Who is Hiroshi Inagaki?

Hiroshi Inagaki

Hiroshi Inagaki (Hiroshi Inagaki, December 30, 1905 - May 21, 1980), a famous Japanese director during the Showa period. One of the founders of early Japanese cinema. Born in Hongo District, Tokyo, his parents are ordinary actors. Due to difficulties in life, he was engaged in acting since he was a child and stopped elementary school. Later he became the apprentice of actor Takada Minoru and participated in performances of children's roles under the stage name "Higashi Minghao". In 1922, he entered the photography studio as an actor after being introduced by his father's old friend Nikkatsu to the cadre actor Yoshi Yamamoto of the Island Photography Studio. He received the teachings of the leader of the village field, and met Daisuke Ito. Gradually turning to directing, he later joined Kinugasa Sadayuki's "Kinugasa Film Alliance" and served as the assistant director of "Crossroads" directed by Kinugasa in 1928. He has also participated in the production of works by directors such as Okachi Ezo and Yamanaka Sadao. After the war, he mainly collaborated with Toshiro Mifune to shoot a series of outstanding works.

Chinese name: Hiroshi Inagaki

Foreign name: HiroshiInagaki

Nationality: Japanese

Constellation: Capricorn

Place of birth: Hongo-ku, Tokyo

Date of birth: December 30, 1905

Date of death: May 21, 1980

Occupation: Director, Screenwriter, actor

Representative work: Night_Little One's Paradise

Main achievements: Main Competition Unit of the 23rd Venice International Film Festival - Golden Lion Award

Personal profile

Chinese name: Hiroshi Inagaki Japanese name: HiroshiInagaki

Gender: Male

Born: December 30, 1905

Constellation: Capricorn

Died: May 21, 1980 (Tokyo, Japan)

Occupation: Director, screenwriter, actor

Life profile

Hiroshi Inagaki was a famous Japanese director during the Showa period. One of the founders of early Japanese cinema. Born on December 30, 1905 in Hongo District, Tokyo, his parents were ordinary actors. Due to difficulties in life, he was engaged in acting since he was a child and stopped elementary school. Later he became the apprentice of actor Takada Minoru and participated in performances of children's roles under the stage name "Higashi Minghao". In 1922, he entered the photography studio as an actor after being introduced by his father's old friend Nikkatsu to the cadre actor Yoshi Yamamoto of the Island Photography Studio. He received the teachings of the leader of the village field, and met Daisuke Ito. Gradually turning to directing, he later joined Kinugasa Sadayuki's "Kinugasa Film Alliance" and served as the assistant director of "Crossroads" directed by Kinugasa in 1928. He has successively participated in the production of works by directors such as Okachi Ezo and Yamanaka Sadao. After the war, he mainly collaborated with Toshiro Mifune to shoot a series of outstanding works. In 1955, he won the Academy Award for Foreign Language Film for "Miyamoto Musashi". Later, this samurai movie was followed by two sequels, collectively known as the Samurai Trilogy. In 1958, "The Life I Can't Let Go" starring Toshiro Mifune won the Silver Lion Award at the Venice International Film Festival and became famous overseas.

Appearing in movies

"Night" (1923)

"Little One's Paradise" (1924)

"Mei Yu Papyrus" ( 1924)

"The March of the Turkeys" (1924)

"The Golden Egg" (1952)

"Bando Tsumusaburo's "Life" (1988)

Features

Features:

Focus on reproducing historical truth. Some people say that the only Japanese samurai movies with real connotation are Kobayashi Masaki, Hiroshi Inagaki, Akira Kurosawa. Hiroshi Inagaki is one of Japan's best period drama directors, always adhering to the basic genre model of period drama, and he has also maintained the form of Japan's early era throughout his career. "Tadaomizo" he filmed in 1962 is known as the best of all versions of "Tadaomizo", and his last major film work was "Furin Kasanagi" written by Shinobu Hashimoto. (1969)", this is also one of the best period dramas. It can basically be said to be the last model of traditional period dramas.

Inagaki Hiroshi’s works inherit the legacy of haiku and Matsuo Basho’s travel literature, expressing the Japanese’s lament for life in the flow of the four seasons and expressing long-lasting and deep emotions.

Director's film

"The World's Peace" (1928)

"The Silver Cat's Left Gate" (1928)

"Ten Thousand Flowers" "Hell 2" (1929)

"Picture Book Warrior Training" (1929)

"Hell of Ten Thousand Flowers 2" (1929)

"The Three Humorous Wanderers" ( 1930)

"Ippon Sword and Earth Surface" (1931)

"Yatarou Kasa: The Volume of Doppo" (1932)

"Yataro Kasa: The Coming and Going" "Volume" (1932)

"Travel under the Blue Sky" (1932)

"Kunisei Tadashi: Travel and Hometown" (1933)

"Kunisei "Tadaharu: The Volume of Wandering and Transformation" (1933)

"Kunisada Tadashi: The Volume of Sunny Akagi" (1933)

"The Daibosatsu Ridge: The Volume of Mount Suzuka, the Volume of Mibu Shimabara" "(1936)

"Blood Smoke at Takadanobaba" (1937)

"The Soul of the Wilderness" (1937)

"The Golem" (1938)

"The Shadow Master of Darkness" (1938)

"The Story of the Debut Taikaku" (1938)

"Golem 2: Ukon" (1939)

"Miyamoto Musashi: Pioneer" (1940)

"Miyamoto Musashi: Gate of Glory" (1940)

"Miyamoto Musashi: Sword "The Journey of the Heart" (1940)

"The Festival of Crossing the Sea" (1941)

"The Last Days of Edo" (1941)

"The Festival of Crossing the Sea" ( 1941)

"Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijoji Temple" (1942)

"One-eyed Masamune" (1942) "The Love of a Carriage Driver" (1943)

"The Hatred of the Spring River" (1944)

"The East China Sea Margin" (1945)

"The Last Anti-Barbarian Party" (1945)

"Children" "Hand in Hand" (1948)

"The Forgotten Child" (1949)

"The Bandits of Nanban Ships" (1950)

"Sasaki Kojiro" (1950) )

"I Am Yojimbo" (1950)

"The Continuation of Sasaki Kojiro" (1951)

"Sasaki Kojiro: The Duel at Ganryu Island" (1951)

"The Rice Wife" (1951)

"The Women of Shanghai" (1952)

"The Warring States Scoundrel" (1952)

"Feng Yun Senryo Fune" (1952)

"Hanjiro Festival" (1953)

"Miyamoto Musashi" (1954)

"Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichigoji Temple" (1955)

"Journey" (1955)

"Arashi" (1956)

"Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel Rock "Liu Dao" (1956)

"Geisha in the Old Town" (1957)

"The Legend of Wind Tiger and Cloud Dragon - Yagyu Wu Yun Zhang" (1957)

"Yagyu Wuyunden: The Secret Sword of Two Dragons" (1958) "The Traveling Mouse Monk" (1958)

"A Life Unable to Relax" (1958)

"The Birth of Japan" (1959) )

"The Life of a Swordsman" (1959)

"Doctor Kabutobu" (1960)

"The Story of Osaka Castle" (1961)

"Wild Robbers Running in the Wind" (1961)

"Gen and Fudo Myooh" (1961)

"The Treasure of the Loyalty" (1962)

"The Secret Sword" (1963)

"The Broken Son" (1964)

"The Way of the Soul: The Great Tornado" (1964)

" "Kojiro Sasaki" (1967)

"Fenglin Volcano" (1969)

"The Dragon and the Tiger" (1970)

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