Senkichi Taniguchi

Directing·Feb 19, 1912·Tokyo, Japan

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Senkichi Taniguchi (February 19, 1912 – October 29, 2007) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Born in Tokyo, Japan, he attended Waseda University but left before graduating due to his involvement in a left-wing theater troupe. He joined P.C.L. (a precursor to Toho) in 1933 and began working as an assistant director to Kajirō Yamaguchi alongside his longtime friend, acclaimed Japanese filmmaker, Akira Kurosawa. He made his feature film directing debut in 1947 with Snow Trail, which was written by Kurosawa. Snow Trial starred Toshirō Mifune in his film debut and actress Setsuko Wakayama. It helped establish Taniguchi's reputation for action film. Taniguchi and Wakayama married in 1949 (he had earlier been married to the screenwriter Yōko Mizuki), but the couple divorced in 1956. Taniguchi married his second wife, actress Kaoru Yachigusa, in 1957. Yachigusa and Taniguchi remained together for over fifty years until his death in 2007. Taniguchi was the screenwriter for the 1949 film, The Quiet Duel, which Kurosawa directed and which also starred Mifune. His most acclaimed film as a director was Escape at Dawn, a controversial anti-war work from 1950 about a Japanese soldier and a "comfort woman" that got into trouble with Occupation era censors. Taniguchi continued to direct movies throughout the 1950s and 1960s, but the quality of his work declined. His films from the time period include Man Against Man, The Gambling Samurai, Man In The Storm and The Lost World of Sinbad. His 1965 film International Secret Police: Key of Keys has been famously re-dubbed and re-released as What's Up, Tiger Lily? by Woody Allen. He was chosen as the supervising director of the official documentary of Expo '70. Senkichi Taniguchi died of pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo, Japan, on October 29, 2007, at the age of 95. Description above from the Wikipedia article Senkichi Taniguchi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Film	Credit
Godzilla Fantasia1984 · Director	Director
Japan World Expo1971 · Director	Director
Wild Ducks and Green Onions1968 · Director	Director
The Killing Bottle1967 · Director	Director
What's Up, Tiger Lily?1966 · Director	Director
Adventure in Kigan Castle1966 · Director	Director
AA Smell of Money1965 · Director	Director
Key of Keys1965 · Director	Director
Samurai Pirate1963 · Director	Director
Outpost of Hell1963 · Director	Director
Operation Enemy Fort1962 · Director	Director
The Crimson Sky1962 · Director	Director
Blood on the Sea1961 · Director	Director
Man Against Man1960 · Director	Director
The Gambling Samurai1960 · Director	Director
Faraway Man1957 · Director	Director
The Last Escape1957 · Director	Director
A Man in the Storm1957 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Love on Rainbow Island1956 · Director	Director
The Wicked Boy1956 · Director	Director
Rainy Night Duel1956 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Maiden Courtesan1956 · Director	Director
No Response from Car 331955 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Surf1954 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Red Light Military Base1953 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The End of the Night1953 · Director	Director
My Wonderful Yellow Car1953 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Swift Current1952 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Foghorn1952 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Who Will Judge Me?1951 · Director	Director
Beyond Love and Hate1951 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Devil's Gold1950 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Escape at Dawn1950 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Jakoman and Tetsu1949 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Snow Trail1947 · Director	Director
Sports1932 · Director	Director