FILM DIRECTOR

Osamu Dezaki

1943 - 2011

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Osamu Dezaki (出﨑 統, Dezaki Osamu; November 18, 1943 – April 17, 2011), also known as Makura Saki (崎枕, Saki Makura), Kan Matsudo (松戸完, Matsudo Kan), Toru Yabuki (矢吹徹, Yabuki Toru) or Kuyou Sai (斉九洋, Sai Kuyou), was a Japanese anime director and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Osamu Dezaki is the 555th most popular film director (down from 531st in 2019), the 873rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 785th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Osamu Dezaki ranks 555 out of 2,041Before him are László Benedek, René Laloux, Gorō Miyazaki, Kim Jee-woon, Ferdinand Zecca, and Delmer Daves. After him are Gene Deitch, Michel Audiard, Tonino Delli Colli, Martin Brest, Paul W. S. Anderson, and James Mangold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Osamu Dezaki ranks 251Before him are Sani Abacha, Don Simpson, Michael Ondaatje, Mustafa Nadarević, Newt Gingrich, and Wilson da Silva Piazza. After him are Maurice Bishop, Takaji Mori, Mie Hama, Ilaiyaraaja, Jef Raskin, and Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu. Among people deceased in 2011, Osamu Dezaki ranks 149Before him are Peter Yates, Ladislav Novák, Kazimierz Świątek, Mohamed Bouazizi, Josip Katalinski, and Virgilio Noè. After him are Lawrence Eagleburger, Anne Francis, Jackie Cooper, Maria Altmann, Robert Brout, and Takaji Mori.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Osamu Dezaki ranks 873 out of 6,245Before him are Naoemon Shimizu (null), Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (1946), Matsudaira Sadanobu (1759), On Kawara (1932), Motobu Chōki (1870), and Senhime (1597). After him are Takashi Ono (1931), Katō Yoshiaki (1563), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), Sakuma Shōzan (1811), Kengo Kuma (1954), and Takiji Kobayashi (1903).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Osamu Dezaki ranks 26Before him are Kon Ichikawa (1915), Yoshiyuki Tomino (1941), Takashi Miike (1960), Hiroshi Teshigahara (1927), Hiroshi Inagaki (1905), and Gorō Miyazaki (1967). After him are Seijun Suzuki (1923), Kaneto Shindo (1912), Yoshiaki Kawajiri (1950), Keisuke Kinoshita (1912), Yoji Yamada (1931), and Jun'ichi Kōuchi (1886).