Hiroshi Inagaki
DirectingHiroshi 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
Filmography — Acting
Filmography — Crew
Chûshingura
Director
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Director
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Director
The Three Treasures
Director
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Producer
Samurai Banners
Director
Daredevil in the Castle
Director
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Director
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Director
The Rickshaw Man
Director
Incident at Blood Pass
Director
Sword for Hire
Director
Young Swordsman
Screenplay
The Youth and His Amulet
Director
Omatsuri hanjiro
Screenplay
Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon
Director
The Storm
Director
Pirates
Director
Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings
Director
Traveling with Breeze
Director
The Lone Journey
Screenplay
Rebels on the High Sea
Writer
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
Screenplay
Rise Against the Sword
Director
Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō
Director
Shanghai Rose
Director
The Rabble
Director
Tatsu
Director
Story of Lightning
Screenplay
Hell Worms
Screenplay
Life of a Country Doctor
Director
Signal Fires of Shanghai
Director
Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba
Director
Bandits on the Wind
Screenplay
Whirlwind
Director
Geisha in the Old City
Director
Taiko's Rising in the World
Director
Last Days of Edo
Director
Kojiro
Director
The Day Before
Writer
東海水滸伝
Director
Guntō nanban-sen
Director
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
Director
The Life of Matsu the Untamed
Director
The Okagura Brothers
Director
Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon
Director
Festival Across the Sea
Director
最後の攘夷党
Screenplay
Kunisada Chuji: Ruro ruten no maki
Director
Ore wa yōjimbō
Director
Kokoro tsuki nogotoku
Director
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
Screenplay
In Search of Mother
Director
Kunisada Chûji: Tabi to kokyô no maki
Director
壮士劇場
Director
Great Bodhisattva Pass 2
Director
Forgotten Children
Screenplay
Samurai Saga
Director
白頭巾現わる
Director
Kunisada Chuji: Hareru Akagi no maki
Director
Ippon-gatana dohyo iri
Director
Sasaki Kojiro
Director
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Director
Miyamoto Musashi: Dai-san-bu - Kenshin ichiro
Director
Tenka taiheiki
Director
Children Hand in Hand
Director
Great Bodhisattva Pass
Director
Kuro-uma no danshichi
Director
The Wandering Gambler
Director