Hiroshi Inagaki

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

Hiroshi Inagaki (稲垣浩, Inagaki Hiroshi, 30 December 1905 – 21 May 1980) was a Japanese filmmaker best remembered for the Academy Award-winning Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, which was released in 1954.

Career[]

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.^[1] Wishing to become a director, he joined Chiezō Kataoka's Chiezō Productions and made his directorial debut with Tenka taiheiki (1928). 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".^[2] Like others in the group, Inagaki was known for his cheerful and intelligent samurai films.^[2] 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.^[2] He also produced many films and wrote the scripts for dozens of others.

Recognition[]

His film Muhōmatsu 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.^[3] The color remake, Rickshaw Man (1958), won the Golden Lion award at that year's Venice Film Festival. His film Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) won the honorary Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Selected filmography[]

Director[]

Tenka taiheiki (天下太平記) (1928)
Hōrō zanmai (放浪三昧) (1928)
Muhōmatsu no isshō (無法松の一生) (Rickshaw Man) (1943)
Noroshi wa Shanghai ni agaru (狼火は上海に揚る春江遺恨 literally: Signal Fires of Shanghai) (1944)
Sword for Hire (戦国無頼 Sengoku burai) (1952)
Samurai Trilogy
- Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (宮本武蔵) (1954)
- Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (続宮本武蔵一乗寺の決闘 Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō) (1955)
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (決闘巌流島 Kettō Ganryūjima) (1956)
The Lone Journey a.k.a. The Road (旅路 Tabiji) (1955)
Arashi (嵐) (1956)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls (柳生武芸帳 Yagyū Bugeichō) (1957)
Rickshaw Man (無法松の一生) (1957)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls part II (柳生武芸帳双龍秘剣 Yagyū Bugeichō–Sōryū hiken) a.k.a. Ninjitsu (1958)
The Birth of Japan (日本誕生, Nippon Tanjō), also called The Three Treasures (1959)
Life of an Expert Swordsman (或る剣豪の生涯 Aru kengō no shōgai) (1959)
The Story of Osaka Castle (大阪城物語 Ōsaka-jō monogatari) (1961) with Toshiro Mifune
Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (忠臣蔵花の巻雪の巻) (1962) with Toshiro Mifune
Whirlwind (Shikonmado - Dai tatsumaki) (1964)
Sasaki Kojiro—Zenpen: Fuun Osaka-jo Kohen: Ketto Ganryushima (a.k.a. Kojiro) (1967)^[4]
Samurai Banners (風林火山 Fūrin Kazan) (1969)
Machibuse (待ち伏せ) (1970)

Producer[]

Shinsengumi (新選組) (1969)

Bibliography[]

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

References[]

^ "Inagaki Hiroshi". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus. Kōdahsha. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Hiroshi Inagaki Retrospective at his Centenary". National Film Center. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
^ Bungei Shunjū, ed. (1989). Nihon eiga besuto 150. Tokyo: Bungei Shunjū. ISBN 4-16-811609-3.
^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

External links[]

Hiroshi Inagaki at IMDb
"稲垣浩 (Inagaki Hiroshi)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 13 July 2007.
Hiroshi Inagaki's grave

[kotobank-1] "Inagaki Hiroshi". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus. Kōdahsha. Retrieved 15 November 2011.

[NFC-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Hiroshi Inagaki Retrospective at his Centenary". National Film Center. Retrieved 15 November 2011.

[3] Bungei Shunjū, ed. (1989). Nihon eiga besuto 150. Tokyo: Bungei Shunjū. ISBN 4-16-811609-3.

[IV2008-4] Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

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1947–1955 (Honorary)	1947: Shoeshine – Vittorio De Sica 1948: Monsieur Vincent – Maurice Cloche 1949: Bicycle Thieves – Vittorio De Sica 1950: The Walls of Malapaga – René Clément 1951: Rashomon – Akira Kurosawa 1952: Forbidden Games – René Clément 1953: No Award 1954: Gate of Hell – Teinosuke Kinugasa 1955: Samurai, The Legend of Musashi – Hiroshi Inagaki
1956–1975	1956: La Strada – Federico Fellini 1957: Nights of Cabiria – Federico Fellini 1958: My Uncle – Jacques Tati 1959: Black Orpheus – Marcel Camus 1960: The Virgin Spring – Ingmar Bergman 1961: Through a Glass Darkly – Ingmar Bergman 1962: Sundays and Cybele – Serge Bourguignon 1963: 8½ – Federico Fellini 1964: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow – Vittorio De Sica 1965: The Shop on Main Street – Ján Kadár & Elmar Klos 1966: A Man and a Woman – Claude Lelouch 1967: Closely Watched Trains – Jiří Menzel 1968: War and Peace – Sergei Bondarchuk 1969: Z – Costa-Gavras 1970: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion – Elio Petri 1971: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis – Vittorio De Sica 1972: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie – Luis Buñuel 1973: Day for Night – François Truffaut 1974: Amarcord – Federico Fellini 1975: Dersu Uzala – Akira Kurosawa
1976–2000	1976: Black and White in Color – Jean-Jacques Annaud 1977: Madame Rosa – Moshé Mizrahi 1978: Get Out Your Handkerchiefs – Bertrand Blier 1979: The Tin Drum – Volker Schlöndorff 1980: Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears – Vladimir Menshov 1981: Mephisto – István Szabó 1982: Volver a Empezar ('To Begin Again') – José Luis Garci 1983: Fanny and Alexander – Ingmar Bergman 1984: Dangerous Moves – Richard Dembo 1985: The Official Story – Luis Puenzo 1986: The Assault – Fons Rademakers 1987: Babette's Feast – Gabriel Axel 1988: Pelle the Conqueror – Bille August 1989: Cinema Paradiso – Giuseppe Tornatore 1990: Journey of Hope – Xavier Koller 1991: Mediterraneo – Gabriele Salvatores 1992: Indochine – Régis Wargnier 1993: Belle Époque – Fernando Trueba 1994: Burnt by the Sun – Nikita Mikhalkov 1995: Antonia's Line – Marleen Gorris 1996: Kolya – Jan Svěrák 1997: Character – Mike van Diem 1998: Life Is Beautiful – Roberto Benigni 1999: All About My Mother – Pedro Almodóvar 2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Ang Lee
2001–present	2001: No Man's Land – Danis Tanović 2002: Nowhere in Africa – Caroline Link 2003: The Barbarian Invasions – Denys Arcand 2004: The Sea Inside – Alejandro Amenábar 2005: Tsotsi – Gavin Hood 2006: The Lives of Others – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 2007: The Counterfeiters – Stefan Ruzowitzky 2008: Departures – Yōjirō Takita 2009: The Secret in Their Eyes – Juan José Campanella 2010: In a Better World – Susanne Bier 2011: A Separation – Asghar Farhadi 2012: Amour – Michael Haneke 2013: The Great Beauty – Paolo Sorrentino 2014: Ida – Paweł Pawlikowski 2015: Son of Saul – László Nemes 2016: The Salesman – Asghar Farhadi 2017: A Fantastic Woman – Sebastián Lelio 2018: Roma – Alfonso Cuarón 2019: Parasite – Bong Joon-ho 2020: Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg

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Hiroshi Inagaki

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