Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999 · Movie
as Self - Childhood Friend
Senkichi Taniguchi
1912-02-19
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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
Filmography
Crew Credits
Godzilla Fantasia
1984 · Movie
Director
Japan World Expo
1971 · Movie
Director
Wild Ducks and Green Onions
1968 · Movie
Director
The Killing Bottle
1967 · Movie
Director
Adventure in Kigan Castle
1966 · Movie
Director
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
1966 · Movie
Director
Tokyo Olympiad
1965 · Movie
Associate Producer
Key of Keys
1965 · Movie
Director
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A Smell of Money
1965 · Movie
Director
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964 · Movie
Screenplay
Samurai Pirate
1963 · Movie
Director
Outpost of Hell
1963 · Movie
Director
Operation Enemy Fort
1962 · Movie
Director
The Crimson Sky
1962 · Movie
Director
Blood on the Sea
1961 · Movie
Director
The Gambling Samurai
1960 · Movie
Director
Man Against Man
1960 · Movie
Director
A Man in the Storm
1957 · Movie
Director, Writer
The Last Escape
1957 · Movie
Director
The Maiden Courtesan
1956 · Movie
Director
Love on Rainbow Island
1956 · Movie
Director
Rainy Night Duel
1956 · Movie
Writer, Director
The Wicked Boy
1956 · Movie
Director
No Response from Car 33
1955 · Movie
Screenplay, Director
The Surf
1954 · Movie
Director, Writer
The End of the Night
1953 · Movie
Director
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953 · Movie
Screenplay, Director
The Red Light Military Base
1953 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
Foghorn
1952 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
Swift Current
1952 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
Beyond Love and Hate
1951 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
Who Will Judge Me?
1951 · Movie
Director
Escape at Dawn
1950 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
Devil's Gold
1950 · Movie
Writer, Director
Stray Dog
1949 · Movie
Associate Producer
Jakoman and Tetsu
1949 · Movie
Director, Writer
The Quiet Duel
1949 · Movie
Writer
Snow Trail
1947 · Movie
Director
Wings of Victory
1942 · Movie
Assistant Director
A World of Two
1940 · Movie
Assistant Decorator
Military Train
1938 · Movie
Producer
Enoken’s Ten Millions
1936 · Movie
Assistant Director
Sports
1932 · Movie
Director
