Shigeru Wakatsuki
Shigeru Wakatsuki | |
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若槻 繁 | |
Wakatsuki in 1963 | |
| Born | Shigeru Yoneyama (米山 繁, Yoneyama Shigeru) 1914 or 1915 |
| Died | December 10, 1987 (aged 72–73) |
| Other names | Shun Morishita |
| Alma mater | Chuo University |
| Occupations | Film producer, journalist, reporter |
| Years active | 1954–1978 (film) |
| Title | Representative director and president of Ninjin Club |
| Relatives | Keiko Kishi (cousin-in-law) |
Shigeru Wakatsuki (若槻 繁, Wakatsuki Shigeru; 1914 or 1915 – December 10, 1987) was a Japanese film producer and journalist who served as the representative director and president of Ninjin Club. His film credits included the epic war trilogy The Human Condition (1959–1961), The Inheritance, Love Under the Crucifix (both 1962), Pale Flower, Kwaidan (both 1964), and Empire of Passion (1978). Wakatsuki also worked for several publications prior to his film career, and was arrested and tortured in 1944 as a suspected communist in connection with the Yokohama incident.