Especially , " the elegant life of mr . everyman ," for its uniquely cynical point of view on the mind-set of a man of his generation that lived through world war ii in his youth , and " human bullet ," for its interpretation mixed with comical elements , have been highly evaluated to date , and he himself commented during his life that these two were his favorite films . 特に『江分利満氏の優雅な生活』や『肉弾』は、岡本と同年代の戦中派の心境を独特のシニカルな視点とコミカルな要素を交えて描いた作品として現在まで高い評価を得ており、生前、岡本自身も好きな作品として挙げている。
He garnered attention in one bound as a promising young director by his fifth film " dokuritsu gurentai " (desperado outpost ), which incorporated the elements of cowboy pictures and mysteries into a scene of mainland china during the middle of the sino-japanese war , and since then , he directed pictures with a wide range of genres such as: " westward desperado (undefined )/ westward independent gangsters (literal title )" (1960 ), " the elegant life of mr . everyman " (international: english title ) (1963 ), " aa bakudan " (1964 ), " samurai assassin " (1965 ), " japan ' s longest day " (1967 ), and " human bullet " (1968 ). 岡本のオリジナルシナリオによる、日中戦争最中の中国大陸に西部劇や推理劇の要素を取り入れた5作目『独立愚連隊』（1959年）で、一躍若手監督の有望格として注目を浴び、以降、『独立愚連隊西へ』（1960年）、『江分利満氏の優雅な生活』（1963年）、『ああ爆弾』（1964年）、『侍 (映画)』（1965年）、『日本のいちばん長い日』（1967年）、『肉弾 (映画)』（1968年）など、幅広い分野の作品を監督。
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