Name: Kihachi Okamoto
Birthday: 17 February 1924
Deathday: 19 February 2005
Place of Birth: Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Known For: Directing
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kihachi Okamoto (岡本 喜八 Okamoto Kihachi) was a Japanese film director who worked in several different genres, most memorably in action genres such as jidaigeki and war films.