Hiroshi Inagaki

Known for: Directing
Born: December 30, 1905, Tokyo, Japan
Died: May 21, 1980
Movies: 72

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.2

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

1954

7.2

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

1955

7.2

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

1956

7.1

Chûshingura

1962

7.2

The Rickshaw Man

1958

7.4

Samurai Banners

1969

6.9

Incident at Blood Pass

1970

6.9

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

1969

6.9

Samurai Saga

1959

5.5

The Three Treasures

1959

Filmography

1988	King of Swashbuckler: Life of Tsumasaburō Bandō	Self
1952	Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

Directing, Writing & Producing

1979	Hell Worms	Screenplay
1970	Incident at Blood Pass	Director
1969	Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor	Producer
1969	Samurai Banners	Director, Producer
1967	Kojiro	Director, Screenplay
1966	Rise Against the Sword	Director, Screenplay
1964	The Rabble	Director, Screenplay
1964	Whirlwind	Director, Screenplay
1963	Young Swordsman	Screenplay, Director
1962	Chûshingura	Director, Producer
1962	Tatsu	Director
1961	Bandits on the Wind	Screenplay, Director
1961	The Youth and His Amulet	Director
1961	Daredevil in the Castle	Director, Writer
1960	Life of a Country Doctor	Director
1959	The Three Treasures	Director
1959	Samurai Saga	Director, Writer
1958	Tabi sugata nezumi kozō	Director, Screenplay
1958	The Rickshaw Man	Director, Screenplay
1958	Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II	Director
1957	Geisha in the Old City	Director
1957	Yagyu Secret Scrolls	Director, Screenplay
1956	The Storm	Director, Producer
1956	Rebels on the High Sea	Writer, Director
1956	Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island	Director, Writer
1955	The Lone Journey	Screenplay, Director
1955	Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple	Director, Screenplay
1954	Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto	Director, Writer
1953	Omatsuri hanjiro	Screenplay, Director
1953	Traveling with Breeze	Director, Screenplay
1952	One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds	Screenplay, Director
1952	Shanghai Rose	Director, Writer
1952	Sword for Hire	Director, Screenplay
1952	Aru yoru no dekigoto	Screenplay
1951	Story of Lightning	Screenplay, Director
1951	Sasaki Kojiro	Director, Writer
1951	Pirates	Director
1951	Zoku Sasaki Kojiro	Screenplay, Director
1950	Guntō nanban-sen	Director
1950	I Am a Bodyguard	Director
1949	Forgotten Children	Screenplay, Director, Producer
1949	白頭巾現わる	Director
1948	Kuro-uma no danshichi	Director
1948	Children Hand in Hand	Director
1947	Kokoro tsuki nogotoku	Director, Screenplay
1947	Political Theater	Director
1946	The Okagura Brothers	Director, Screenplay
1945	Saigo no joito	Screenplay, Director
1945	Tōkai suikoden	Director
1944	Signal Fires of Shanghai	Director
1944	Ouma wa nanajū nanaman seki	Screenplay
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
1933	Kunisada Chuji: Hareru Akagi no maki	Director
1933	Kunisada Chuji: Ruro ruten no maki	Director, Screenplay
1933	Kunisada Chûji: Tabi to kokyô no maki	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

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