A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Takikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Born:
January 4, 1904
Died:
December 17, 1981
Original Series Creator:
1978 Tarao Bannai
Original Story:
1955 Seven Masks of Revenge
1958 Her Son Came Back
1960 The Man of Seven Faces
1963 Five Ronins
1965 Chivalrous Nature
1978 Tarao Bannai
1978 The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village
Screenplay:
1937 Echo of Love
1937 Jiraiya
1942 Vengeance at Iga
1946 Seven Faces
1947 Thirteen Eyes
1947 Three-Fingered Detective
1948 G-Men of Japan
1948 Thirty-three footprints
1948 Twenty-One Fingerprints
1949 Island of Horrors
1950 G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
1950 Hatamoto taikutsu otoko torimono hikae: Dokusatsu maden
1950 Hatamoto taikutsu otoko torimono hikae: Shichinin no hanayome
1951 Tales of a Drifter
1953 Genta Shigure
1953 One-Eyed Detective
1953 The Sun
1954 Bannai Tarao Series Demon King of Kyokumadan
1955 Foul Play
1955 Golden Valley
1955 Seven Masks of Revenge
1955 The Fighting Magistrate
1955 旗本退屈男 謎の決闘状
1956 Asataro the Crow
1956 Ninja's Weapon
1956 Short Sword Magistrate
1956 The Fiery Magistrate
1956 The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
1956 Three-Headed Tower
1956 旗本退屈男 謎の幽霊船
1957 Goblin's Highway
1957 Lord Mito
1957 Rebellion
1957 Shimizu Port of Chivalry
1957 The Fighting on The Trial
1957 旗本退屈男 謎の紅蓮塔
1958 A Chivalrous Spirit
1958 Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
1958 Case of a Young Lord 7: Red Crane House
1958 Her Son Came Back
1958 Man of Thirteen Eyes
1958 Seven from Edo
1959 Echo in the Mountains
1959 Evil Man of Edo
1959 Happily Tied to the Road
1959 House of Spider Webs
1959 The 47 Masterless Samurai
1960 Cases of Hanshichi
1960 Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
1960 Road of Chivalry
1960 The Man of Seven Faces
1960 The Shogun’s Guard: Valor in Turbulence
1961 Samurai Knights
1961 The Red Shadow
1962 Mark of Blood
1962 The Duel at the Satta Pass
1963 Five Ronins
1964 The Lord's spy
1964 Vanquished Foes
1965 Chivalrous Nature
1965 Hoodlum Match
1978 Tarao Bannai
1978 The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village
Story:
1937 Echo of Love
1937 Jiraiya
1942 Vengeance at Iga
1946 Seven Faces
1947 Thirteen Eyes
1947 Three-Fingered Detective
1948 G-Men of Japan
1948 Thirty-three footprints
1948 Twenty-One Fingerprints
1949 Island of Horrors
1950 G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
1950 Hatamoto taikutsu otoko torimono hikae: Dokusatsu maden
1950 Hatamoto taikutsu otoko torimono hikae: Shichinin no hanayome
1951 Tales of a Drifter
1953 Genta Shigure
1953 One-Eyed Detective
1953 The Sun
1954 Bannai Tarao Series Demon King of Kyokumadan
1955 Foul Play
1955 Golden Valley
1955 Seven Masks of Revenge
1955 The Fighting Magistrate
1955 旗本退屈男 謎の決闘状
1956 Asataro the Crow
1956 Ninja's Weapon
1956 Short Sword Magistrate
1956 The Fiery Magistrate
1956 The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
1956 Three-Headed Tower
1956 旗本退屈男 謎の幽霊船
1957 Goblin's Highway
1957 Lord Mito
1957 Rebellion
1957 Shimizu Port of Chivalry
1957 The Fighting on The Trial
1957 旗本退屈男 謎の紅蓮塔
1958 A Chivalrous Spirit
1958 Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
1958 Case of a Young Lord 7: Red Crane House
1958 Her Son Came Back
1958 Man of Thirteen Eyes
1958 Seven from Edo
1959 Echo in the Mountains
1959 Evil Man of Edo
1959 Happily Tied to the Road
1959 House of Spider Webs
1959 The 47 Masterless Samurai
1960 Cases of Hanshichi
1960 Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
1960 Road of Chivalry
1960 The Man of Seven Faces
1960 The Shogun’s Guard: Valor in Turbulence
1961 Samurai Knights
1961 The Red Shadow
1962 Mark of Blood
1962 The Duel at the Satta Pass
1963 Five Ronins
1964 The Lord's spy
1964 Vanquished Foes
1965 Chivalrous Nature
1965 Hoodlum Match
1978 Tarao Bannai
1978 The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village
Writer:
1937 Echo of Love
1937 Jiraiya
1938 Kurama Tengu
1942 Musashibo Benkei
1942 Vengeance at Iga
1946 Seven Faces
1947 Thirteen Eyes
1947 Three-Fingered Detective
1948 G-Men of Japan
1948 Thirty-three footprints
1948 Twenty-One Fingerprints
1949 Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen
1949 Island of Horrors
1950 G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
1950 Hatamoto taikutsu otoko torimono hikae: Dokusatsu maden
1950 Hatamoto taikutsu otoko torimono hikae: Shichinin no hanayome
1951 Tales of a Drifter
1951 Yatsuhaka-mura
1953 Genta Shigure
1953 One-Eyed Detective
1953 The Sun
1954 Bannai Tarao Series Demon King of Kyokumadan
1955 Foul Play
1955 Golden Valley
1955 Seven Masks of Revenge
1955 The Fighting Magistrate
1955 旗本退屈男 謎の決闘状
1956 Asataro the Crow
1956 Ninja's Weapon
1956 Short Sword Magistrate
1956 The Fiery Magistrate
1956 The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
1956 Three-Headed Tower
1956 旗本退屈男 謎の幽霊船
1957 Goblin's Highway
1957 Lord Mito
1957 Rebellion
1957 Shimizu Port of Chivalry
1957 The Fighting on The Trial
1957 旗本退屈男 謎の紅蓮塔
1958 A Chivalrous Spirit
1958 Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
1958 Case of a Young Lord 7: Red Crane House
1958 Her Son Came Back
1958 Man of Thirteen Eyes
1958 Seven from Edo
1958 The Lost Public Funds
1959 Echo in the Mountains
1959 Evil Man of Edo
1959 Happily Tied to the Road
1959 House of Spider Webs
1959 The 47 Masterless Samurai
1960 Cases of Hanshichi
1960 Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
1960 Road of Chivalry
1960 The Man of Seven Faces
1960 The Shogun’s Guard: Valor in Turbulence
1961 Samurai Knights
1961 The Red Shadow
1962 Mark of Blood
1962 The Duel at the Satta Pass
1963 Five Ronins
1964 The Lord's spy
1964 Vanquished Foes
1965 Chivalrous Nature
1965 Hoodlum Match
1978 Tarao Bannai
1978 The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village
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