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Hiroshi Inagaki

 
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
  • Born: Dec 30, 1905 in Tokyo, Japan
  • Occupation: Director, Writer
  • Active: '50s-'60s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Adventure
  • Career Highlights: The Rikisha-Man, Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto, Samurai 3: Duel at Ganryu Island
  • First Major Screen Credit: Ippon-gatana Dohyori (1931)

Biography

A former child actor, Hiroshi Inagaki began directing movies in 1928, and over the next 42 years established himself as one of Japan's leading filmmakers, particularly where large-scale historical epics were concerned. He shot his Samurai Trilogy, based on the novel Musashi Miyamoto, two separate times, once in black-and-white during World War II, and again, in color, from 1954 thru 1956. The second version of the trilogy found great popularity in the west, with the first film in the cycle, Samurai I, earning an Academy Award as the Best Foreign Film of 1954. His subsequent hits included The Rickshaw Man and The Forty-Seven Ronin. ~ Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide
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Hiroshi Inagaki
Born December 30, 1905(1905-12-30)
Tokyo, Japan
Died May 21, 1980 (aged 74)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation director, screenwriter, producer, actor
Years active 1923 - 1969

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. Before becoming a director and screenwriter, Inagaki was a child actor.

His 1958 film Rickshaw Man won the Golden Lion award at that year's Venice Film Festival.

Filmography

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Rickshaw Man (1974 Action Film)
The Samurai Trilogy (1954 Historical Film TV Series)
Forty-seven Ronin (drama, history, Japan)

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