Kihachi Okamoto
Director

Kihachi Okamoto

7 movies as actor · 42 as director
Born Feb 17, 1924 – Feb 19, 2005 (aged 81)From Yonago, Tottori, JapanAlso known as Кихати Окамото, 오카모토 키하치, 기하치 오카모토

Kihachi Okamoto (岡本 喜八 Okamoto Kihachi) was a Japanese film director who worked in several different genres, most memorably in action genres such as jidaigeki and war films.

Known for

Shin Godzilla poster
Shin Godzilla
2016 · Action, Sci-Fi
The Sword of Doom poster
The Sword of Doom
1966 · Drama, Crime
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo poster
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
1970 · Adventure, Action
Kill! poster
Kill!
1968 · Action, Comedy
Samurai Assassin poster
Samurai Assassin
1965 · Drama, Action
Japan's Longest Day poster
Japan's Longest Day
1967 · Drama, History
Red Lion poster
Red Lion
1969 · Comedy, Action
Warring Clans poster
Warring Clans
1963 · Action, Comedy
Beast Man Snow Man poster
Beast Man Snow Man
1955 · Sci-Fi, Horror
The Battle of Okinawa poster
The Battle of Okinawa
1971 · War, History
The Human Bullet poster
The Human Bullet
1968 · Comedy, Drama
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman poster
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1963 · Comedy, Drama

Movies directed by Kihachi Okamoto

Vengeance for Sale poster
Vengeance for Sale
2002
East Meets West poster
East Meets West
1995
Rainbow Kids poster
Rainbow Kids
1991
Taikoki poster
Taikoki
1987
Jazz Daimyo poster
Jazz Daimyo
1986
At This Late Date, the Charleston poster
At This Late Date, the Charleston
1981
Magistrate of the Floating World poster
Magistrate of the Floating World
1981
The Last Game poster
The Last Game
1979
Blood Type: Blue poster
Blood Type: Blue
1978
Dynamite Don-Don poster
Dynamite Don-Don
1978
Ghost Train poster
Ghost Train
1978
Sugata Sanshiro poster
Sugata Sanshiro
1977
Battle Cry poster
Battle Cry
1975
Aoba shigereru poster
Aoba shigereru
1974
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi poster
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
1973
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo! poster
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
1972
The Battle of Okinawa poster
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo poster
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
1970
Red Lion poster
Red Lion
1969
The Human Bullet poster
The Human Bullet
1968
Kill! poster
Kill!
1968
Japan's Longest Day poster
Japan's Longest Day
1967
The Age of Assassins poster
The Age of Assassins
1967
The Sword of Doom poster
The Sword of Doom
1966
Fort Graveyard poster
Fort Graveyard
1965
Samurai Assassin poster
Samurai Assassin
1965
Oh, Bomb! poster
Oh, Bomb!
1964
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman poster
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1963
Warring Clans poster
Warring Clans
1963
Anything For Success poster
Anything For Success
1962
Operation Sewer Rats poster
Operation Sewer Rats
1962
Procurer of Hell poster
Procurer of Hell
1961
Big Shots Die at Dawn poster
Big Shots Die at Dawn
1961
Blueprint of Murder poster
Blueprint of Murder
1961
Westward Desperado poster
Westward Desperado
1960
University Bandits poster
University Bandits
1960
The Last Gunfight poster
The Last Gunfight
1960
Desperado Outpost poster
Desperado Outpost
1959
Someday I'll Know poster
Someday I'll Know
1959
The Big Boss poster
The Big Boss
1959
Bright Young Maidens poster
Bright Young Maidens
1958
All About Marriage poster
All About Marriage
1958

Kihachi Okamoto as actor

Shin Godzilla poster
Shin Godzilla
2016 · Dr. Goro Maki (photograph)
Boy's Choir poster
Boy's Choir
2000 · School Head
Kidnapping Blues poster
Kidnapping Blues
1982 · Izakaya Guest
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro poster
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977
I'm No Angel poster
I'm No Angel
1977 · Fujiya President
The Battle of Okinawa poster
The Battle of Okinawa
1971 · Officer Spotting Enemy Ship (uncredited)
Beast Man Snow Man poster
Beast Man Snow Man
1955 · Mountain searcher (uncredited)

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