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Senkichi Taniguchi

Senkichi Taniguchi

Actor, Director, Writer

Born February 19, 1912 in Tokyo, Japan

Died October 29, 2007

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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.

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Filmography

Actor

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Type

Year

Kurosawa: The Last Emperor Poster

Kurosawa: The Last Emperor Documentary1999Self - Childhood Friend

Kin no tamago: Golden girl Poster

Kin no tamago: Golden girl Feature Film1952

Director

36

Gojira Fantajî: SF Kôkyô Fantajî Poster

Gojira Fantajî: SF Kôkyô Fantajî Feature Film1984

Kamo to negi Poster

Kamo to negi Feature Film1968

The Killing Bottle Poster

The Killing Bottle Feature Film1967

Adventure in Kigan Castle Poster

Adventure in Kigan Castle Feature Film1966

What's Up, Tiger Lily? Poster

What's Up, Tiger Lily? Feature Film1966

Key of Keys Poster

Key of Keys Feature Film1965

The Smell of Money Feature Film1965

Dokuritsu kikanjûtai imada shagekichu Poster

Dokuritsu kikanjûtai imada shagekichu Feature Film1963

The Lost World of Sinbad Poster

The Lost World of Sinbad Feature Film1963

Kurenai no sora Poster

Kurenai no sora Feature Film1962

Yama-neko sakusen Poster

Yama-neko sakusen Feature Film1962

Blood on the Sea Feature Film1961

Man Against Man Poster

Man Against Man Feature Film1960

The Gambling Samurai Poster

The Gambling Samurai Feature Film1960

A Man in the Storm Poster

A Man in the Storm Feature Film1957

Saigo no dasso Feature Film1957

Shizukanaru otoko Feature Film1957

Furyô shônen Feature Film1956

Hadashi no seishun Poster

Hadashi no seishun Feature Film1956

Rainy Night Duel Poster

Rainy Night Duel Feature Film1956

The Maiden Courtesan Poster

The Maiden Courtesan Feature Film1956

No Response from Car 33 Poster

No Response from Car 33 Feature Film1955

Shiosai Feature Film1954

Akasen kichi Poster

Akasen kichi Feature Film1953

My Wonderful Yellow Car Poster

My Wonderful Yellow Car Feature Film1953

Yoru no owari Poster

Yoru no owari Feature Film1953

Foghorn Feature Film1952

Swift Current Poster

Swift Current Feature Film1952

Beyond Love and Hate Poster

Beyond Love and Hate Feature Film1951

Dare ga watashi o sabaku no ka Poster

Dare ga watashi o sabaku no ka Feature Film1951

Shi no dangai Feature Film1951

Desertion at Dawn Poster

Desertion at Dawn Feature Film1950

Ma no ogon Poster

Ma no ogon Feature Film1950

Jakoman and Tetsu Poster

Jakoman and Tetsu Feature Film1949

Snow Trail Poster

Snow Trail Feature Film1947

Toho Show Boat Feature Film1946

Writer

19

Jakoman to Tetsu Poster

Jakoman to Tetsu Feature Film1964

A Man in the Storm Poster

A Man in the Storm Feature Film1957

Shizukanaru otoko Feature Film1957

Rainy Night Duel Poster

Rainy Night Duel Feature Film1956

No Response from Car 33 Poster

No Response from Car 33 Feature Film1955

Shiosai Feature Film1954

Akasen kichi Poster

Akasen kichi Feature Film1953

My Wonderful Yellow Car Poster

My Wonderful Yellow Car Feature Film1953

Foghorn Feature Film1952

Swift Current Poster

Swift Current Feature Film1952

Beyond Love and Hate Poster

Beyond Love and Hate Feature Film1951

Shi no dangai Feature Film1951

Desertion at Dawn Poster

Desertion at Dawn Feature Film1950

Ma no ogon Poster

Ma no ogon Feature Film1950

Jakoman and Tetsu Poster

Jakoman and Tetsu Feature Film1949

The Quiet Duel Poster

The Quiet Duel Feature Film1949

Snow Trail Poster

Snow Trail Feature Film1947

Toho Show Boat Feature Film1946

Jinsei keiba Feature Film1938

Producer

6

Type

Year

Hokkaidô monogatari Documentary1968

Tokyo Olympiad Poster

Tokyo Olympiad Documentary1965

Yama-neko sakusen Poster

Yama-neko sakusen Feature Film1962

Haru no tawamure Poster

Haru no tawamure Feature Film1949

Stray Dog Poster

Stray Dog Feature Film1949

Military Train Poster

Military Train Feature Film1938

2nd Unit / Asst Director

3

Ina no Kantarô Poster

Ina no Kantarô Feature Film1943

Futari no sekai Feature Film1940

Enoken's Ten Millions Poster

Enoken's Ten Millions Feature Film1936

Production Manager

2

Wakaki hi no yorokobi Poster

Wakaki hi no yorokobi Feature Film1943

Shiroi hekiga Feature Film1942

Editor

1

Snow Trail Poster

Snow Trail Feature Film1947

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