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was a Japanese film director known for his comedy films. Born in Akita Prefecture, he entered Shōchiku's Kamata studio in 1922 and debuted as a director in 1926. He later worked at the Shintoho and Toho studios.〔 He became known as the "god of comedy" for directing over 200 films, many of which were nonsense comedies featuring famous clowns such as Kenichi Enomoto, Roppa Furukawa, and Junzaburo Ban.〔〔 Program of 2005 Saitō retrospective.〕〔Joseph L. Anderson, Donald Richie ''The Japanese Film: Art and Industry'' 1982 Page 198 "One of the earliest of the postwar comedies was Torajiro Saito's The Emperor's Hat (Tenno no Boshi), made in 1950 and incorporating a plot which before the war would have constituted a severe political crime. A man working in a museum ..."〕 == Filmography == His works include: * ''Akeyuku Sora'' (1929) * ''Wasei Kingu Kongu'' (1933) * ''Kodakara Sodo'' (1935) * ''Akireta musume-tachi'', alternate title: (金語楼の子宝騒動) (1949) * ''Nodo jimankyō jidai'' (1949) * ''Odoroki ikka'' (1949) * ''Akogare no Hawaii kōro'' (1950) * ''Aozora tenshi'' (1950) * ''Tennō no Boshi (天皇の帽子) (1950) jointly directed with Masaki Mori (:ja:毛利正樹) * ''Tokyo Kid'' (1950) * ''Tonbo kaeri dōchū'' (1950) * ''Unusual trip to Hawaii'' (Hawai chindochu) (1954) * ''Ukare Gitsune Senbon Zakura'' (1954) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Torajiro Saito」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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