Minoru Inuzuka
Minoru Inuzuka was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Starting out as a screenwriter at Shochiku in 1924, he also participated in the production of Teinosuke Kinugasa's A Page of Madness. When Chōjirō Hayashi became a jidaigeki star at Shochiku, Inuzuka directed many of his films. After World War II, Inuzuka returned to specializing in screenplays and was known for his scripts for the Zatoichi series. He published his autobiography in 2002, and died in 2007 at the age of 106. When he died, he was called the last surviving director to have directed a silent film in the 1920s. Inuzuka wrote scripts for over 150 films and directed over 50.
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Zatoichi in Desperation
writer
1972
Zatoichi's Revenge
writer
1965
Ninja Killers
writer
1964
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
writer
1964
Zatoichi on the Road
writer
1963
New Tale of Zatoichi
writer
1963
The Lightning Sword
writer
1962
The Paper Crane
writer
1962
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
writer
1962
The Tale of Zatoichi
writer
1962
Koina no Ginpei
writer
1961
The Blind Menace
writer
1960
Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane
writer
1960
Stop the Old Fox
writer
1959
Ojo-kichiza
writer
1959
Secret of Naruto
writer
1957
Inazuma Kaidō
writer
1957
Flowery Hood 2
writer
1956
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
writer
1956
Iroha Elegy
writer
1955
The Young Lord
writer
1955
Tsumakoi kuroda bushi
writer
1954
Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa
director
1952
Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa
writer
1952
A Page of Madness
writer
1926