Shinobu Hashimoto

Shinobu Hashimoto
Hashimoto in 1967
Born(1918-04-18)18 April 1918
Died19 July 2018(2018-07-19) (aged 100)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, film producer

Shinobu Hashimoto (Japanese: 橋本 忍, Hashimoto Shinobu; 18 April 1918 – 19 July 2018) was a Japanese screenwriter, director and producer. A frequent collaborator of Akira Kurosawa, he wrote the scripts for critically acclaimed films such as Rashomon and Seven Samurai, as well as the Samurai films Harakiri (1962) and Hitokiri (released in the US as Tenchu!) (1969).