About Masanobu Deme
Lived 1932 – 2016 (aged 83). Masanobu Deme was a Japanese film director.
was a Japanese film director.
Career Born in Shiga Prefecture, Deme graduated from Waseda University before joining the Tōhō studio in 1957. 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 He also directed over 80 dramas on television.
He died on 13 March 2016 of pancreatic cancer in a Tokyo hospital.
Selected filmography Toshigoro (年ごろ) (1968) Oretachi no kōya (俺たちの荒野, Oretachi no kōya) (1969) Long Journey into Love (1973) Station to Heaven (天国の駅, Tengoku no eki) (1984) The Meridian In A Mist (霧の子午線, Kiri no Shigosen) (1996) Baruto no Gakuen (バルトの楽園) (2006)
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Japanese film director
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Masanobu Deme was born on 2 October 1932 in Higashiōmi-shi.
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Masanobu Deme died on 13 March 2016 in Tokyo.
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