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