Hideo Onchi
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Died20 January 2022 (aged 88)
OccupationFilm director
Yearsactive1961-2003
Hideo Onchi | |
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| Born | 23 January 1933 |
| Died | 20 January 2022 (aged 88) |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1961-2003 |
Hideo Onchi (恩地日出夫, Onchi Hideo; 23 January 1933 – 20 January 2022) was a Japanese film and television director.
Born in Tokyo, Onchi graduated from Keio University and joined the Toho studios.[1] He debuted as a director with Wakai ōkami (1961), and first made a name for himself directing youth films such as Izu no odoriko (1967).[1] After turning freelance, he also worked in Japanese television, serving for instance as the main director for Kizu darake no tenshi, an influential TV drama from the 1970s.[1][2]
Onchi won the award for Best Director at the 28th Hochi Film Award for Warabi no kō.[3] He died from lung cancer on 20 January 2022, at the age of 88.[4]
