Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-12-10

Deathday

2022-01-09 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Akira Inoue

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.

Known For

7.0%

The Tale of Zatoichi Continues

Oct 12, 1962

6.6%

An Actor's Revenge

Jan 13, 1963

6.6%

Zatoichi's Revenge

Apr 3, 1965

8.5%

Monkey

Oct 1, 1978

7.2%

Samurai Vendetta

Nov 22, 1959

7.6%

Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict

Feb 6, 1993

6.3%

Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess

Mar 12, 1966

6.5%

The Blind Menace

Sep 1, 1960

6.8%

Jirocho Fuji

Jun 3, 1959

6.3%

Lord Nobunaga's Early Days

Mar 17, 1959

JF2

5.7%

Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous

Jun 1, 1960

8.0%

Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow

Apr 6, 2007

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Directing

2022

Korosuna as Director

2017

小ぬか雨 as Director

2016

Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife as Director

2015		Fuyu no Hi as Director
2015		Osoi Shiawase as Director

2012

One Day in January as Director

2011

Onihei Gaiden: The Night Rabbit as Director

2007		Chichi kara no tegami as Director
2007		Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow as Director

2006

Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits as Director

2005

Samurai Justice: A Duel at Takadanobara as Director

2004		Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel as Director
2004		10 Years - A Wife's Betrayal as Director

1998		Nemuri Kyōshirō 4: The Woman Who Loved Kyoshiro as Director
1998		Kagerō 4 as Director

1997

Benkei as Director

1996

Nemuri Kyōshirō 3: The Man with No Tomorrow as Director

1993		Nemuri Kyôshirô 2: Conspiracy in Edo Castle as Director
1993		A Samurai's Sorrow as Director
1993		Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict as Director
1993		Hanzo, the Razor as Director

1992

森の石松 as Director

1991

The love song of farewell later as Director

1990

HOTEL as Director

1987

Shishamo and the Widow as Director

1986

Mofuku no niau hitozuma futari as Director

1983		The Fir Trees Remain as Director
1983		Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin as Director
1983		Shadow Hunters as Director
1983		Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl as Director
1983		古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ as Director

1982		The Law of Hell as Director
1982		Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword as Director
1982		Pinwheel Hamakichi’s Spell 2 as Director

1981		Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell as Director
1981		Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage as Director

1980

Tennō no Ryōriban as Director

1979

Yasei no Shōmei as Director

1978

Monkey as Director

1977

Corrosed Syndicate as Director

1975

Unified Shadows as Director

1974

Fateful Mountain Pass as Director

1973

Sengoku Rock Hagure Kiba as Director

1969

Kanto Woman Fortitude as Director

1968		Kanto Woman Yakuza as Director
1968		The Night before Pearl Harbor as Director
1968		Women's Prison as Director

1967		Invitation to Jail as Director
1967		Secret Assignment as Director

1966		Drunken Harbor as Director
1966		Dynamite Doctor Returns as Director
1966		Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity as Director
1966		Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess as Director

1965

Zatoichi's Revenge as Director

1964		The Battle Begins at Night as Director
1964		Black Weapon as Director

1963

An Actor's Revenge as Assistant Director

1962

The Tale of Zatoichi Continues as Assistant Director

1961		Buddha as Assistant Director
1961		Straw hat of Itako as Director

1960		The Blind Menace as Assistant Director
1960		Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous as Assistant Director
1960		Yûrei koban as Director
1960		Mission Accomplished as Assistant Director

1959		Samurai Vendetta as Assistant Director
1959		The Lord Pretends as Assistant Director
1959		Jirocho Fuji as Assistant Director
1959		Lord Nobunaga's Early Days as Assistant Director

Sound

2001

Mr. Digital Tokoro #1542 as Music

Writing

1982		The Law of Hell as Screenplay
1982		Pinwheel Hamakichi’s Spell 2 as Screenplay

1981

Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell as Screenplay