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Akira Inoue

Akira Inoue

Director · 1928–2022 · 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.

Directed 71

2020s

  1. 2022

    Korosuna

    Director

2010s

  1. 2017

    Hashi Monogatari: Konuka Ame

    Director

  2. 2016

    Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife

    Director

  3. 2015

    Fuyu no Hi

    Director

  4. Osoi Shiawase

    Director

  5. 2012

    One Day in January

    Director

  6. 2011

    Onihei Gaiden: Kumagoro’s Face

    Director

  7. Onihei Gaiden: The Night Rabbit

    Director

2000s

  1. 2007

    Chichi kara no tegami

    Director

  2. Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow

    Director

  3. 2006

    Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits

    Director

  4. 2005

    Samurai Justice: A Duel at Takadanobara

    Director

  5. 2004

    Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel

    Director

  6. 10 Years - A Wife's Betrayal

    Director

1990s

  1. 1998

    Nemuri Kyōshirō 4: The Woman Who Loved Kyoshiro

    Director

  2. Kagerō 4

    Director

  3. 1997

    Benkei

    Director

  4. 1996

    Nemuri Kyōshirō 3: The Man with No Tomorrow

    Director

  5. 1993

    Nemuri Kyôshirô 2: Conspiracy in Edo Castle

    Director

  6. A Samurai's Sorrow

    Director

  7. Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict

    Director

  8. Hanzo, the Razor

    Director

  9. 1992

    森の石松

    Director

  10. 1991

    The love song of farewell later

    Director

1980s

  1. 1987

    Shishamo and the Widow

    Director

  2. The Thief and the Expelled Master

    Director

  3. 1986

    Mofuku no niau hitozuma futari

    Director

  4. 1984

    The Fox Dancing in the Dusk

    Director

  5. 1983

    The Fir Trees Remain

    Director

  6. Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin

    Director

  7. Shadow Hunters

    Director

  8. Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl

    Director

  9. 1982

    The Law of Hell

    Director

  10. Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword

    Director

  11. Pinwheel Hamakichi’s Spell 2

    Director

  12. 1981

    Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell

    Director

  13. Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage

    Director

  14. 1980

    Tennō no Ryōriban

    Director

  15. Yagyu Abaretabi

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979

    Yasei no Shōmei

    Director

  2. 1978
  3. 1977

    Fushoku no kōzō

    Director

  4. 1975

    Unified Shadows

    Director

  5. 1974

    Fateful Mountain Pass

    Director

  6. 1973

    Sengoku Rock Hagure Kiba

    Director

1960s

  1. 1969
  2. 1968

    Kanto Woman Yakuza

    Director

  3. The Night before Pearl Harbor

    Director

  4. Women's Prison

    Director

  5. 1967

    Invitation to Jail

    Director

  6. Secret Assignment

    Director

  7. 1966

    Drunken Harbor

    Director

  8. Dynamite Doctor Returns

    Director

  9. Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity

    Director

  10. 1965

    Zatoichi's Revenge

    Director

  11. 1964

    Showdown at Night's End

    Director

  12. Black Weapon

    Director

  13. 1963

    An Actor's Revenge

    Assistant Director

  14. 1962

    The Tale of Zatoichi Continues

    Assistant Director

  15. 1961

    Buddha

    Assistant Director

  16. Straw Hat of Itako

    Director

  17. 1960

    The Blind Menace

    Assistant Director

  18. Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous

    Assistant Director

  19. Yûrei koban

    Director

  20. Mission Accomplished

    Assistant Director

1950s

  1. 1959

    Samurai Vendetta

    Assistant Director

  2. The Lord Pretends

    Assistant Director

  3. Jirocho Fuji

    Assistant Director

  4. Lord Nobunaga's Early Days

    Assistant Director

Wrote 3

1980s

  1. 1982

    The Law of Hell

    Screenplay

  2. Pinwheel Hamakichi’s Spell 2

    Screenplay

  3. 1981

    Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell

    Screenplay