Masanobu Deme

Masanobu Dema
Born	October 2, 1932 (1932-10-02) (age 79) Higashiōmi, Shiga, Japan
Occupation	film director

Masanobu Deme (出目昌伸, Deme Masanobu^?) (born 2 October 1932) is a Japanese film director.

Career

Born in Shiga Prefecture, he graduated from Waseda University before joining the Tōhō studio in 1957.^[1] After serving as an assistant director under such directors as Akira Kurosawa, Shūe Matsubayashi, Hiromichi Horikawa, and Kengo Furusawa, he made his directorial debut in 1968 with Toshigoro^[1] and earned a New Directors Citation from the Directors Guild of Japan in 1969 for his unusual youth film Oretachi no kōya.^[2] He has also directed over 80 dramas on television.^[3]

Selected filmography

• Toshigoro (年ごろ) (1968)
• Oretachi no kōya (俺たちの荒野, Oretachi no kōya) (1969)
• Station to Heaven (天国の駅, Tengoku no eki) (1984)
• Baruto no Gakuen (バルトの楽園) (2006)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Deme Masanobu-san" (in Japanese). Ōmi no hito. Shiga Prefecture. October 2009. http://www.pref.shiga.jp/c/tokyo/ohmi/ohminohito/deme.html. Retrieved 12 December 2010. 
2. ^ "Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō" (in Japanese). Directors Guild of Japan. http://www.dgj.or.jp/award_g/. Retrieved 12 December 2010. 
3. ^ "Deme Masanobu" (in Japanese). Terebi dorama dētabēsu. http://www.tvdrama-db.com/simple_result.htm?key=%E5%87%BA%E7%9B%AE%E6%98%8C%E4%BC%B8&x=26&y=12. Retrieved 12 December 2010. 

External links

• Masanobu Deme at the Internet Movie Database
• Deme Masanobu at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)

Persondata
Name	Deme, Masanobu
Alternative names
Short description	Japanese film director
Date of birth	2 October 1932
Place of birth	Higashiōmi, Shiga, Japan
Date of death
Place of death