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Hiroshi Inagaki

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
2

Gender
Male

Birthday
December 30, 1905 (120 years old)

Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan

Hiroshi Inagaki

Biography

Hiroshi Inagaki (稲垣 浩 Inagaki Hiroshi, 30 December 1905 – 21 May 1980) was a Japanese filmmaker most known for the Academy Award-winning Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, which he directed in 1954.

Born in Tokyo as the son of a shinpa actor, Inagaki appeared on stage in his childhood before joining the Nikkatsu studio as an actor in 1922. Wishing to become a director, he joined Chiezō Kataoka's Chiezō Productions and made his directorial debut in 1928 with Tenka taiheiki. Returning to Nikkatsu, he continued making jidaigeki and participated in the Naritaki Group of young filmmakers such as Sadao Yamanaka and Fuji Yahiro who collaboratively wrote screenplays under the made up name "Kinpachi Kajiwara". Like others in the group, Inagaki was known for his cheerful and intelligent samurai films. Inagaki later moved to Daiei and then Toho, where he made big budget color spectacles as well as delicate works depicting the feelings of children. He also produced many films and wrote the scripts for dozens of others.

Known For

Writing

1979Hell Worms...Screenplay
1967Kojiro...Screenplay
1966Rise Against the Sword...Screenplay
1964The Rabble...Screenplay
1964Whirlwind...Screenplay
1963Young Swordsman...Screenplay
1961Bandits on the Wind...Screenplay
1961Daredevil in the Castle...Writer
1959Samurai Saga...Writer
1958Tabi sugata nezumi kozō...Screenplay
1958The Rickshaw Man...Screenplay
1957Yagyu Secret Scrolls...Screenplay
1956Rebels on the High Sea...Writer
1956Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island...Writer
1955The Lone Journey...Screenplay
1955Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple...Screenplay
1954Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto...Writer
1953Omatsuri hanjiro...Screenplay
1953Traveling with Breeze...Screenplay
1952One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds...Screenplay
1952Shanghai Rose...Writer
1952Sword for Hire...Screenplay
1951Story of Lightning...Screenplay
1951Sasaki Kojiro...Writer
1951Zoku Sasaki Kojiro...Screenplay
1949Forgotten Children...Screenplay
1947Kokoro tsuki nogotoku...Screenplay
1946The Okagura Brothers...Screenplay
1945Saigo no joito...Screenplay
1944Ouma wa nanajū nanaman seki...Screenplay
1942Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon...Screenplay
1942Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō...Screenplay
1941Last Days of Edo...Writer
1940Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon...Screenplay
1939The Day Before...Writer
1936Great Bodhisattva Pass 2...Screenplay
1935Great Bodhisattva Pass...Screenplay
1933Kunisada Chuji: Ruro ruten no maki...Screenplay
1933Kunisada Chûji: Tabi to kokyô no maki...Screenplay
1932Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings...Screenplay
1931Ippon-gatana dohyo iri...Writer
1931In Search of Mother...Writer
Miyamoto Musashi: Dai-san-bu - Kenshin ichiro...Writer

Directing

1973The Bored Samurai...Director
1972The Shin Hasegawa Series...Director
1970Incident at Blood Pass...Director
1969Samurai Banners...Director
1967Kojiro...Director
1966Rise Against the Sword...Director
1964The Rabble...Director
1964Whirlwind...Director
1963Young Swordsman...Director
1962Chûshingura...Director
1962Tatsu...Director
1961Bandits on the Wind...Director
1961The Youth and His Amulet...Director
1961Daredevil in the Castle...Director
1960Life of a Country Doctor...Director
1959The Three Treasures...Director
1959Samurai Saga...Director
1958Tabi sugata nezumi kozō...Director
1958The Rickshaw Man...Director
1958Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II...Director
1957Geisha in the Old City...Director
1957Yagyu Secret Scrolls...Director
1956The Storm...Director
1956Rebels on the High Sea...Director
1956Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island...Director
1955The Lone Journey...Director
1955Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple...Director
1954Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto...Director
1953Omatsuri hanjiro...Director
1953Traveling with Breeze...Director
1952One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds...Director
1952Shanghai Rose...Director
1952Sword for Hire...Director
1951Story of Lightning...Director
1951Sasaki Kojiro...Director
1951Pirates...Director
1951Zoku Sasaki Kojiro...Director
1950Guntō nanban-sen...Director
1950Ore wa yōjimbō...Director
1949Forgotten Children...Director
1949白頭巾現わる...Director
1948Kuro-uma no danshichi...Director
1948Children Hand in Hand...Director
1947Kokoro tsuki nogotoku...Director
1947Political Theater...Director
1946The Okagura Brothers...Director
1945Saigo no joito...Director
1945Tōkai suikoden...Director
1944Signal Fires of Shanghai...Director
1943The Life of Matsu the Untamed...Director
1942Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon...Director
1942Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō...Director
1941Last Days of Edo...Director
1941Festival Across the Sea...Director
1940Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon...Director
1938Taiko's Rising in the World...Director
1937Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba...Director
1936Great Bodhisattva Pass 2...Director
1935Great Bodhisattva Pass...Director
1933Kunisada Chuji: Hareru Akagi no maki...Director
1933Kunisada Chuji: Ruro ruten no maki...Director
1933Kunisada Chûji: Tabi to kokyô no maki...Director
1932Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings...Director
1931Ippon-gatana dohyo iri...Director
1931In Search of Mother...Director
1928The Wandering Gambler...Director
1928Tenka taiheiki...Director
Miyamoto Musashi: Dai-san-bu - Kenshin ichiro...Director

Production

1969Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor...Producer
1969Samurai Banners...Producer
1962Chûshingura...Producer
1956The Storm...Producer
1949Forgotten Children...Producer

Acting

1988King of Swashbuckler: Life of Tsumasaburō Bandōas Self
1952Kin no tamago: Golden Girlas