Senkichi Taniguchi (è°·å £ å ƒå ‰, Taniguchi Senkichi) (February 19,
1912 â€" 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 KajirÅ Yamamoto 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 Trail starred ToshirÅ 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 YÅ ko Mizuki), but the
couple divorced in 1956. Taniguchi married his third 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.
1912 â€" 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 KajirÅ Yamamoto 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 Trail starred ToshirÅ 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 YÅ ko Mizuki), but the
couple divorced in 1956. Taniguchi married his third 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.
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