Kazuo Mori
b. 1911 — d. 1989 (aged 78)
Matsuyama, Japan
Director
Kazuo Mori, also known as Issei Mori, got his start as a jidai-geki director in silent films of the 1930s. In postwar years he became a leading director at Daiei, working regularly with the studio's familiar stars like Shintaro Katsu and Raizo Ichikawa. In the 1960s and '70s, Mori established himself alongside Kenji Misumi as one of the most dependable names in chambara franchise series, directing some of the best installments of Zatoichi, Kyoshiro Nemuri and Shinobi No Mono. Mori's work is marked by clear, intelligent storytelling and innovative camera techniques.
Known For
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The Bored Samurai
1983 Director
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★ 6.2
Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
1983 Director
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Messengers to Satsuma
1982 Director
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The King and His Vassal 2
1982 Director
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The King and His Vassal
1981 Director
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★ 4.8
Kirisute Gomen!
1980 Director
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Keishi-K
1980 Director
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★ 6.6
Seishi Yokomizo
1977 Director
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★ 6.4
Fûfu tabi nikki: Saraba rônin
1976 Director
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★ 8.8
Priest of Darkness
1975 Director
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★ 8.0
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman
1974 Director
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★ 6.8
Zatoichi at Large
1972 Director
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Wakaki hi no kôdôkan
1971 Director
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★ 7.4
Mission: Iron Castle
1970 Director
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Survivor of the Massacre
1970 Director
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Easy Money
1970 Director
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★ 6.1
Nemuri Kyôshirô engetsu sappo
1969 Director
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★ 6.8
The Oiwa Phantom
1969 Director
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Forty-Eight Hours to Kill
1969 Director
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Woman Yakuza of Kanto
1969 Director
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Unknown Woman of Kanto
1969 Director
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★ 7.0
Teppô denraiki
1968 Director
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★ 5.9
Eighteen Bad Reputation
1968 Director
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★ 6.1
Yoshiwara Story
1968 Director
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★ 6.7
A Certain Killer
1967 Director
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★ 6.7
A Killer's Key
1967 Director
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★ 5.8
Young Boss, Fugitive
1967 Director
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★ 6.2
Wrath of Daimajin
1966 Director
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★ 6.8
Band of Assassins: New Saizo Kirigakure
1966 Director
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★ 7.3
Nakano Army School: Assignment Cloud
1966 Director
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★ 6.4
Hoodlum Soldier's Escape
1966 Director
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★ 6.8
Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
1965 Director
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★ 6.5
Band of Assassins: Iga Mansion
1965 Director
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★ 6.7
Rampaging Dog
1965 Director
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Suruga yûkyôden: Dokyô garasu
1965 Director
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Hondara kenpô
1965 Director
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★ 6.8
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1964 Director
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★ 5.9
Bad Reputation: The Big Drum
1964 Director
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Story of a Bad Temper: Impudent Fellow
1964 Director
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Suruga yûkyôden: Toba arashi
1964 Director
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The Gambling Samurai
1964 Director
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★ 6.7
Shinobi No Mono 3: Resurrection
1963 Director
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★ 6.8
Bad Reputation Marketplace
1963 Director
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★ 6.8
Bad Reputation Harbor
1963 Director
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★ 5.8
The Confusing Journey of Jirocho
1963 Director
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Yaburegasa Choan
1963 Director
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★ 7.2
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
1962 Director
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★ 7.2
A New Bad Reputation Story
1962 Director
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The Cheerful Lord
1962 Director
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170 Ri to Edo
1962 Director
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Third Generation's Loyalty Offering
1962 Director
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Incarnation
1962 Director
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★ 6.3
Satan's Sword 3: The Final Chapter
1961 Director
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★ 6.3
Shin Genji monogatari
1961 Director
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★ 6.7
3 Young Samurai
1961 Director
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★ 6.2
The Old Temple Well
1961 Director
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Song of Sado
1961 Director
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★ 7.1
Agent Shiranui
1960 Director
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★ 6.9
Zoku Jirochô Fuji
1960 Director
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Mission Accomplished
1960 Director
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Lord Tadanao
1960 Director
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★ 6.6
Samurai Vendetta
1959 Director
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★ 6.9
Jirocho at Mount Fuji
1959 Director
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Wakaki hi no Nobunaga
1959 Director
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Hitohada botan
1959 Director
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The Swishing Sword
1958 Director
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The 7th Secret Messenger
1958 Director
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Akadô Suzunosuke: Mitsume no chôjin
1958 Director
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★ 6.8
Nichiro senso shori no hishi: Tekichu odan sanbyaku-ri
1957 Director
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★ 6.9
Love of the Princess
1957 Director
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Thunder Road
1957 Director
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Yataro's Travel Hat
1957 Director
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Mangoro the Goblin
1957 Director
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Keiji beya
1956 Director
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Violent Hawk
1956 Director
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Marason-zamurai
1956 Director
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Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
1956 Director
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★ 8.6
The Fireflies' Glow
1955 Director
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Tôjûrô no koi
1955 Director
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I Am Tokichiro
1955 Director
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Fûsetsu kôdôkan
1955 Director
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Nagasaki no yoru
1955 Director
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Hanazakari otoko ichidai
1955 Director
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Shirazu no yatarô
1954 Director
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Midori no nakama
1954 Director
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Yoidore ni tôryû
1954 Director
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Koina no Ginpei
1954 Director
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Hana no kôdôkan
1953 Director
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Irezumi satsujin jiken
1953 Director
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Picture Book of Sarutobi Sasuke
1953 Director
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Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki
1953 Director
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Zenigata heiji torimono hikaekin: Iro no ookami
1953 Director
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Kinsei mei shôbu monogatari: Hana no Kôdôkan
1953 Director
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★ 6.5
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952 Director
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Koshinuke Ganryûjima
1952 Director
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Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Jigoku no mon
1952 Director
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New Journey of Yaji and Kita
1952 Director
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Ashura hangan
1951 Director
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Hana aru dotô
1951 Director
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Zenigata heiji
1951 Director