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Senkichi Taniguchi

Directing

1.2 Popularity Feb 19, 1912 (95 years old) Tokyo, Japan

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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...

Biography

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 53

1999
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor Movie

as Self - Childhood Friend

1984
Godzilla Fantasia Movie

Director

1971
Japan World Expo Movie

Director

1968
1967
The Killing Bottle Movie

Director

1966
1966
1965
A Smell of Money Movie

Director

1965
Key of Keys Movie

Director

1965
Tokyo Olympiad Movie

Associate Producer

1964
Jakoman and Tetsu Movie

Screenplay

1963
Samurai Pirate Movie

Director

1963
Outpost of Hell Movie

Director

1962
Operation Enemy Fort Movie

Director

1962
The Crimson Sky Movie

Director

1961
Blood on the Sea Movie

Director

1960
Man Against Man Movie

Director

1960
The Gambling Samurai Movie

Director

1957
A Man in the Storm Movie

Director

1957

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Personal Details

Known For Directing
Gender Not specified
Birthday February 19, 1912 (95 years old)
Died October 29, 2007
Place of Birth Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As Сэнкити Танигути
Years Active 1932 - 1999
Popularity 1.2
Career Stats
53 Total Credits
2 Movie Roles
3 Photos