Senkichi Taniguchi
Senkichi Taniguchi
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Senkichi Taniguchi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
54
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-02-19 (113 years old)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Acting

1999

Kurosawa: The Last Emperor as Self - Childhood Friend

1952

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl as Not available
Crew

1984

Godzilla Fantasia Director

1971

Japan World Expo Director

1967

The Killing Bottle Director

1965

Tokyo Olympiad Associate Producer

1965

Key of Keys Director

1965

A Smell of Money Director

1964

Jakoman and Tetsu Screenplay

1963

Samurai Pirate Director

1963

Outpost of Hell Director

1962

Operation Enemy Fort Director

1962

The Crimson Sky Director

1961

Blood on the Sea Director

1960

The Gambling Samurai Director

1960

Man Against Man Director

1957

A Man in the Storm Director

1957

A Man in the Storm Writer

1956

The Maiden Courtesan Director

1956

Rainy Night Duel Director

1956

Rainy Night Duel Writer

1955

No Response from Car 33 Screenplay

1954

The Surf Director

1954

The Surf Writer

1953

The End of the Night Director

1953

My Wonderful Yellow Car Screenplay

1953

Red-Light Bases Director

1953

Red-Light Bases Screenplay

1952

Foghorn Director

1952

Foghorn Screenplay

1952

Swift Current Director

1952

Swift Current Screenplay

1951

Beyond Love and Hate Director

1951

Beyond Love and Hate Screenplay

1951

Who Will Judge Me? Director

1950

Escape at Dawn Director

1950

Escape at Dawn Screenplay

1950

Devil's Gold Director

1950

Devil's Gold Writer

1949

Stray Dog Associate Producer

1949

Jakoman and Tetsu Director

1949

Jakoman and Tetsu Writer

1949

The Quiet Duel Writer

1947

Snow Trail Director

1942

Wings of Victory Assistant Director

1938

Military Train Producer

1936

Enoken’s Ten Millions Assistant Director

1932

Sports Director