Hiroshi Inagaki (稲垣 浩, Inagaki Hiroshi, 30 December 1905 â€" 21
May 1980) was a Japanese filmmaker best remembered for the Academy
Award-winning Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, which was released 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 ChiezÅ Kataoka's
ChiezÅ 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". 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.His film MuhÅ matsu no isshÅ (Rickshaw Man, 1943) was
selected as the 8th best Japanese film of all time in a 1989 poll of
Japanese critics and filmmakers. 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.
May 1980) was a Japanese filmmaker best remembered for the Academy
Award-winning Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, which was released 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 ChiezÅ Kataoka's
ChiezÅ 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". 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.His film MuhÅ matsu no isshÅ (Rickshaw Man, 1943) was
selected as the 8th best Japanese film of all time in a 1989 poll of
Japanese critics and filmmakers. 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.
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