Hideo Ōba (大庭 秀雄, Ōba Hideo, 28 February 1910 – 10 March 1997) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Hideo Ōba | |
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Born | Aoyama, Akasaka-ku,
Tokyo | 28 February 1910
Died | 10 March 1997 | (aged 87)
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 1935–1969 |
Ōba was born on 28 February 1910, in Aoyama, Akasaka-ku, Tokyo. [1]
After graduating from Keio University's Department of Japanese Studies, Ōba started working at Shochiku. There he became an assistant director to film director Yasushi Sasaki, and made his debut as a director in 1939 with the film Otto no kachi. A year before his directorial debut, he wrote Ai yori Ai he as a screenwriter. [2]
In 1953, Ōba made Kazuo Kikuta's radio drama Kimi no na ha aired on NHK into a movie, which became a major hit. Kimi no na ha continued as a movie trilogy until 1954.
In his later years, he taught at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image. [1]
Ōba died on 10 March 1997, at the age of 87. [2]
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Hideo Ōba (大庭 秀雄, Ōba Hideo, 28 February 1910 – 10 March 1997) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Hideo Ōba | |
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Born | Aoyama, Akasaka-ku,
Tokyo | 28 February 1910
Died | 10 March 1997 | (aged 87)
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 1935–1969 |
Ōba was born on 28 February 1910, in Aoyama, Akasaka-ku, Tokyo. [1]
After graduating from Keio University's Department of Japanese Studies, Ōba started working at Shochiku. There he became an assistant director to film director Yasushi Sasaki, and made his debut as a director in 1939 with the film Otto no kachi. A year before his directorial debut, he wrote Ai yori Ai he as a screenwriter. [2]
In 1953, Ōba made Kazuo Kikuta's radio drama Kimi no na ha aired on NHK into a movie, which became a major hit. Kimi no na ha continued as a movie trilogy until 1954.
In his later years, he taught at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image. [1]
Ōba died on 10 March 1997, at the age of 87. [2]
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link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link)