A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Born:
November 9, 1910
Died:
January 28, 2000
Original Concept:
1964 The Shogun's Vault
Screenplay:
1946 A face glowing at night
1946 Palette knife no satsujin
1948 That Night's Adventure
1949 At the Time Men Have Seen Blood
1949 The Rainbow Man
1950 Hyōchū no Bijo
1951 A Spectacular Murder
1953 憧れの星座
1954 Fall of the Shogun's Militia
1954 Inugami-ke no nazo: Akuma wa odoru
1954 My Pistol Is Quick
1954 Nangoku Taiheiki
1954 The Bloody Cherry Blossom Magistrate
1954 続南国太平記 薩南の嵐
1955 Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace
1955 ふり袖小天狗
1956 Called to the Stand
1956 快剣士・笑いの面
1956 鍔鳴浪人
1957 Boss of Hades
1957 Falcon Magistrate
1957 Glorious Standard Bearer
1957 Pirates Magistrate
1957 The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly
1958 Accomplice
1958 Fearless Opposition
1958 His Scarlet Cloak
1958 Kunisada Chuji
1958 The Cat Knew
1958 The Invisible Wall
1958 The Purple Hood
1958 The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
1958 The Sword Knows
1958 Who Is the Informer?
1959 A Spectacular Showdown
1959 Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku
1959 Hawk of the North
1959 One-Eyed Wolf
1959 Passport to Darkness
1959 Sword of Vision
1959 The Adventures of Kantaro
1959 The Hidden Treasure
1959 Wounded Beast
1960 Hot Corner Murder
1960 Morning Breeze in Edo
1960 Official with a Tattoo
1960 Ooka Seidan: Devil Image
1960 Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1961 Festival of Swordsmen
1961 Mist and Shadows
1961 Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
1961 The Yellow Climate
1961 鳴門秘帖
1962 Mid-August Commotion
1962 The Escape
1962 The Eve of the Chinese Festival
1962 The Midday Trap
1962 誘拐
1963 A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
1963 Tokaido Fullhouse
1963 Typhoon Reporter
1964 Homicide
1964 Melody of Crime
1964 Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
1964 Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
1964 The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords
1964 The Shogun's Vault
1965 Bloody Shuriken
1965 House of Terrors
1965 Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965 The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
1965 The Third Contest
1965 Young Boss
1966 Glorious Fights
1966 Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back
1966 Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
1966 Sword: Flower-Strewn Path of Courage
1966 Three Generations of Yakuza
1966 Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
1966 Zatoichi's Vengeance
1967 Five Star Private
1967 Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
1967 The Bogus Policeman
1967 The Hoodlum Priest
1967 Young Boss, Fugitive
1968 Army Intelligence
1968 Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
1968 The Woman Gambler's Supplication
1968 Woman Gambler and the Nun
1969 Blood End
1969 Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
1969 Prison Break
1969 Sleepy Eyes of Death 13: The Full Moon Swordsman
1969 The Woman Gambler's Tenth Game
1970 The Killer's Killer
1970 Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance
1971 The Woman Gambler's Iron Rule
1971 Women's Prison for Torture
1974 Return of the Street Fighter
Script:
