Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
September 28, 1931(53)
Day of Death
December 2, 1984
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Shirō Moritani
Directing
Biography
Shirō Moritani (森谷 司郎, Moritani Shirō, September 28, 1931 – December 2, 1984) was a film director and screenwriter from Japan. Born in Tokyo, he debuted as an assistant director in Akira Kurosawa's 1961 film Yojimbo. His film Mount Hakkoda won Mainichi Film Award for Excellence Film in 1978.