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Masao Adachi

Directing Born May 13, 1939 Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan 24 credits

Biography

Masao Adachi (足立正生 Adachi Masao, born May 13, 1939) is a Japanese screenwriter and director who was most active in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Known for

Film

Death by Hanging

as Chief of Guards

Full filmography

  • Death by Hanging (1968) as Chief of Guards
  • The Embryo Hunts in Secret (1966) as Narrator
  • Tonbi (2022)
  • Pink Ribbon (2004) as Self
  • TOCKA (2023)
  • Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968) as Policeman
  • Abnormal Blood (1967) as Adachi (Peddler)
  • Ecstasy of the Angels (1972) as The February Army #1
  • The Bird Is Calling (2025)
  • Running in Madness, Dying in Love (1969) as Village man
  • The Man Who Went Beyond Manga: Fujio Akatsuka (2016) as Self
  • Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War (1971)
  • Secret Flower (1971)
  • Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan (1964)
  • シネマスコーレを解剖する。　コロナなんかぶっ飛ばせ (2022)
  • Black Narcissus of Lust (1967) as Hitman 2
  • Under the Skin (2002) as Himself
  • Random Lives (2017) as Senda
  • The Pistol That Sprouted Hair (1968)
  • A.K.A. Serial Killer (1975) as Narrator (voice)
  • Children of the Revolution (2011) as Self
  • The Ugly One (2013) as Narrator
  • Prisoners (2006) as Self
  • Season of Betrayal (1966) as Executionier