Masanobu Deme was born on October 2, 1932 in Higashiomi, Shiga, Japan. He was a director and assistant director, known for Yojimbo - Der Leibwächter (1961), Zwischen Himmel und Hölle (1963) and Kike wadatsumi no koe Last Friends (1995). He died on March 13, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan.