Director
Hiroshi Inagaki
120 years · Tokyo, Japan · 63 films
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.
Best known for
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954 · Director, Writer
On HBO Max
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955 · Director, Screenplay
On HBO Max
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956 · Director, Writer
On Plex
Chûshingura
1962 · Director, Producer
The Rickshaw Man
1958 · Director, Screenplay
On Criterion Channel
Samurai Banners
1969 · Director, Producer
Filmography 63
King of Swashbuckler: Life of Tsumasaburō Bandō
1988 · Self
Hell Worms
1979 · Screenplay
Incident at Blood Pass
1970 · Director
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969 · Producer
Samurai Banners
1969 · Director, Producer
Kojiro
1967 · Screenplay, Director
Rise Against the Sword
1966 · Director, Screenplay
The Rabble
1964 · Director, Screenplay
Whirlwind
1964 · Director, Screenplay
Young Swordsman
1963 · Screenplay, Director
Chûshingura
1962 · Director, Producer
Tatsu
1962 · Director
Bandits on the Wind
1961 · Director, Screenplay
The Youth and His Amulet
1961 · Director
Daredevil in the Castle
1961 · Director, Writer
Life of a Country Doctor
1960 · Director
The Three Treasures
1959 · Director
Samurai Saga
1959 · Director, Writer
On Criterion Channel
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
1958 · Director, Screenplay
The Rickshaw Man
1958 · Director, Screenplay
On Criterion Channel
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958 · Director
Geisha in the Old City
1957 · Director
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957 · Director, Screenplay
The Storm
1956 · Director, Producer