Daisuke Itō 伊藤大輔 | |
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 Daisuke Itō in 1928 | |
| Born | (1898-10-12)12 October 1898 |
| Died | 19 July 1981(1981-07-19) (aged 82) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Daisuke Itō (伊藤 大輔,Itō Daisuke; 12 October 1898 – 19 July 1981) was a Japanesefilm director andscreenwriter who played a central role in the development of the modernjidaigeki andsamurai cinema.
Born inEhime Prefecture, Itō joined the actors school atShochiku in 1920, but soon began writing screenplays under the recommendation ofKaoru Osanai.[1] He made his directorial debut in 1924 atTeikoku Kinema withShuchū nikki.[1] After trying to start his own production company, he settled atNikkatsu and established his name in 1927 with the three-partA Diary of Chuji's Travels, which is considered one of the masterpieces ofjidaigeki.[1]
Especially in thesilent era, he was known for a very mobile camera style that earned him the nickname "Idō daisuki" (Loves Motion), which is a pun on his name. The heroes of his films, such asTange Sazen andKunisada Chūji, were often disaffected, nihilistic loners and thus Itō's early films were sometimes consideredtendency films.[2] He was criticized, however, for being more of a stylist than a thematically committed filmmaker. While being a director who was less successful after the coming of sound, Itō worked with many greatjidaigeki stars, especiallyDenjirō Ōkōchi,Yorozuya Kinnosuke,Ichikawa Raizō VIII, andTsumasaburō Bandō at studios such asNikkatsu andDaiei, in a career that spanned nearly half a century.
In 1991, a partial print ofA Diary of Chuji's Travels, long considered alost film, was discovered and screened for the public.[3]
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