Norio OSADA

Norio OSADA, born in 1942, graduated from Waseda University, started a career as a script writer at Toei Film Company and worked as a script writer with Kinji FUKASAKU in the 1970s and 80s (e.g. UNDER THE FLAG OF THE RISING SUN, 1972). His debut film NUMBER 10 BLUES / GOODBYE SAIGON was shot during the last days of the Vietnam war from December 1974 until April 1975 in Vietnam under difficult circumstances.