Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, he began working at Nikkatsu's Kyoto studio in 1924 and eventually came to prominence for a series of realist, humanist films made at Nikkatsu's Tamagawa studio in the late 1930s such as Robō no ishi and Mud and Soldiers, both of which starred Isamu Kosugi.
Run, Genta, Run!
A House in the Quarter
Daughter and Springtime
Explosion!
Mud and Soldiers
Five Scouts
Behold This Mother
The Baby Carriage
Koto—The Lake of Tears
A Pebble by the Wayside
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
The Maid's Kid
A Slope in the Sun
Tsuki yori no shishaHatobue wo Fuku Onna
A Carpenter and Children
Victory SongTown of Love
Scrap Collectors
The Stream of Youth
