Hiroshi Inagaki

Hiroshi Inagaki
Inagakic.1930s
Born	(1905-12-30)30 December 1905 Tokyo,Japan
Died	21 May 1980(1980-05-21)(aged 74) Tokyo,Japan
Occupation(s)	director, screenwriter, producer, actor
Years active	1923–1979
Awards	Academy Honorary Award 1956Miyamoto Musashi Golden Lion 1958Rickshaw Man

Hiroshi Inagaki(Japanese:Đạo viên hạo,Hepburn:Inagaki Hiroshi,30 December 1905 – 1 May 1980)was a Japanese filmmaker who worked on over 100 films in a career spanning over five decades. He is one of the most successful and critically acclaimed filmmakers in thehistory of Japanese cinema,having directed severaljidaigekiepics such as the 1954Academy Award-winning filmSamurai I: Musashi Miyamoto,and its two sequels (1955'sSamurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple(1955) and 1956'sSamurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island).

Career

Born inTokyoas the son of ashinpaactor, Inagaki appeared on stage in his childhood before joining theNikkatsustudio as an actor in 1922.Wishing to become a director, he joinedChiezō Kataoka's Chiezō Productions and made his directorial debut withTenka taiheiki(1928). Returning to Nikkatsu, he continued makingjidaigekiand participated in the Naritaki Group of young filmmakers such asSadao YamanakaandFuji Yahirowho collaboratively wrote screenplays under the made up name "Kinpachi Kajiwara".Like others in the group, Inagaki was known for his cheerful and intelligentsamurai films.Inagaki later moved to Daiei and thenToho,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. He directedToshiro Mifunein twenty films.

Recognition

His filmMuhōmatsu no isshō(Rickshaw Man,1943) was selected as the 8th best Japanese film of all time in a 1989 poll of Japanese critics and filmmakers.The color remake,Rickshaw Man(1958), won theGolden Lionaward at that year'sVenice Film Festival.His filmSamurai I: Musashi Miyamoto(1954) won the honoraryAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Selected filmography

Director

• Tenka taiheiki( thiên hạ thái bình ký ) (1928)
• Hōrō zanmai( phóng lãng tam muội ) (1928)
• Muhōmatsu no isshō( vô pháp tùng の nhất sinh ) (Rickshaw Man) (1943)
• Noroshi wa Shanghai ni agaru( lang hỏa は thượng hải に dương る xuân giang di hận literally:Signal Fires of Shanghai) (1944)
• Sword for Hire( chiến quốc vô lại Sengoku burai) (1952)
• Samurai Trilogy
  • Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto( cung bổn võ tàng ) (1954)
  • Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple(続 cung bổn võ tàng nhất thừa tự の quyết đấu Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō) (1955)
  • Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island( quyết đấu 巌 lưu đảo Kettō Ganryūjima) (1956)
• The Lone Journeya.k.a.The Road( lữ lộ Tabiji) (1955)
• Arashi( lam ) (1956)
• Yagyu Secret Scrolls( liễu sinh võ vân trướng Yagyū Bugeichō) (1957)
• Rickshaw Man( vô pháp tùng の nhất sinh ) (1957)
• Yagyu Secret Scrolls part II( liễu sinh võ vân trướng song long bí kiếm Yagyū Bugeichō–Sōryū hiken) a.k.a.Ninjitsu(1958)
• The Birth of Japan( nhật bổn đản sinh, Nippon Tanjō), also calledThe Three Treasures(1959)
• Life of an Expert Swordsman( hoặc る kiếm hào の sinh nhai Aru kengō no shōgai) (1959)
• The Story of Osaka Castle( đại phản thành vật ngữ Ōsaka-jō monogatari) (1961)
• Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki( trung thần tàng hoa の quyển tuyết の quyển ) (1962)
• The Secret Sword( bí kiếm Hiken) (1963)
• Whirlwind(Shikonmado - Dai tatsumaki) (1964)
• Sasaki Kojiro—Zenpen: Fuun Osaka-jo Kohen: Ketto Ganryushima(a.k.a.Kojiro) (1967)
• Samurai Banners( phong lâm hỏa sơn Fūrin Kazan) (1969)
• Machibuse( đãi ち phục せ) (1970)

Producer

• Shinsengumi( tân tuyển tổ ) (1969)

Bibliography

• Inagaki, Hiroshi (1978).Nihon eiga no wakaki hibi.Tokyo: Mainichi Shinbunsha.

External links

• Hiroshi InagakiatIMDb
• "Đạo viên hạo (Inagaki Hiroshi)"(in Japanese).Japanese Movie Database.Retrieved13 July2007.
• Hiroshi Inagaki's grave