FILM DIRECTOR

Kihachi Okamoto

1924 - 2005

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Kihachi Okamoto (岡本 喜八, Okamoto Kihachi; February 17, 1924 – February 19, 2005) was a Japanese film director who worked in several different genres. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kihachi Okamoto is the 1,078th most popular film director (down from 1,056th in 2019), the 1,363rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,263rd in 2019) and the 47th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Kihachi Okamoto ranks 1,078 out of 2,041. Before him are John Lee Hancock, Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Chuck Russell, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Ritwik Ghatak, and Mikhail Kozakov. After him are Ivan Perestiani, Ronny Yu, Michael Winner, Gregory La Cava, Robert Parrish, and David Cherkassky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Kihachi Okamoto ranks 360. Before him are Lennart Samuelsson, Yasuzo Masumura, Ruhi Sarıalp, Boris Vasilyev, Kenny Dorham, and Li Li-hua. After him are Antonio Creus, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Rod Serling, Gunnar Johansson, Lia van Leer, and Ingemar Johansson. Among people deceased in 2005, Kihachi Okamoto ranks 245. Before him are Aulis Kallakorpi, Maurice Lafont, Klara Luchko, Isabella Bashmakova, Brock Peters, and Gennady Sarafanov. After him are Stéphane Bruey, Viktor Kapitonov, Jean Cayrol, Natalya Gundareva, Paul Halla, and George Gerbner.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kihachi Okamoto ranks 1,363 out of 6,245. Before him are Koichi Wakata (1963), Kazuhiko Nishijima (1926), Tetsuya Ogura (1970), Yasutoshi Miura (1965), Yuki Amano (2000), and Kansai Yamamoto (1944). After him are Seiji Kubo (1973), Shuhei Nishida (1910), Namie Amuro (1977), Kinue Hitomi (1907), Teppei Uchida (1975), and Masaru Hirayama (1972).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Kihachi Okamoto ranks 47. Before him are Hideo Nakata (1961), Juzo Itami (1933), Tadashi Imai (1912), Yasushi Akimoto (1958), Sion Sono (1961), and Yasuzo Masumura (1924). After him are Kei Kumai (1930), Masaaki Yuasa (1965), Shunji Iwai (1963), Yōjirō Takita (1955), Naomi Kawase (1969), and Takashi Shimizu (1972).

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