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Yōzō Tanaka

Writer · Born May 17, 1939 · Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan

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Biography

Yōzō Tanaka is a Japanese screenwriter. He was born in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. After joining the production department of Nichigeki Music Hall, he started writing radio scripts. While he was a student at Waseda University, he met Atsushi Yamatoya and Kaname Kawachi. Before becoming a screenwriter, Tanaka worked as a reporter, conducting a series of interviews with eccentrics in the magazine Weekly Sankei. After joining Nikkatsu, he joined a screenwriting team led by director Seijun Suzuki. Individuals in this group such as Tanaka, Yamatoya, and Chūsei Sone also contributed to various projects at Wakamatsu Productions during this period of the 1960s. He is also a driving force behind the heyday of Nikkatsu Roman Porno, writing numerous screenplays. He continued to collaborate with fellow veterans of the aforementioned series such as Shinji Sōmai and Kichitaro Negishi. His disciples include Haruhiko Arai and Miho Nakazono. In 2005, he worked as an associate professor at the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts. In 2017, a book of Yōzō Tanaka's essays and other archival materials such as interviews and screenplays was published.

Wrote 71

2000s

  1. 2009

    Villon's Wife

    Screenplay

    69
  2. 2004

    Translucent Tree

    Screenplay

1990s

  1. 1996

    New Ghost Pub

    Screenplay

  2. 1994

    Ghost Pub

    Screenplay

  3. The Friends

    Screenplay

    71
  4. 1991

    Yumeji

    Screenplay

1980s

  1. 1987

    Luminous Woman

    Screenplay

  2. The Lady in a Black Dress

    Screenplay

  3. 1986

    Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy

    Writer

  4. Cabaret

    Screenplay

  5. 1985

    Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion

    Screenplay

  6. Moment of Demon

    Screenplay

  7. 1984

    Shanghai Rhapsody

    Screenplay

  8. Make-Up

    Screenplay

  9. 1983

    The Catch

    Screenplay

  10. 1981

    Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

    Screenplay

    66

  11. Kagero-za

    Screenplay

  12. Love Letter

    Screenplay

  13. Baian the Assassin

    Screenplay

  14. Female Teacher: Dirty Afternoon

    Screenplay

    60
  15. 1980

    Woman's Trail: Wet Path

    Screenplay

  16. Zigeunerweisen

    Screenplay

1970s

  1. 1979

    Detective Story

    Writer

  2. The Shogun Assassins

    Screenplay

    62

  3. Secret of One Summer

    Screenplay

  4. The Rivals

    Screenplay

  5. The Inferno

    Screenplay

  6. No Grave for Us

    Screenplay

  7. Forbidden Ordeal

    Screenplay

  8. 1978

    Young Beast: Secret Pleasures

    Screenplay

  9. Harry and His Geisha Girls

    Story

  10. Mrs. Muremure

    Screenplay

  11. 1977

    Gate of Flesh

    Screenplay

  12. Hell's Angels: Crimson Roar

    Screenplay

  13. In the Realm of Sex

    Screenplay

  14. Ah! That Pep Squad 3 -Tears of a Man-

    Screenplay

  15. Case of the Disjointed Murder

    Screenplay

  16. The General and His Empire of Joy

    Writer

  17. 1976

    Ah! That Pep Squad 2 -Put on a Good Act-

    Screenplay

  18. Ah! That Pep Squad

    Screenplay

  19. Tsumatachi no gogo wa yori: kannō no ori

    Screenplay

  20. Violent Panic: The Big Crash

    Screenplay

  21. Virgin Breaker Yuki II: Western Licensed District

    Screenplay

  22. 1975

    The Accident

    Writer

  23. New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss

    Screenplay

    73

  24. Story of a Nymphomaniac

    Screenplay

  25. Virgin Breaker Yuki

    Screenplay

  26. Housewife's Experience: Tenement

    Screenplay

  27. Hanjiro, A Great Philanderer

    Screenplay

  28. 1974

    Hihon: Sode to sode

    Screenplay

  29. Wife to Be Sacrificed

    Screenplay

    56

  30. Morning Frenzy

    Screenplay

  31. Flower & Snake

    Screenplay

    56

  32. Jitsuroku Erogotoshitachi: Jungyô Hanadensya

    Screenplay

  33. Zoku tameiki

    Screenplay

  34. Secret of the College Girls: Part-Time Sex Pros

    Screenplay

  35. 1973

    Trapped in Lust

    Screenplay

  36. Secret Chronicle: Crimson Goddess in Paradise

    Screenplay

  37. Yakuza Justice: Erotic Code of Honor

    Screenplay

  38. Handbook on Love

    Screenplay

  39. The Hell-Fated Courtesan

    Screenplay

  40. Naked Resume: True Story of Kazuko Shirakawa

    Screenplay

  41. Horror Theater Unbalance

    Writer

  42. A Mummy’s Love

    Screenplay

  43. 1972

    Maruhi: Benten gokaichō

    Screenplay

  44. Secret Chronicle: Prostitution Market

    Screenplay

  45. Foreigner's Mistress Oman: Tempestuous Skin

    Screenplay

1960s

  1. 1967

    Branded to Kill

    Screenplay

  2. 1966

    Season of Betrayal

    Screenplay

Directed 1

1960s

  1. 1966

    Season of Betrayal

    Assistant Director