Born in
Shiga Prefecture, Deme graduated from
Waseda University before joining the
Tōhō studio in 1957. After serving as an assistant director under such directors as
Akira Kurosawa,
Shūe Matsubayashi,
Hiromichi Horikawa, and
Kengo Furusawa, he made his directorial debut in 1968 with
Toshigoro He also directed over 80 dramas on television. He died on 13 March 2016 of pancreatic cancer in a Tokyo hospital. ==Selected filmography==