A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Nobuaki Yamaguchi
Birthplace:
Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Born:
February 5, 1937
Born in Nagano Prefecture, Yamaguchi graduated from Waseda University and began working at the Tōei studios in Kyoto. He directed a number of action movie series in the 1970s and has also helmed many TV movies.
Assistant Director:
1967 Express Train
1968 I Sell My Husband
1969 The Bad Guy Blues
Director:
1967 Express Train
1968 I Sell My Husband
1969 The Bad Guy Blues
1970 Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams
1970 Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters
1971 Delinquent Girl Boss: Ballad of Yokohama Hoods
1971 Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
1971 Troops of Darkness
1972 Wandering Ginza Butterfly
1972 Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler
1973 A Woman’s Road
1973 Neon Jellyfish: Shinjuku Flower Streetcar
1974 Oh Wonderful Utamaro!
1974 Sister Street Fighter
1974 Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread
1975 A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
1975 Karate Bear Fighter
1975 Karate Bullfighter
1975 The Return of Sister Street Fighter
1975 Wolf Guy
1976 Karate Warriors
1976 The Karate Professionals
1976 Which Is Stronger, Karate or the Tiger?
1977 Karate for Life
1977 The Circuit Wolf
1977 The Extravagant Cops
1978 The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village
1983 Kanei Command Performance
1985 Big Magnum Kuroiwa
1988 Der Lindenbaum
1995 Will You Die in the Chimpira Dream Chara!
1996 Moon Angel
Screenplay:
1967 Express Train
1968 I Sell My Husband
1969 The Bad Guy Blues
1970 Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams
1970 Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters
1971 Delinquent Girl Boss: Ballad of Yokohama Hoods
1971 Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
1971 Troops of Darkness
1972 Wandering Ginza Butterfly
1972 Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler
1973 A Woman’s Road
1973 Neon Jellyfish: Shinjuku Flower Streetcar
1974 Oh Wonderful Utamaro!
1974 Sister Street Fighter
1974 Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread
1975 A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
1975 Karate Bear Fighter
1975 Karate Bullfighter
1975 The Return of Sister Street Fighter
1975 Wolf Guy
1976 Karate Warriors
1976 The Karate Professionals
1976 Which Is Stronger, Karate or the Tiger?
1977 Karate for Life
1977 The Circuit Wolf
1977 The Extravagant Cops
1978 The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village
1983 Kanei Command Performance
1985 Big Magnum Kuroiwa
1988 Der Lindenbaum
1995 Will You Die in the Chimpira Dream Chara!
1996 Moon Angel
Writer:
1967 Express Train
1968 I Sell My Husband
1969 The Bad Guy Blues
1970 Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams
1970 Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters
1971 Delinquent Girl Boss: Ballad of Yokohama Hoods
1971 Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
1971 Troops of Darkness
1972 Wandering Ginza Butterfly
1972 Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler
1973 A Woman’s Road
1973 Neon Jellyfish: Shinjuku Flower Streetcar
1974 Oh Wonderful Utamaro!
1974 Sister Street Fighter
1974 Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread
1975 A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
1975 Karate Bear Fighter
1975 Karate Bullfighter
1975 The Return of Sister Street Fighter
1975 Wolf Guy
1976 Karate Warriors
1976 The Karate Professionals
1976 Which Is Stronger, Karate or the Tiger?
1977 Karate for Life
1977 The Circuit Wolf
1977 The Extravagant Cops
1978 The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village
1983 Kanei Command Performance
1985 Big Magnum Kuroiwa
1988 Der Lindenbaum
1995 Will You Die in the Chimpira Dream Chara!
1996 Moon Angel
Director:
1982 Totsugawa Keibu Series (The Suspence)
1983 古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
1986 Onna Furin Kazan
1986 Tenshi no Uppercut
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