Hiroshi Inagaki

Japanese director, screenwriter, producer, actor (1905–1980)

Born

30 December 1905, Tokyo

Died

21 May 1980

Citizenship

Japan, Empire of Japan

Occupation

actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer, director

Films here

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Hiroshi Inagaki (Japanese: 稲垣 浩, Hepburn: Inagaki Hiroshi; 30 December 1905 – 1 May 1980) was a Japanese filmmaker who worked on over 100 films in a career spanning over five decades. He is one of the most successful and critically acclaimed filmmakers in the history of Japanese cinema, having directed several jidaigeki epics such as the 1954 Academy Award-winning film Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, and its two sequels Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) and Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956).

Filmography (martial arts films)

Frequent collaborators

• Toshirō Mifune
• Daisuke Katō
• Takashi Shimura
• Mariko Okada
• Kōji Tsuruta
• Kaoru Yachigusa
• Akihiko Hirata
• Haruo Tanaka
• Yuriko Hoshi

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q960868 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.