
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

