Kihachi Okamoto

Kihachi Okamoto (1924–2005, Japan) was a Japanese film director known for his dynamic and often iconoclastic work across multiple genres, including war films, samurai epics, and yakuza pictures. He is particularly celebrated for films such as *The Sword of Doom* (1966), *Samurai Assassin* (1965), and the anti-war drama *The Human Bullet* (1968), blending stylized action with a critical perspective on militarism.