Kenrō Matsuura (1920-1987)

Alias:
Takeo Matsuura

Birthplace:
Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Born:
September 29, 1920

Died:
May 7, 1987

Additional information:

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Adaptation:
1959  The Rokumeikan

Director:
1959  The Rokumeikan
1961  The Rokumeikan

Novel:
1958  Showdown in the Storm
1959  The Rokumeikan
1961  The Rokumeikan

Original Story:
1958  Showdown in the Storm
1959  Hell's Companion
1959  Love Letter
1959  Men in a Rough Town
1959  The Rokumeikan
1960  Shippû kozô
1961  Rascals! Go to Hell
1961  The Plateau Man
1961  The Rokumeikan
1961  北上川悲歌
1962  The Sentencer
1963  Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963  浅草の侠客
1963  男の嵐
1964  Orders from Hell
1964  Spirit of Youth
1965  A Charming Devil
1965  The Stars and I Decided...
1966  Blood Shed
1967  The Woman Gambler

Screenplay:
1951  Nightshade Flower
1951  Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
1952  Fighting Yasubei
1952  Jirocho Rises in Fame
1953  Escape Zone
1953  First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
1953  Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1953  Koibito-tachi no iru machi
1953  Night in Hawaii
1954  Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
1954  Teru hi kumoru hi dainihen Part 01
1954  Unique Sword Technique for Revenge
1954  Yakuza bayashi
1955  Meigetsu sataro gasa
1956  Gale Winds! Tengu Karama
1956  甲武信嶽傳奇
1956  甲武信嶽傳奇 人肌地獄
1956  神変美女桜
1957  Cantankerous Edo
1957  Kodokan Under a Morning Moon
1958  Showdown in the Storm
1958  The Judo Champ
1959  A Storm Zone
1959  Hell's Companion
1959  Kamen no Onna
1959  Love Letter
1959  Men in a Rough Town
1959  The Rokumeikan
1959  青春蛮歌
1960  Shippû kozô
1960  Tatsumaki kozō
1960  The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960  The Gun Like Lightning
1960  The Second Bullet is Marked
1961  A Killer Without a Grave
1961  Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō
1961  Bara to ryū
1961  Hell's Juggler
1961  Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut
1961  Living by Karate
1961  Magistrate of Dice
1961  Rascals! Go to Hell
1961  The Plateau Man
1961  The Rokumeikan
1961  北上川悲歌
1962  Fūshinraishin
1962  Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa
1962  Order of Yakuza
1962  Princess and I
1962  Seinen no isu
1962  The Sentencer
1962  Uragirimono wa jigoku daze
1962  Yume ga ippai abarenbō
1963  Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963  浅草の侠客
1963  男の嵐
1964  Orders from Hell
1964  Spirit of Youth
1965  A Charming Devil
1965  The Stars and I Decided...
1965  雲を呼ぶ講道館
1966  Blood Shed
1967  Kojiro
1967  The Woman Gambler
1969  Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1970  The Rokumeikan
1971  Wakaki hi no kōdōkan
1972  Ambition in The Mirror
1972  Informal Dress
1983  The Bored Samurai

