Biography
He joined the Nikkatsu studio in 1962 as an assistant director before leaving in 1966 to work with the ‘pink film’ company founded by producer-director Koji Wakamatsu. In two of the four features he directed – Koya no datchi waifu(1967) and Aiyoku no wana (1973) – he used elements from Koroshi no rakuin (1967), a thriller he co-wrote with its director, Seijun Suzuki. In the following years, Yamatoya largely worked as writer and co-writer for Nikkatsu, and wrote screenplays for a number of Suzuki’s films. Atsushi Yamatoya died in 1993.
Berlinale
Actor
Movies | |
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1973 |
Kingdom, The |
1969 |
Violent Virgin |
1967 |
Black Narcissus of Lust |
Branded to Kill |
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Contraception Revolution |
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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1978 |
Puppets Under Starry Skies |
1969 |
Violent Virgin |
1967 |
Dutch Wife in the Desert |
Series | |
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1983 |
Cat's Eye |
Far and Away Tottoccino (S01E08) |
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Night Flight Is a Dangerous Scent (S01E05) |
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1975 |
The Adventures of Gamba |
The Last Battle: The Great Whirlpool (E26) |
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Grotto of Hell (E25) |
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Ganba Kidnapped by an Eagle (E15) |
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Attack of a Pack of Hunting Dogs (E14) |
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1971 |
Lupin the Third |
One Wolf Calls Another (E07) |
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The Man They Called a Magician (E02) |
Director
Movies | |
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1968 |
Ke no haeta kenjû |
1967 |
Dutch Wife in the Desert |