Hiroshi Inagaki
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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. Born in Tokyo as the son of a shinpa actor, Inagaki appeared on stage in his childhood before joining the Nikkatsu studio as an actor in 1922. Wishing to become a director, he joined Chiezō Kataoka's Chiezō Productions and made his directorial debut in 1928 with Tenka taiheiki. Returning to Nikkatsu, he continued making jidaigeki and participated in the Naritaki Group of young filmmakers such as Sadao Yamanaka and Fuji Yahiro who collaboratively wrote screenplays under the made up name "Kinpachi Kajiwara". Like others in the group, Inagaki was known for his cheerful and intelligent samurai films. Inagaki later moved to Daiei and then Toho, where he made big budget color spectacles as well as delicate works depicting the feelings of children. He also produced many films and wrote the scripts for dozens of others.
Known for
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Life of a Country Doctor (1960)
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Festival Across the Sea (1941)
Director
Children Hand in Hand (1948)
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Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
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Great Bodhisattva Pass 2 (1936)
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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
Director
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II (1958)
Director
The Rickshaw Man (1958)
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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
Director
Chûshingura (1962)
Director
Sasaki Kojiro (1951)
Director
The Three Treasures (1959)
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Great Bodhisattva Pass (1935)
Director
Samurai Banners (1969)
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Whirlwind (1964)
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Samurai Saga (1959)
Director
The Life of Matsu the Untamed (1943)
Director
Yagyu Secret Scrolls (1957)
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Daredevil in the Castle (1961)
Director
Rebels on the High Sea (1956)
Director
Kunisada Chuji: Hareru Akagi no maki (1933)
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Kunisada Chuji: Ruro ruten no maki (1933)
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Sword for Hire (1952)
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Kunisada Chûji: Tabi to kokyô no maki (1933)
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Geisha in the Old City (1957)
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Tōkai suikoden (1945)
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Taiko's Rising in the World (1938)
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Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon (1942)
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The Rabble (1964)
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Young Swordsman (1963)
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The Wandering Gambler (1928)
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Saigo no joito (1945)
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Pirates (1951)
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Signal Fires of Shanghai (1944)
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The Lone Journey (1955)
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Ore wa yōjimbō (1950)
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Tabi sugata nezumi kozō (1958)
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Incident at Blood Pass (1970)
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The Okagura Brothers (1946)
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One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds (1952)
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The Storm (1956)
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Kojiro (1967)
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Guntō nanban-sen (1950)
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Shanghai Rose (1952)
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Political Theater (1947)
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Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō (1942)
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Bandits on the Wind (1961)
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Rise Against the Sword (1966)
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The Youth and His Amulet (1961)
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Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba (1937)
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Kuro-uma no danshichi (1948)
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Miyamoto Musashi: Dai-san-bu - Kenshin ichiro (—)
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Kokoro tsuki nogotoku (1947)
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白頭巾現わる (1949)
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Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon (1940)
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Zoku Sasaki Kojiro (1951)
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Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings (1932)
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Forgotten Children (1949)
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Story of Lightning (1951)
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Traveling with Breeze (1953)
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Tenka taiheiki (1928)
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Tatsu (1962)
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In Search of Mother (1931)
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Last Days of Edo (1941)
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Omatsuri hanjiro (1953)
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Ippon-gatana dohyo iri (1931)
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