Ushihara Yoichi (牛原陽一)
Yoichi USHIHARA (March 25, 1924 – February 7,1977) was a movie director in the Showa period.
He was born in Kumamoto City as the first son of the movie director, Kiyohiko USHIHARA. After graduating from the Faculty of Economics, Keio University, he entered Kadokawa Movies Tokyo Studios, Assistant Director Section in 1947. He was an assistant for Koji SHIMA and Keigo KIMURA, but transferred to Nikkatsu in 1954.
After being an assistant for director Tomotaka TASAKA and others, he made his debut as a director in "Yaro and Ogon" (Guys and Gold) in 1958. After that, he was one of the directors supporting the golden age of Nikkatsu action movies, with movies starring Yujiro ISHIHARA and Akira KOBAYASHI.
After retiring from Nikkatsu in 1966, he produced overseas PR movies for JETRO and won the silver prize at the New York International Short Film Festival with "Great Buddha" in 1968.
The actress, Chie USHIHARA, is his biological daughter.