The Resume

(May 16, 1898-August 24, 1956)
Born in Tokyo, Japan
Directed 'The Adventures of Arsene Lupin' (1923), 'The Morning Sun Shines' (1929), 'Tokyo March' (1929), 'The Water Magician' (1933), 'Osaka Elegy' (1936), 'Sisters of the Gion' (1936), 'The Story of the Last Chysanthemums' (1939), 'The 47 Ronin' (1941), 'The Life of Oharu' (1952), 'Ugetsu' (1953), 'Sansho the Bailiff' (1954), 'Tales of the Taira Clan' (1955) and 'Princess Yang Kwei-Fei' (1956)

Why he might be annoying:

He would drag his wife around by the hair during arguments.
After his wife was committed to an asylum, he proposed to her sister.
More than half the films he made are lost.
Like Kubrick, he was a perfectionist who would put the cast and crew through endless retakes.
For his later historical epics, he would insist on decorating the sets with actual antiques instead of props.
He said, 'I have not yet made a film that pleases me.'

Why he might not be annoying:

In adolescence, he suffered crippling rheumatoid arthritis that forced him to spend nearly an entire year in bed and left him with a lopsided gait when he walked.
His films often focused on the struggles of women in a patriarchal society, leading some critics to call him 'the first major feminist director.'
He was a favorite director of French 'New Wave' filmmakers, such as Jean-Luc Godard, Eric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette.
His movie 'Ugetsu,' was named one of the ten best films of all time in 'Sight and Sound' magazine's once-per-decade poll of critics in 1962 and 1972.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Artsy/Fartsy Directors
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 56]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [May] (Ranked: 5161898)
• Directors of Sight and Sound's 10 Greatest Films: 1962 Critics Poll (Ranked: 4)
• Directors of Sight and Sound's 10 Greatest Films: 1972 Critics Poll (Ranked: 10)
• Film Pioneers [Silent Era]
• I Have Rheumatoid Arthritis
• I Did Not Graduate High School [J-M]
• I Died in 1956 (Ranked: 58)
• I Have Leukemia
• I was Estranged From My Parents
• Profiles 36251-36500 (Ranked: 36350)
• Wife Beaters and Alleged Domestic Abusers

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying