Hiroshi Inagaki
Born: 1905-12-30 in Tokyo, Japan
Died: 1980-05-21
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
1988
1979
- Hell Worms ... (Screenplay)
1973
- The Bored Samurai ... (Director)
1972
- The Shin Hasegawa Series ... (Director)
1970
- Incident at Blood Pass ... (Director)
1969
- Samurai Banners ... (Director)
- Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor ... (Producer)
1967
- Kojiro ... (Screenplay)
1966
- Rise Against the Sword ... (Director)
1964
- Whirlwind ... (Director)
- The Rabble ... (Director)
1963
- Young Swordsman ... (Screenplay)
1962
- Chûshingura ... (Director)
- Tatsu ... (Director)
1961
- Daredevil in the Castle ... (Director)
- The Youth and His Amulet ... (Director)
- Bandits on the Wind ... (Screenplay)
1960
- Life of a Country Doctor ... (Director)
1959
- The Three Treasures ... (Director)
- Samurai Saga ... (Writer)
1958
- The Rickshaw Man ... (Director)
- Tabi sugata nezumi kozō ... (Director)
- Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II ... (Director)
1957
- Yagyu Secret Scrolls ... (Director)
- Geisha in the Old City ... (Director)
1956
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island ... (Director)
- The Storm ... (Director)
- Rebels on the High Sea ... (Director)
1955
- Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple ... (Director)
- The Lone Journey ... (Screenplay)
1954
- Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto ... (Writer)
1953
- Omatsuri hanjiro ... (Screenplay)
- Traveling with Breeze ... (Screenplay)
1952
- Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
- Sword for Hire ... (Director)
- Shanghai Rose ... (Director)
- One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds ... (Screenplay)
1951
- Pirates ... (Director)
- Zoku Sasaki Kojiro ... (Director)
- Story of Lightning ... (Screenplay)
- Sasaki Kojiro ... (Director)
1950
- Ore wa yōjimbō ... (Director)
- Guntō nanban-sen ... (Director)
1949
- 白頭巾現わる ... (Director)
- Forgotten Children ... (Producer)
1948
- Kuro-uma no danshichi ... (Director)
- Children Hand in Hand ... (Director)
1947
- 壮士劇場 ... (Director)
- Kokoro tsuki nogotoku ... (Director)
1946
- The Okagura Brothers ... (Director)
1944
- Signal Fires of Shanghai ... (Director)
1943
- The Life of Matsu the Untamed ... (Director)
1942
- Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō ... (Director)
- Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon ... (Director)
1941
- Last Days of Edo ... (Director)
- Festival Across the Sea ... (Director)
1940
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)
1935
- Great Bodhisattva Pass ... (Director)
1933
- Kunisada Chûji: Tabi to kokyô no maki ... (Director)
- Kunisada Chuji: Ruro ruten no maki ... (Director)
- Kunisada Chuji: Hareru Akagi no maki ... (Director)
1932
- Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings ... (Director)
1931
- In Search of Mother ... (Director)
- Ippon-gatana dohyo iri ... (Writer)
1928
- The Wandering Gambler ... (Director)
- Tenka taiheiki ... (Director)