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- Birth nameTakumi Iwasaki
- Takumi Furukawa was born on March 27, 1917 in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Gyangu no shôzô (1965), Hei ying (1967) and Season of the Sun (1956). He died on October 4, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.
- Furukawa, aka Tai Kao-Mei, also directed two films in Hong Kong and dramas for television.
- He is most known for directing Season of the Sun in 1956, which was a box office success and helped launch the career of Yujiro Ishihara.
- After serving in the war, he returned to work at Daiei Film before returning to Nikkatsu when it resumed producing films in 1954.
- While working as an assistant director, he assisted such directors as Tomotaka Tasaka, Kajiro Yamamoto, Akira Kurosawa, and Heinosuke Gosho.
- His Cruel Gun Story (1964) was released on DVD with English subtitles by Eclipse from the Criterion Collection.
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