Kiyoshi Saeki

Career Overview

Kiyoshi Saeki has 87 screen credits in a career dating back to 1935. Their work spans 10 cinematic universes — most prominently Brutal Tales of Chivalry Collection with 5 titles. Signature works include A Gang of Five, Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die, Shōwa Gokudōshi. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

87

Birth Date

1914-09-19

Birth Place

Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

Known For

• 

  A Gang of Five
• 

  Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die
• 

  Shōwa Gokudōshi
• 

  Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love
• 

  Brothers Serving Time
• 

  Enlisted Yakuza

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 10 universes

• Brutal Tales of Chivalry Collection (5 titles)
• Toseinin Collection (2 titles)
• Sasaki Kojiro Collection (2 titles)
• Code Between Brothers Collection (1 titles)
• New Abashiri Prison Story Collection (1 titles)
• Gamblers Collection (1 titles)
• Scoundrel Collection (1 titles)
• Wicked Priest Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Ken Takakura (3 collaborations)
• Kyōsuke Machida (3 collaborations)
• Nobuo Yana (3 collaborations)
• Michitarō Mizushima (2 collaborations)
• Shingo Yamashiro (2 collaborations)
• Ryō Ikebe (2 collaborations)
• Koji Tsuruta (2 collaborations)
• Yōichi Numata (2 collaborations)
• Nobuo Kaneko (2 collaborations)
• Keiji Takamiya (2 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (79 credits)

  • Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Shōwa Gokudōshi

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love

    director

    directing
    1971
  • A Modern Yakuza: Broken Code

    director

    directing
    1971
  • Gambler's Code - Loyalty Offering

    director

    directing
    1970
  • Code Between Brothers: All New

    director

    directing
    1970
  • New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town

    director

    directing
    1969
  • A Gambler's Certain Death

    director

    directing
    1969
  • Brothers Serving Time

    director

    directing
    1969
  • Enlisted Yakuza

    director

    directing
    1968
  • Wicked Priest

    director

    directing
    1968
  • Henchmen

    director

    directing
    1968
  • Gambler's World 2

    director

    directing
    1967
  • Gambler's World

    director

    directing
    1967
  • Wild Spirit

    director

    directing
    1967
  • Kingdom of Samurai

    director

    directing
    1966
  • Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf

    director

    directing
    1966
  • Greatest Boss of the Showa Era

    director

    directing
    1966
  • Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2

    director

    directing
    1966
  • Brutal Tales of Chivalry

    director

    directing
    1965
  • Detective

    director

    directing
    1964
  • Judo Hall Demon

    director

    directing
    1964
  • A Life of Intimidation

    director

    directing
    1963
  • Asakusa no kyōkaku

    director

    directing
    1963
  • Judo Life

    director

    directing
    1963
  • Hibari the Traveling Performer

    director

    directing
    1962
  • Lakeside Figure

    director

    directing
    1961
  • Red Flowers of Hell

    director

    directing
    1961
  • If You're Man Enough

    director

    directing
    1960
  • The Sand City in Manchuria

    director

    directing
    1960
  • The Counterfeiters

    director

    directing
    1959
  • Tokyo Detective Girl

    director

    directing
    1959
  • The Tokyo Dame

    director

    directing
    1959
  • Sister with Sister

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Blackmail

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Magistrate Ooka’s Legends

    director

    directing
    1958
  • A Martial Crowd

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Romance Freestyle

    director

    directing
    1958
  • No Advice Taken

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Sasaki Kojiro, Part 2

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Sasaki Kojiro

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Cantankerous Edo

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Manchurian Sunset

    director

    directing
    1956
  • Mother and Child

    director

    directing
    1956
  • Samurai of the Great Earth

    director

    directing
    1956
  • Goblin of Rashomon

    director

    directing
    1956
  • Hirado Pirates

    director

    directing
    1955
  • The Black Hooded Man

    director

    directing
    1955
  • A Gang of Five

    director

    directing
    1955
  • 美男お小姓　人斬り彦齋

    director

    directing
    1955
  • Karatachi no hana

    director

    directing
    1954
  • Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten

    director

    directing
    1954
  • Hana to ryû - Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantô

    director

    directing
    1954
  • Waseda University

    director

    directing
    1953
  • The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki

    director

    directing
    1953
  • 恐妻時代

    director

    directing
    1952
  • Four Asakusa Sisters

    director

    directing
    1952
  • Forty-Eight Man

    director

    directing
    1952
  • お洒落狂女

    director

    directing
    1952
  • Man in the Storm

    director

    directing
    1952
  • Koi no rantō

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Sekidô matsuri

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre

    director

    directing
    1951
  • G-men of Japan 3: Fearless Counterattack

    director

    directing
    1951
  • 新遊侠伝　遊侠往来

    director

    directing
    1951
  • 新遊侠伝

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Yasubei Nakayama

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog

    director

    directing
    1950
  • When We Came Back

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Duel in the Sun

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Heiji Covers All of Edo

    director

    directing
    1949
  • The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Fujisancho

    director

    directing
    1948
  • The Age of Beginnings

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Yoki na onna

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Three Women of the North

    director

    directing
    1945
  • The Admirable Isshin Tasuke!

    director

    directing
    1945
  • The Letter

    assistant director

    directing
    1936
  • Capricious Young Man

    assistant director

    directing
    1935

• writing (8 credits)

  • Wicked Priest

    screenplay

    writing
    1968
  • Nothing But Bones

    screenplay

    writing
    1966
  • Magistrate Ooka’s Legends

    screenplay

    writing
    1958
  • お洒落狂女

    screenplay

    writing
    1952
  • Koi no rantō

    screenplay

    writing
    1951
  • Yasubei Nakayama

    screenplay

    writing
    1951
  • Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog

    writer

    writing
    1950
  • Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Heiji Covers All of Edo

    screenplay

    writing
    1949