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.

Kihachi Okamoto. Director: The Human Bullet. Okamoto belonged to what one colleague called "the generation where most of them got killed": the leagues of university graduates who were drafted into and sacrificed to the last years of Japan's war in the South Pacific.

Kihachi Okamoto (岡本 喜八 Okamoto Kihachi) was a Japanese film director who worked in several different genres, most memorably in action genres such as jidaigeki and war films.

岡本 喜八 （おかもと きはち、 1924年 （大正 13年） 2月17日 [1][2] - 2005年 （平成 17年） 2月19日 [2]）は、 日本 の 映画監督。 本名は岡本 喜八郎（おかもと きはちろう） [1][2]。 鳥取県 米子市 四日市町 出身 [1][3]。 1941年、米子商蚕学校（現・ 米子南高校）卒業 [1] 後、上京。 1943年 に 明治大学 専門部商科卒業後、 東宝 に入社し助監督となる [1]。 しかし、1944年 …

Kihachi Okamoto. Director: The Human Bullet. Okamoto belonged to what one colleague called "the generation where most of them got killed": the leagues of university graduates who were drafted into and sacrificed to the last years of Japan's war in the South Pacific.

When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and seeks out his brother's killer. The command is wiped out by Chinese forces and Okubo escapes and joins a tribe of bandits.

Graduated from Meiji University, School of Commerce in 43. Joined Toho as an assistant director. Drafted in 44. Enlisted in the army in 45, war ended, demobilized, reinstated. Promoted to director with "All About Marriage" in 58.

If Akira Kurosawa is the John Ford of Japanese samurai dramas, then The Sword of Doom director Kihachi Okamoto is the samurai film’s Sam Fuller. A specialist in action films, with a particulat accent on violence and raw characterizations, Okomoto made his name in the late 1960’s with Samurai Assassin (1965), Kill!

2005年4月12日 · Midnight Eye salutes the multi-faceted talents of director Kihachi Okamoto - of Sword of Doom, Human Bullet and Red Lion fame - who passed away at the age of 81.

Kihachi Okamoto (Kihachi Okamoto, 1924 February 17 - 2005 February 19) was a Japanese film director. The actors and staff are highly enthusiastic, and they were called "Kihachan" by seniors and colleagues.