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Akira Inoue

Akira Inoue

Akira Inoue

1928-12-10

Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

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Biography

Akira Inoue was born on 10 December 1928 in Kyoto, Japan. He was a director and assistant director, known for Zatoichi's Revenge (1965), Showdown at Night's End (1964) and Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell 2 (1982). He died on 9 January 2022 in Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan.

Best known for:

The Tale of Zatoichi Continues

An Actor's Revenge

Zatoichi's Revenge

Monkey

Samurai Vendetta

Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict

The Blind Menace

Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess

Jirocho Fuji

Lord Nobunaga's Early Days

Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous

Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow

Korosuna

Secret Assignment

The Night before Pearl Harbor

Kanto Woman Yakuza

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series

Shadow Hunters

Nemuri Kyôshirô 2: Conspiracy in Edo Castle

Nemuri Kyōshirō 4: The Woman Who Loved Kyoshiro

小ぬか雨

The Lord Pretends

Mission Accomplished

Yûrei koban

Buddha

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Filmography:

Samurai Vendetta (1959)
WORK AS:
Assistant Director
Jirocho Fuji (1959)
WORK AS:
Assistant Director
The Lord Pretends (1959)
WORK AS:
Assistant Director
Lord Nobunaga's Early Days (1959)
WORK AS:
Assistant Director
The Blind Menace (1960)
WORK AS:
Assistant Director
Mission Accomplished (1960)
WORK AS:
Assistant Director
Yûrei koban (1960)
WORK AS:
Director
Buddha (1961)
WORK AS:
Assistant Director

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Straw hat of Itako (1961)
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Director
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)
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Assistant Director
An Actor's Revenge (1963)
5.2
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Assistant Director
Black Weapon (1964)
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Director
The Battle Begins at Night (1964)
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Director
Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)
5.3
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Director
Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess (1966)
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Director
Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity (1966)
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Director

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Dynamite Doctor Returns (1966)
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Director
Drunken Harbor (1966)
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Director
Secret Assignment (1967)
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Director
Invitation to Jail (1967)
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Director
The Night before Pearl Harbor (1968)
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Director
Women's Prison (1968)
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Director
Kanto Woman Yakuza (1968)
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Director
Kanto Woman Fortitude (1969)
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Director
Sengoku Rock Hagure Kiba (1973)
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Director
Fateful Mountain Pass (1974)
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Director
Unified Shadows (1975)
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Director
Fushoku no kōzō (1977)
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Director
Monkey (1978)
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Director
Yasei no Shōmei (1979)
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Director
Tennō no Ryōriban (1980)
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Director
Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell (1981)
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Screenplay, Director
Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage (1981)
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Director
Pinwheel Hamakichi’s Spell 2 (1982)
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Director, Screenplay
The Law of Hell (1982)
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Director, Screenplay
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword (1982)
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Director
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin (1983)
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Director
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series (1983)
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Director
Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl (1983)
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Director
The Fir Trees Remain (1983)
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Director
Shadow Hunters (1983)
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Director
Mofuku no niau hitozuma futari (1986)
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Director
Shishamo and the Widow (1987)
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Director
The Thief and the Expelled Master (1987)
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Director
HOTEL (1990)
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Director
The love song of farewell later (1991)
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Director
森の石松 (1992)
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Director
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict (1993)
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Director
Nemuri Kyôshirô 2: Conspiracy in Edo Castle (1993)
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Director
A Samurai's Sorrow (1993)
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Director
Hanzo, the Razor (1993)
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Director
Nemuri Kyōshirō 3: The Man with No Tomorrow (1996)
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Director
Benkei (1997)
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Director
Nemuri Kyōshirō 4: The Woman Who Loved Kyoshiro (1998)
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Director
Kagerō 4 (1998)
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Director
Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel (2004)
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Director
10 Years - A Wife's Betrayal (2004)
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Director
Samurai Justice: A Duel at Takadanobara (2005)
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Director
Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits (2006)
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Director
Chichi kara no tegami (2007)
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Director
Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow (2007)
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Director
Onihei Gaiden: The Night Rabbit (2011)
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Director
One Day in January (2012)
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Director
Fuyu no Hi (2015)
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Director
Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife (2016)
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Director
小ぬか雨 (2017)
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Director
Korosuna (2022)
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Director