Highest rated movie: The Blind Menace (1960)
Lowest rated movie: Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965)
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Looking for reviews of films directed by Kazuo Mori? Cinafilm has a total of 11 reviews across 2 movies directed by Kazuo Mori.
Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 71%.
The Blind Menace is Kazuo Mori's highest rated movie, with a score of 74% based on 2 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Kazuo Mori is Zatoichi and the Doomed Man, with a score of 69% based on 9 reviews.
Kazuo Mori, also known as Issei Mori, got his start as a jidai-geki director in silent films of the 1930s. In postwar years he became a leading director at Daiei, working regularly with the studio's familiar stars like Shintaro Katsu and Raizo Ichikawa.
In the 1960s and '70s, Mori established himself alongside Kenji Misumi as one of the most dependable names in chambara franchise series, directing some of the best installments of Zatoichi, Kyoshiro Nemuri and Shinobi No Mono. Mori's work is marked by clear, intelligent storytelling and innovative camera techniques.
Kazuo Mori has directed films starring Shintarō Katsu, Kōichi Mizuhara, Tokio Oki and Fujio Suga.
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