Story:
1951  Nightshade Flower
1951  Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
1952  Fighting Yasubei
1952  Jirocho Rises in Fame
1953  Escape Zone
1953  First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
1953  Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1953  Koibito-tachi no iru machi
1953  Night in Hawaii
1954  Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
1954  Teru hi kumoru hi dainihen Part 01
1954  Unique Sword Technique for Revenge
1954  Yakuza bayashi
1955  Meigetsu sataro gasa
1956  Gale Winds! Tengu Karama
1956  甲武信嶽傳奇
1956  甲武信嶽傳奇 人肌地獄
1956  神変美女桜
1957  Cantankerous Edo
1957  Kodokan Under a Morning Moon
1958  Showdown in the Storm
1958  The Judo Champ
1959  A Storm Zone
1959  Hell's Companion
1959  Kamen no Onna
1959  Love Letter
1959  Men in a Rough Town
1959  The Rokumeikan
1959  青春蛮歌
1960  Shippû kozô
1960  Tatsumaki kozō
1960  The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960  The Gun Like Lightning
1960  The Second Bullet is Marked
1960  The Tokyo Mighty Guy
1961  A Killer Without a Grave
1961  Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō
1961  Bara to ryū
1961  Hell's Juggler
1961  Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut
1961  Living by Karate
1961  Magistrate of Dice
1961  Rascals! Go to Hell
1961  The Plateau Man
1961  The Rokumeikan
1961  北上川悲歌
1962  Fūshinraishin
1962  Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa
1962  Order of Yakuza
1962  Princess and I
1962  Seinen no isu
1962  The Sentencer
1962  Uragirimono wa jigoku daze
1962  Yume ga ippai abarenbō
1963  Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963  浅草の侠客
1963  男の嵐
1964  Orders from Hell
1964  Spirit of Youth
1964  The Call of Blood
1965  A Charming Devil
1965  The Stars and I Decided...
1965  雲を呼ぶ講道館
1966  Blood Shed
1967  Kojiro
1967  The Woman Gambler
1969  Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1970  The Rokumeikan
1971  Wakaki hi no kōdōkan
1972  Ambition in The Mirror
1972  Informal Dress
1983  The Bored Samurai

Writer:
1950  Devil's Gold
1951  Nightshade Flower
1951  Sasaki Kojiro
1951  Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
1952  Fighting Yasubei
1952  Jirocho Rises in Fame
1953  Escape Zone
1953  First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
1953  Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1953  Koibito-tachi no iru machi
1953  Night in Hawaii
1954  Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
1954  Teru hi kumoru hi dainihen Part 01
1954  Unique Sword Technique for Revenge
1954  Yakuza bayashi
1955  Meigetsu sataro gasa
1956  Gale Winds! Tengu Karama
1956  Rainy Night Duel
1956  甲武信嶽傳奇
1956  甲武信嶽傳奇 人肌地獄
1956  神変美女桜
1957  A Man in the Storm
1957  Cantankerous Edo
1957  Kodokan Under a Morning Moon
1958  Drunken Ghost
1958  Showdown in the Storm
1958  The Judo Champ
1959  A Storm Zone
1959  Hell's Companion
1959  Kamen no Onna
1959  Love Letter
1959  Men in a Rough Town
1959  The Rokumeikan
1959  Tokyo no Kodoku
1959  青春蛮歌
1960  Shippû kozô
1960  Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
1960  Tatsumaki kozō
1960  The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960  The Gun Like Lightning
1960  The Second Bullet is Marked
1960  The Tokyo Mighty Guy
1961  A Killer Without a Grave
1961  Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō
1961  Bara to ryū
1961  Hell's Juggler
1961  Himalayan Wanderer
1961  Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut
1961  Living by Karate
1961  Magistrate of Dice
1961  Rascals! Go to Hell
1961  The Man with a Shotgun
1961  The Plateau Man
1961  The Rokumeikan
1961  北上川悲歌
1962  Fūshinraishin
1962  Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa
1962  Order of Yakuza
1962  Princess and I
1962  Seinen no isu
1962  The Sentencer
1962  Uragirimono wa jigoku daze
1962  Yume ga ippai abarenbō
1963  Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963  浅草の侠客
1963  男の嵐
1964  Black Challenger
1964  Orders from Hell
1964  Spirit of Youth
1964  The Call of Blood
1965  A Charming Devil
1965  The Stars and I Decided...
1965  雲を呼ぶ講道館
1966  Blood Shed
1967  Kojiro
1967  The Woman Gambler
1969  Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1970  The Rokumeikan
1971  Wakaki hi no kōdōkan
1972  Ambition in The Mirror
1972  Informal Dress
1983  The Bored Samurai

Writer:
1969  Playgirl
1971  Decision

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