Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-09-15

Deathday

2007-12-20 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Osaka, Japan

Tokuzō Tanaka

Biography

Tokuzō Tanaka (田中徳三, Tanaka Tokuzō, September 15, 1920 – December 20, 2007) was a Japanese film director. He is well known for directing Zatoichi series and Nemuri Kyōshirō series films.

Known For

8.1%

Rashomon

Aug 26, 1950

8.0%

Ugetsu

Mar 26, 1953

8.1%

Sansho the Bailiff

Mar 31, 1954

7.8%

The Crucified Lovers

Nov 23, 1954

6.9%

New Tale of Zatoichi

Mar 15, 1963

6.9%

Zatoichi the Fugitive

Aug 9, 1963

6.8%

Zatoichi's Vengeance

May 3, 1966

7.1%

Conflagration

Sep 22, 1958

6.7%

The Snow Woman

Apr 20, 1968

6.3%

The Betrayal

Jul 2, 1966

6.2%

Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege

Jul 10, 1964

5.2%

Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade

Nov 2, 1963

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Directing

1991

Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit as Director

1989		Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell as Director
1989		Nemuri Kyōshirō as Director

1987		Ronin on a Mission as Director
1987		Kaibyō Koi-ga-fuchi as Director

1986

Kyoto Yokai Map 4: The 400-Year-Old Adulterous Female doctor Living in Kawaramachi as Director

1983		古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ as Director
1983		Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun as Director

1982

Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records as Director

1981		Kyoto Yokai Map 2: A 400-Year-Old Ice Woman Living on Kirara Slope as Director
1981		The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge as Director

1980

Kyoto Yokai Map 1: A 900-Year-Old New Bride Living in Sagano as Director

1979		Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Tone no Watashi as Director
1979		Japanese Masterpiece Ghost Story Theatre as Director
1979		Hissatsu Shigotonin as Director
1979		The 47 Ronins of Ako as Director

1973		Lone Wolf and Cub as Director
1973		Kenkaku Shōbai as Director

1972

Hayato is Coming as Director

1970

Crescent Scarred Hatamoto as Director

1969		Haunted Castle as Director
1969		Girl with Bamboo Leaves as Director
1969		手錠無用 as Director
1969		Secrets of a Woman's Temple as Director

1968		Hoodlum Soldier: Looting and Pillaging as Director
1968		The Snow Woman as Director
1968		Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman as Director

1967		The Last Loyalty Offering as Director
1967		Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack as Director
1967		Five Star Private as Director
1967		Assignment Dragon No. 3 as Director

1966		Hoodlum Soldier's Flight to Freedom as Director
1966		A Drop of Grease as Director
1966		The Betrayal as Director
1966		Zatoichi's Vengeance as Director
1966		Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms as Director
1966		The Hoodlum Soldier Deserts Again as Director

1965		Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men as Director
1965		Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O. as Director
1965		Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again as Director
1965		Bloody Shuriken as Director

1964		Kojiki taishō as Director
1964		The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords as Director
1964		Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege as Director
1964		Homeless Dog as Director

1963		Bad Reputation: Two Notorious Men in Tokyo as Director
1963		Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade as Director
1963		Zatoichi the Fugitive as Director
1963		A Samurai Never Tells a Lie as Director
1963		New Tale of Zatoichi as Director
1963		Bad Reputation of the Big Three as Director

1962		New Bad Reputation Continues as Director
1962		Ken ni kakeru as Director
1962		The Whale God as Director
1962		Sabakareru Echizen no kami as Director
1962		誘拐 as Director

1961		Bad Reputation Returns as Director
1961		Tough Guy as Director
1961		Koina no Ginpei as Director
1961		Nuregami botan as Director
1961		Vagabonds from Badgerville as Director

1960		Scars of Honor as Director
1960		The Demon of Mount Oe as Director

1959		The Princess Says No as Director
1959		The Lord and the Gambler as Director
1959		Ojo-kichiza as Director

1958		Bakeneko Goyōda as Director
1958		Bakeneko goyō da as Director
1958		Conflagration as Assistant Director
1958		Akado Suzunosuke vs. the Birdman with 3 Eyes as Assistant Director

1954		The Crucified Lovers as Assistant Director
1954		The Great White Tiger Platoon as Assistant Director
1954		Sansho the Bailiff as Assistant Director

1953

Ugetsu as Assistant Director

1950

Rashomon as Assistant Director

Writing

1982

Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records as Screenplay