Hiroshi Inagaki
Biography
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.
Acting (2 movies)
Directing (62 movies)
Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings
1932
Incident at Blood Pass
1970
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
The Rickshaw Man
1958
Chûshingura
1962
Forgotten Children
1949
Samurai Banners
1969
Last Days of Edo
1941
Sword for Hire
1952
The Life of Matsu the Untamed
1943
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
Traveling with Breeze
1953
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
Samurai Saga
1959
Taiko's Rising in the World
1938
Whirlwind
1964
Daredevil in the Castle
1961
Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon
1942
The Storm
1956
Story of Lightning
1951
Omatsuri hanjiro
1953
The Wandering Gambler
1928
Sasaki Kojiro
1951
Rise Against the Sword
1966
Rebels on the High Sea
1956
Great Bodhisattva Pass
1935
Children Hand in Hand
1948
Kuro-uma no danshichi
1948
Ippon-gatana dohyo iri
1931
The Three Treasures
1959
Signal Fires of Shanghai
1944
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
1951
Great Bodhisattva Pass 2
1936
Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba
1937
Young Swordsman
1963
東海水滸伝
1945
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
最後の攘夷党
1945
Garakuta
1964
Geisha in the Old City
1957
Bandits on the Wind
1961
Guntō nanban-sen
1950
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
1958
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
Ore wa yōjimbō
1950
Kokoro tsuki nogotoku
1947
白頭巾現わる
1949
壮士劇場
1947
The Okagura Brothers
1946
In Search of Mother
1931
Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō
1942
Festival Across the Sea
1941
Home-Brewed Tatsu
1962
Kojiro
1967
Tenka taiheiki
1928
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
The Lone Journey
1955
Shanghai Rose
1952
Pirates
1951
Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon
1940