Hiroshi Inagaki
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-12-30
Day of Death
1980-05-21 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Hiroshi Inagaki
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
Acting
(1988)
(1952)
Crew
(1979)
Hell Worms
Screenplay
(1970)
Incident at Blood Pass
Director
(1969)
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Producer
(1969)
Samurai Banners
Director, Producer
(1967)
Kojiro
Screenplay, Director
(1966)
Rise Against the Sword
Director, Screenplay
(1964)
Whirlwind
Director, Screenplay
(1964)
Garakuta
Director, Screenplay
(1963)
Young Swordsman
Screenplay, Director
(1962)
Chûshingura
Director, Producer
(1962)
Doburoku no Tatsu
Director
(1961)
Daredevil in the Castle
Director, Writer
(1961)
Bandits on the Wind
Director, Screenplay
(1961)
The Youth and His Amulet
Director
(1960)
Life of a Country Doctor
Director
(1959)
Samurai Saga
Director, Writer
(1959)
The Three Treasures
Director
(1958)
The Rickshaw Man
Director, Screenplay
(1958)
(1958)
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
Director, Screenplay
(1957)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Director, Screenplay
(1957)
Geisha in the Old City
Director
(1956)
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Director, Writer
(1956)
The Storm
Director, Producer
(1956)
Rebels on the High Sea
Director, Writer
(1955)
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Director, Writer
(1955)
The Lone Journey
Director, Screenplay
(1954)
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Director, Writer
(1953)
Traveling with Breeze
Director, Screenplay
(1953)
Omatsuri hanjiro
Screenplay, Director
(1952)
Sword for Hire
Director, Screenplay
(1952)
Fuun Senryobune
Director, Screenplay
(1952)
Shanghai Rose
Director, Writer
(1951)
Story of Lightning
Screenplay, Director
(1951)
Sasaki Kojiro
Director, Writer
(1951)
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
Director, Screenplay
(1951)
Pirates
Director
(1950)
Guntō nanban-sen
Director
(1950)
Ore wa yōjimbō
Director
(1949)
Forgotten Children
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(1949)
白頭巾現わる
Director
(1948)
Children Hand in Hand
Director
(1948)
Kuro-uma no danshichi
Director
(1947)
Kokoro tsuki nogotoku
Director, Screenplay
(1947)
壮士劇場
Director
(1946)
The Okagura Brothers
Director, Screenplay
(1945)
東海水滸伝
Director
(1945)
最後の攘夷党
Director, Screenplay
(1944)
Signal Fires of Shanghai
Director
(1943)
The Life of Matsu the Untamed
Director
(1942)
Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon
Director, Screenplay
(1942)
Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō
Director, Screenplay
(1941)
Last Days of Edo
Director, Writer
(1941)
Festival Across the Sea
Director
(1940)
Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon
Director, Screenplay
(1939)
The Day Before
Writer
(1938)
Taiko's Rising in the World
Director
(1937)
Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba
Director
(1936)
Great Bodhisattva Pass 2
Director, Screenplay
(1935)
Great Bodhisattva Pass
Director, Screenplay
(1932)
Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings
Director, Screenplay
(1931)
Ippon-gatana dohyo iri
Director, Writer
(1931)
In Search of Mother
Director, Writer
(1928)
The Wandering Gambler
Director
(1928)
Tenka taiheiki
Director