Person

Hiroshi Inagaki

Directing · 1905-12-30 · † 1980-05-21 · Tokyo, Japan

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.

Filmography (173)

Year	Film	As
1988	Bantsuma - Bando Tsumasaburo no shogai	Self
1979	Hell Worms	writer
1970	Incident at Blood Pass	Director
1969	Samurai Banners	Director
1969	Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor	producer
1969	Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor	Writer
1969	Samurai Banners	producer
1967	Sasaki Kojiro	Director
1967	Sasaki Kojiro	Writer
1966	Rise Against the Sword	Director
1966	Rise Against the Sword	Writer
1964	Shikonmado - Dai tatsumaki	Writer
1964	Garakuta	Writer
1964	Garakuta	Director
1964	Garakuta	producer
1964	Shikonmado - Dai tatsumaki	Director
1963	The Secret Sword	Director
1963	The Secret Sword	writer
1962	Chushingura	Director
1962	Doburoku no Tatsu	Director
1962	Chushingura	producer
1961	Yatô kaze no naka o hashiru	Director
1961	Daredevil in the Castle	Director
1961	The Youth and His Amulet	Director
1961	Yatô kaze no naka o hashiru	Writer
1961	O-ba wa nanajû nanaman ishi	original work
1961	Daredevil in the Castle	Writer
1960	Fundoshi isha	Director
1959	Samurai Saga	Director
1959	Samurai Saga	writer
1959	The Three Treasures	Director
1958	The Rickshaw Man	Director
1958	Rat Kid on Journey	screenplay
1958	Rat Kid on Journey	Director
1958	Yagyû bugeichô: Sôryû hiken	writer
1958	Yagyû bugeichô: Sôryû hiken	Director
1958	The Rickshaw Man	writer
1957	Kottaisan yori: Nyotai wa kanashiku	Director
1957	Yagyû bugeichô	Director
1957	Yagyû bugeichô	screenplay
1956	Arashi	Director
1956	Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island	Director
1956	Shin shokoku mongatari: Otena no tô - Kôhen	producer
1956	Rebels on the High Sea	Writer
1956	Rebels on the High Sea	Director
1956	Arashi	producer
1956	Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island	Writer
1955	The Lone Journey	Writer
1955	The Lone Journey	Director
1955	Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple	Writer
1955	Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple	Director
1955	Shin shokoku mongatari: Otena no tô - Zempen	producer
1954	Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto	Writer
1954	Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto	Director
1953	Tabi hasoyo kaze	Director
1953	Tabi hasoyo kaze	screenplay
1953	Omatsuri hanjirô	Director
1952	Sword for Hire	Writer
1952	Sword for Hire	Director
1952	Fuun senryobune	Director
1952	Shanghai Rose	Writer
1952	Fuun senryobune	Writer
1952	Shanghai Rose	Director
1952	Aru yoru no dekigoto	Writer
1951	Zoku Sasaki Kojirô	Writer
1951	Inazuma sôshi	Writer
1951	Pirates	Director
1951	Kanketsu Sasaki Kojirô: Ganryû-jima kettô	Director
1951	Kanketsu Sasaki Kojirô: Ganryû-jima kettô	producer
1951	Zoku Sasaki Kojirô	Director
1951	Inazuma sôshi	Director
1950	Ore wa yôjimbô	Director
1950	Sasaki Kojirô	Director
1950	Guntô nambansen	Director
1950	Sasaki Kojirô	screenplay
1949	Wasurerareta kora	producer
1949	Shirozukin arawaru	producer
1949	Wasurerareta kora	screenplay
1949	Shirozukin arawaru	Director
1949	Wasurerareta kora	Director
1948	Kuro-uma no danshichi	Director
1948	Te o tsunagu kora	Director
1947	Kokoro tsuki no gotoku	Writer
1947	Kokoro tsuki no gotoku	Director
1947	Political Theater	Director
1946	The Okagura Brothers	Writer
