Teinosuke Kinugasa
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1896, Kameyama, Mie, Japan
- Died
- February 26, 1982
- Movies
- 73
Teinosuke Kinugasa (衣笠 貞之助 Kinugasa Teinosuke) (1 January 1896 – 26 February 1982) was a Japanese actor and film director. He was born in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture and died in Kyoto. Kinugasa won the 1954 Palme d'or at Cannes for Jigokumon (The Gate of Hell).
Kinugasa was among the pioneers of Japanese film, but began his career as an actor specializing in female roles (onnagata) at the Nikkatsu studio. When Japanese cinema began using actresses in the early 1920s, he switched to directing and worked for such producers as Shozo Makino before going independent to make his best known film, A Page of Madness (1926).
On February 26, 1982, Kinugasa died at the age of 86.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1922 | Konishi Junsa | |
| 1918 | The Living Corpse | |
| 1918 | Akatsuki |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1976 | A Portrait of Shunkin | Screenplay |
| 1966 | The Little Runaway | Director |
| 1963 | Bronze Magician | Director, Screenplay |
| 1963 | When Women Lie | Director |
| 1963 | An Actor's Revenge | Screenplay |
| 1962 | The Lightning Sword | Screenplay |
| 1961 | Okoto and Sasuke | Director |
| 1961 | Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter | Screenplay |
| 1961 | Blind Devotion | Writer, Director |
| 1960 | Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God | Screenplay |
| 1960 | Satan's Sword | Screenplay |
| 1960 | The Beloved Image | Screenplay |
| 1960 | What Price Love? | Screenplay |
| 1960 | The Song Lantern | Screenplay, Director |
| 1959 | Stop the Old Fox | Director, Writer |
| 1959 | Actor Shark | Screenplay |
| 1959 | Jōen | Director, Screenplay |
| 1958 | The Snowy Heron | Director, Screenplay |
| 1958 | Ôsaka no onna | Director, Writer |
| 1958 | Symphony of Love | Director |
| 1957 | Secret of Naruto | Director, Screenplay |
| 1957 | Inazuma Kaidō | Writer |
| 1957 | Floating Vessel | Director, Screenplay |
| 1956 | Tsukigata Hanpeita | Director, Screenplay |
| 1956 | Flowery Hood | Writer |
| 1956 | Spark | Director, Screenplay |
| 1956 | Three Women Around Yoshinaka | Director, Screenplay |
| 1955 | Iroha Elegy | Screenplay |
| 1955 | The Romance of Yushima | Screenplay, Director |
| 1955 | A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love | Director |
| 1955 | Tenka o nerau bishōnen | Screenplay |
| 1955 | The Magistrate | Writer |
| 1955 | Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi | Director, Screenplay |
| 1954 | Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot | Screenplay |
| 1954 | Tekka bugyō | Director |
| 1954 | Hana no nagadosu | Director, Screenplay |
| 1954 | Snowy Night Duel | Director, Screenplay |
| 1953 | Gate of Hell | Director, Screenplay |
| 1953 | Asama no karasu | Screenplay |
| 1952 | Dedication of the Great Buddha | Director, Screenplay |
| 1952 | Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki | Director, Screenplay |
| 1952 | Castle of Carnage | Director, Screenplay |
| 1951 | Lantern Under a Full Moon | Director, Screenplay |
| 1951 | Tsuki no wataridori | Director, Screenplay |
| 1950 | The Scarlet Bat | Director, Screenplay |
| 1949 | Koga Manshion | Screenplay, Director |
| 1947 | Actress | Director, Writer |
| 1947 | Four Love Stories | Director |
| 1946 | Lord for a Night | Director |
| 1945 | Kanchō umi no bara | Director |
| 1941 | The Battle of Kawanakajima | Writer, Director |
| 1940 | Zoku Hebihimesama | Director, Screenplay |
| 1940 | The Snake Princess | Director, Screenplay |
| 1937 | The Siege of Osaka | Director, Screenplay |
| 1936 | Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen | Screenplay, Director |
| 1935 | An Actor's Revenge | Director, Writer |
| 1934 | With a Single Sword Bale | Director, Screenplay |
| 1933 | Genpei the Carp | Writer, Director |
| 1933 | Two Lanterns | Director, Screenplay |
| 1932 | Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki | Director, Screenplay |
| 1932 | The Loyal 47 Ronin | Director, Screenplay |
| 1931 | Reimei izen | Director |
| 1928 | Crossroads | Writer, Director |
| 1928 | Chronicles of a Sea Country | Director |
| 1928 | Benten kozo | Director |
| 1927 | Demon Thistle | Director |
| 1926 | A Page of Madness | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1925 | The Sun | Director |
| 1923 | Two Little Birds | Director, Screenplay |
| 1922 | Konishi Junsa | Director |
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