1946 A face glowing at night
1946 Palette knife no satsujin
1948 That Night's Adventure
1949 At the Time Men Have Seen Blood
1949 The Rainbow Man
1950 Hyōchū no Bijo
1951 A Spectacular Murder
1953 憧れの星座
1954 Fall of the Shogun's Militia
1954 Inugami-ke no nazo: Akuma wa odoru
1954 My Pistol Is Quick
1954 Nangoku Taiheiki
1954 The Bloody Cherry Blossom Magistrate
1954 続南国太平記 薩南の嵐
1955 Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace
1955 ふり袖小天狗
1956 Called to the Stand
1956 快剣士・笑いの面
1956 鍔鳴浪人
1957 Boss of Hades
1957 Falcon Magistrate
1957 Glorious Standard Bearer
1957 Pirates Magistrate
1957 The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly
1958 Accomplice
1958 Fearless Opposition
1958 His Scarlet Cloak
1958 Kunisada Chuji
1958 The Cat Knew
1958 The Invisible Wall
1958 The Purple Hood
1958 The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
1958 The Sword Knows
1958 Who Is the Informer?
1959 A Spectacular Showdown
1959 Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku
1959 Hawk of the North
1959 One-Eyed Wolf
1959 Passport to Darkness
1959 Sword of Vision
1959 The Adventures of Kantaro
1959 The Hidden Treasure
1959 Wounded Beast
1960 Hot Corner Murder
1960 Morning Breeze in Edo
1960 Official with a Tattoo
1960 Ooka Seidan: Devil Image
1960 Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1961 Festival of Swordsmen
1961 Mist and Shadows
1961 Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
1961 The Yellow Climate
1961 鳴門秘帖
1962 Mid-August Commotion
1962 The Escape
1962 The Eve of the Chinese Festival
1962 The Midday Trap
1962 誘拐
1963 A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
1963 Tokaido Fullhouse
1963 Typhoon Reporter
1964 Homicide
1964 Melody of Crime
1964 Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
1964 Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
1964 The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords
1964 The Shogun's Vault
1965 Bastards Without Borders
1965 Bloody Shuriken
1965 House of Terrors
1965 Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965 The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
1965 The Third Contest
1965 Young Boss
1966 Glorious Fights
1966 Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back
1966 Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
1966 Sword: Flower-Strewn Path of Courage
1966 Three Generations of Yakuza
1966 Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
1966 Zatoichi's Vengeance
1967 Five Star Private
1967 Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
1967 The Bogus Policeman
1967 The Hoodlum Priest
1967 Young Boss, Fugitive
1968 Army Intelligence
1968 Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
1968 The Woman Gambler's Supplication
1968 Woman Gambler and the Nun
1969 Blood End
1969 Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
1969 Prison Break
1969 Sleepy Eyes of Death 13: The Full Moon Swordsman
1969 The Woman Gambler's Tenth Game
1970 The Killer's Killer
1970 Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance
1971 The Woman Gambler's Iron Rule
1971 Women's Prison for Torture
1974 Return of the Street Fighter
Writer:
1946 A face glowing at night
1946 Palette knife no satsujin
1948 That Night's Adventure
1949 At the Time Men Have Seen Blood
1949 The Rainbow Man
1950 Hyōchū no Bijo
1951 A Spectacular Murder
1951 Kiri no yoru no kyōfu
1951 Yatsuhaka-mura
1953 憧れの星座
1954 Fall of the Shogun's Militia
1954 Inugami-ke no nazo: Akuma wa odoru
1954 My Pistol Is Quick
1954 Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko
1954 Nangoku Taiheiki
1954 The Bloody Cherry Blossom Magistrate
1954 続南国太平記 薩南の嵐
1955 Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace
1955 ふり袖小天狗
1956 Called to the Stand
1956 Rebellion from Below
1956 Samurai of the Great Earth
1956 The Kuroda Affair
1956 快剣士・笑いの面
1956 鍔鳴浪人
1957 Boss of Hades
1957 Falcon Magistrate
1957 Glorious Standard Bearer
1957 Pirates Magistrate
1957 The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly
1958 Accomplice
1958 Fearless Opposition
1958 Hanatarō Jumon
1958 His Scarlet Cloak
1958 Kunisada Chuji
1958 Princess Tsuki
1958 The Cat Knew
1958 The Invisible Wall
1958 The Purple Hood
1958 The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
1958 The Sword Knows
1958 Who Is the Informer?
1959 A Spectacular Showdown
1959 Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku
1959 Hawk of the North
1959 One-Eyed Wolf
1959 Passport to Darkness
1959 Sword of Vision
1959 The Adventures of Kantaro
1959 The Hidden Treasure
1959 Wounded Beast
1960 Hot Corner Murder
1960 Morning Breeze in Edo
1960 Official with a Tattoo
1960 Ooka Seidan: Devil Image
1960 Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1961 Festival of Swordsmen
1961 Mist and Shadows
1961 Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
1961 Otemoyan
1961 The Yellow Climate
1961 鳴門秘帖
1962 Mid-August Commotion
1962 Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962 The Escape
1962 The Eve of the Chinese Festival
1962 The Midday Trap
1962 誘拐
1963 A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
1963 Black Money
1963 Operation Underworld
1963 Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963 Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
1963 Tokaido Fullhouse
1963 Typhoon Reporter
1964 Homicide
1964 Love and Greed
1964 Melody of Crime
1964 Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
1964 Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
1964 The Gambling Samurai
1964 The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords
1964 The Shogun's Vault
1965 Bastards Without Borders
1965 Bloody Shuriken
1965 House of Terrors
1965 Story of a Prostitute
1965 Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965 The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
1965 The Informer
1965 The Third Contest
1965 Young Boss
1966 Glorious Fights
1966 Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back
1966 Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
1966 Shojo jutai
1966 Sword: Flower-Strewn Path of Courage
1966 The Young Boss and the Navy Spirit
1966 Three Generations of Yakuza
1966 Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
1966 Zatoichi's Vengeance
1967 Five Star Private
1967 Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
1967 The Bogus Policeman
1967 The Hoodlum Priest
1967 Young Boss, Fugitive
1968 Army Intelligence
1968 Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
1968 The Woman Gambler's Supplication
1968 Woman Gambler and the Nun
1969 Blood End
1969 Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
1969 Prison Break
1969 Sleepy Eyes of Death 13: The Full Moon Swordsman
1969 The Woman Gambler's Tenth Game
1970 Incident at Blood Pass
1970 The Killer's Killer
1970 Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance
1971 The Woman Gambler's Iron Rule
1971 Women's Prison for Torture
1974 Return of the Street Fighter
Script:
1974 Zatoichi Monogatari
Writer:
1973 Mute Samurai
1974 Zatoichi Monogatari
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