Tadashi Imai
was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer, and author, who directed 48 films and wrote scripts for 238. His best known films as a director include "Children of Hiroshima", "The Naked Island", "Onibaba", "Kuroneko" and "A Last Note". His scripts were filmed by directors such as Kenji Mizoguchi, Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Kon Ichikawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, Seijun Suzuki, and Tadashi Imai.