 1915-07-18,

Muerte : 1990-09-26

Películas

Men and War III: The Final Chapter
Producer
Final part of epic drama about war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family through the Sino-Japanese War through the Soviet Union's sudden attack upon Japanese troops at the end of the war.
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Producer
Second part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family from 1935 through Japan's invasion of China. Based on the novels by Jumpei Gomikawa, who also penned The Human Condition.
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Producer
Keisuke Godai, head of the upstart Godai family conglomerate, plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung Army as they plan military expansion into Manchuria.
Fighting Elegy
Producer
Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group.
La mujer insecto
Producer
Película que sigue la vida de Tome, mujer nacida en una familia de clase baja en 1918, que desde pequeña, sufre los maltratos de su padrastro. De joven, emigra de su pueblo natal para ir a trabajar a una fábrica donde mantiene una aventura con su jefe, y posteriormente ganarse la vida como criada y, finalmente, prostituta.
Children of Izu
Producer
The Lucky General
Producer
The action takes place in a city where you can live on only 100 yen a day. The "General", who indulged in gambling with his henchmen all day, he was running his business and hitting him with a taxi turned out to be a trifle for him. A unique work, filled with tears and laughter, praising the beautiful human love that blooms at the bottom of life, focused on the genius “General” who lives in the troubled city of Kamagasaki.
Cupola, Where the Furnaces Glow
Producer
En Kawaguchi, al norte de Tokio en la década de los 60, esta sencilla historia narra la vida de los pobres trabajadores de una fundición y sus familias, y los sueños de superación de una chica a través de la educación superior. (FILMAFFINITY)
Cerdos y acorazados
Novel
Kinta, un matón adolescente, está entusiasmado porque ha conseguido trabajo como supervisor de la piara de una base americana local, con el cual podrá desviar comida al mercado negro y conseguir unos buenos ingresos para su banda yakuza. Su novia Hiroku espera que deje la yakuza y consiga un trabajo honesto, aunque ella no sea un ejemplo de virtud, trabajando como prostituta. La trama sigue esta relación complicada, con el trasfondo de la corrupción, con el resultado del choque de las fuerzas de ocupación contra la pobreza y las aspiraciones del país nipón tras la guerra.
The Girls and the Students
Producer
Endless Desire
Production Design
Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of morphine buried during the war. A grimly humorous tale of twisted relationships as one by one each of the group is eliminated.
Stolen Desire
Producer
A rumbunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows.
The Flesh Is Weak
Executive Producer
A woman who grew up in a prestigious household, begins to have an affair outside the marriage.
Kanshō fujin
Executive Producer
Japanese drama film.
How Sorrowful
Executive Producer
The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about her, though he runs into trouble when her parents accuse him of cashing in on her misfortune.