Hideo Gosha

Japanese film director (1929–1992)

Born

26 February 1929, Tokyo

Died

30 August 1992

Citizenship

Japan, Empire of Japan

Occupation

film director, screenwriter

Films here

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Hideo Gosha (Japanese: 五社 英雄, Hepburn: Gosha Hideo; February 26, 1929 – August 30, 1992) was a Japanese director and screenwriter. He was the first Japanese director to make the transition from television to theatrical films, and is best known for his jidaigeki and yakuza films. Beginning with Three Outlaw Samurai in 1964, Gosha directed 24 films in his career, including The Geisha (1983), which earned him the Japan Academy Film Prize for Director of the Year. His last, The Oil-Hell Murder, was released three months before his death in August 1992. His works have influenced directors such as Takashi Miike and Yoshiaki Kawajiri.

Filmography (martial arts films)

Frequent collaborators

• Tetsurō Tamba
• Mikijirō Hira
• Shima Iwashita
• Kunie Tanaka
• Tatsuya Nakadai

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q1389817 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.