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'''Tokuzo Tanaka''' {{Nihongo|田中 徳三|Tanaka Tokuzō}} was a [[Japan]]ese film and television director. He worked for [[Kadokawa|Daiei Kyoto Studio]] from 1948 to the company's bankruptcy in 1971, after which he became a freelance director.<ref name="JW">[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E4%B8%AD%E5%BE%B3%E4%B8%89 田中徳三 on Japanese Wikipedia]</ref> He was best known for period dramas, including entries in the ''[[wikipedia:Zatoichi|Zatoichi]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Nemuri Kyōshirō|Nemuri Kyoshiro]]'' series, and yakuza films, including the majority of the ''[[wikipedia:The Hoodlum Soldier|Heitai Yakuza]]'' series. He also directed several genre films, two of which featured giant creatures that predated the ''[[Gamera (franchise)|Gamera]]'' series.
'''Tokuzo Tanaka''' {{Nihongo|田中 徳三|Tanaka Tokuzō}} was a [[Japan]]ese film and television director. He worked for [[Kadokawa|Daiei Kyoto Studio]] from 1948 to the company's bankruptcy in 1971, after which he became a freelance director.<ref name="JW">[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E4%B8%AD%E5%BE%B3%E4%B8%89 田中徳三 on Japanese Wikipedia]</ref> He was best known for period dramas, including entries in the ''[[wikipedia:Zatoichi|Zatoichi]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Nemuri Kyōshirō|Nemuri Kyoshiro]]'' series, and yakuza films, including the majority of the ''[[wikipedia:The Hoodlum Soldier|Heitai Yakuza]]'' series. He also directed several genre films, two of which featured giant creatures that predated the ''[[Gamera (franchise)|Gamera]]'' series.
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==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
===First assistant director===
*''Attacking Sun Wukong'' (1954)
*''[[wikipedia:Suzunosuke Akado: The Birdman with Three Eyes|Suzunosuke Akado: Bird Man with Three Eyes]]'' (1958)
===Director===
===Director===
*''[[The Demon of Mount Oe]]'' (1960)
*''[[The Ogre of Oeyama]]'' (1960)
*[[Kujira Gami (film)|''Kujira Gami'']] (1962)
*''[[Killer Whale (film)|Killer Whale]]'' (1962)
*''The Snow Woman'' (1968)
==Gallery==
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==References==
==References==
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{{Real People}}
{{Real People|tab=Director}}
{{Comments}}
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[[Category:Directors]]

Latest revision as of 05:12, 31 December 2023

Tokuzo Tanaka
Tokuzo Tanaka filming a Zatoichi film
Born September 15, 1920
Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Died December 20, 2007
First work Rashomon (1950)
Notable work Zatoichi the Fugitive (1962)
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Tokuzo Tanaka (田中 徳三,   Tanaka Tokuzō) was a Japanese film and television director. He worked for Daiei Kyoto Studio from 1948 to the company's bankruptcy in 1971, after which he became a freelance director.[1] He was best known for period dramas, including entries in the Zatoichi and Nemuri Kyoshiro series, and yakuza films, including the majority of the Heitai Yakuza series. He also directed several genre films, two of which featured giant creatures that predated the Gamera series.

Selected filmography

First assistant director

Director

Gallery

References

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