1946	The Okagura Brothers	Director
1945	Tôkai suikoden	Director
1945	Saigo no joito	Director
1944	Noroshi wa Shanhai ni agaru: Harue ikon	Director
1943	The Life of Matsu the Untamed	Director
1942	The Hawk of the North	Director
1942	Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijoji ketto	Writer
1942	The Hawk of the North	Writer
1942	Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijoji ketto	Director
1941	Umi wo wataru sairei	Director
1941	Edo saigo no hi	Writer
1941	Edo saigo no hi	Director
1940	Miyamoto Musashi: Dai-san-bu - Kenshin ichiro	Writer
1940	Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon	Director
1940	Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon	Writer
1940	Miyamoto Musashi: Dai-san-bu - Kenshin ichiro	Director
1939	Rogoku no hanayome kaiketsuhen	screenplay
1939	Kesa to Morito	Director
1939	Sono zen'ya	writer
1939	Zoku mazô - Ibara Ukon	Director
1939	Village School, Respect the Emperor	Director
1939	Rogoku no hanayome	screenplay
1938	Ginpei the Untamed	Director
1938	Mazô	Director
1938	Shadows of Darkness	Director
1938	Shusse taikoki	Director
1938	Jigoku no mushi	Director
1937	Sword of the Flying Dragon	Director
1937	Sengoku gunto-den - Dai ichibu: Toraokami	writer
1937	Miyamoto Musashi chi no maki	writer
1937	Sengoku gunto-den - Dai nibu: Akatsuki no zenshin	writer
1937	Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba	Director
1937	Spirit of the Wilderness	Director
1936	Uminari kaidô	writer
1936	Kaitô Shirozukin: Kôhen	story
1936	Daibosatsu Pass: Final Part: Mibu Shimabara Reel	Director
1936	Daibosatsu Pass: Final Part: Mibu Shimabara Reel	Writer
1936	Ittoryu shinan	Writer
1936	Hana no haru toyamazakura	screenplay
1936	Kaitô Shirozukin: Kôhen	Director
1936	Journey of a Thousand and One Nights	Director
1935	Daibosatsu Pass: Part 1: Fencing School Reel	Director
1935	Fuji no shirayuki	Director
1935	Fuji no shirayuki	writer
1935	Seki no yatappe	Director
1935	Kaitô Shirozukin: Zempen	story
1935	Daibosatsu Pass: Part 1: Fencing School Reel	Writer
1934	Umon torimonochô: nihakutoka	writer
1934	Gantarô kaidô	story
1933	Bad Luck	Director
1933	Bad Luck	writer
1933	Kunisada Chuji: Hareru Akagi no maki	Director
1933	Kunisada Chuji: Ruro ruten no maki	Director
1932	Travels Under the Blue Sky	story
1932	Travels Under the Blue Sky	Director
1931	Banba no Chûtarô: Mabuta no haha	Director
1931	Ippon-gatana dohyo iri	Director
1931	Ippon-gatana dohyo iri	Writer
1931	Banba no Chûtarô: Mabuta no haha	screenplay
1931	Otokodate-bayari	Writer
1931	Otokodate-bayari	Director
1930	Uzushio	Director
1930	Kaigyaku sanrôshi	Director
1930	Kaigyaku sanrôshi	Writer
1930	Isshintasuke	Director
1929	Ehon mushashugyô	Director
1929	Oshidori tabinikki	Director
1929	Zoku Banka jigoku: Dai nihen	Director
1929	Zoku Banka jigoku: Kanketsu hen	Director
1929	Zoku Banka jigoku: Kanketsu hen	writer
1928	Ginbyô Samon	Director
1928	Genji kozo	Director
1927	Kyû-ban sôko	Actor
1927	Wakôdo to romance	Actor
1926	Jigokukyo yurai	Actor
1925	Aozora	Actor
1925	Reikô	Actor
1924	Umi ni naru otoko	Actor
1924	Samidare sôshi	Actor
1924	Shichimenchô no yukue	Actor
1924	Chiisaki mono no rakuen	Dog
1924	Takeuraba	Actor
1924	Moken no himitsu	Actor
1923	Yoru	Sankichi
1923	Yorû yami no sasayakî	Actor
1923	Ore no shorisa	Actor
1923	Koî wo kakurû otokô	Actor