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Minoru Inuzuka
Japanese film director and screenwriter (1901-2007) · Japan · On the map · Directors · Died at 106
Minoru Inuzuka was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Starting out as a screenwriter at Shochiku in 1924, he also participated in the production of Teinosuke Kinugasa's A Page of Madness. When Chōjirō Hayashi became a jidaigeki star at Shochiku, Inuzuka directed many of his films.
Minoru Inuzuka is read about 9 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 13 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Zatoichi in DesperationFilm, Writer1966
Heiji, the DetectiveSeries, Writer1965
Zatoichi's RevengeFilm, Writer1964
Imo samurai: Kani uemonFilm, Writer1962
Ghost Story: Crying in the Night LanternFilm, Writer1961
Iro no Michi Oshiemasu: Yume San'yaFilm, Writer1960
Ghost Story: Depth of KasaneFilm, Writer1959
Actor SharkFilm, Writer1957
Secret of NarutoFilm, Writer1956
Flowery BrothersFilm, Writer1955
Ginji of the Seven FacesFilm, Writer1954
Tsumakoi kuroda bushiFilm, Writer1951
Midori no hate ni te o furu tenshiFilm, Writer1941女の宿Film, Director1926
A Page of MadnessFilm, Writer1901Born15 February 1901People around Minoru
Close ties
Shintarō Katsu Also in The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
Teinosuke Kinugasa Directed A Page of Madness (1926)
Kimiyoshi Yasuda Directed The Dancer and Two Warriors (1955)
Tokuzō Tanaka Directed Ojo-kichiza and Koina no Ginpei
Kazuo Mori Directed The Blind Menace (1960)
Ichikawa Raizō VIII Minoru wrote Tsukigata Hanpeita: Hana no maki; Arashi no maki (1956)
Fujiko Yamamoto Also in Tsukigata Hanpeita and Stop the Old Fox
Tamao Nakamura Minoru wrote The Blind Menace and Ojo Kichiza
Sawamura Sōnosuke II Also in The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)
Kazuo Hasegawa Minoru wrote Tsukigata Hanpeita: Hana no maki; Arashi no maki (1956)
Kenji Misumi Directed The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
Kazuo Ikehiro Directed Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)
Saburō Date Also in The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)
Masaichi Nagata Produced Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)
Akira Inoue Directed Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)
Eijirō Yanagi Also in The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
Fujio Harumoto Also in The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)
Known for
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The Tale of Zatoichi 1962
A Page of Madness 1926
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues 1962
New Tale of Zatoichi 1963
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword 1964
Filmography 40
59 credits on file
Television 1
About this person
After World War II, Inuzuka returned to specializing in screenplays and was known for his scripts for the Zatoichi series. He published his autobiography in 2002, and died in 2007 at the age of 106. When he died, he was called the last surviving director to have directed a silent film in the 1920s. Inuzuka wrote scripts for over 150 films and directed over 50.
