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🎬 Director

Tokuzō Tanaka

Lived · 82 Born · Sep 15, 1925 From · Osaka, Japan Films · 58

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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

Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell poster

Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell

Nemuri Kyōshirō poster

Nemuri Kyōshirō

Haunted Castle poster

Girl with Bamboo Leaves poster

Girl with Bamboo Leaves

Career timeline

1989

Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell

Nemuri Kyōshirō Notable

1987

Ronin on a Mission

Kaibyō Koi-ga-fuchi

1986

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

1985

Kyoto Yokai Map 3: The 800-Year-Old Female College Student Who Lives in Toribenyama

1981

Kyoto Yokai Map 2: A 400-Year-Old Ice Woman Living on Kirara Slope

The Shogun's Vault I

The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge

1980

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

1979

Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Tone no Watashi

1969

Girl with Bamboo Leaves Notable

1968

Hoodlum Soldier: Looting and Pillaging Notable

Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman

1967

The Last Loyalty Offering

Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack Notable

Five Star Private Notable

1966

Hoodlum Soldier's Flight to Freedom Notable

A Drop of Grease

1965

Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men Notable

Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O. Notable

Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again Notable

1964

Kojiki taishō Notable

The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords

Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege

1963

Bad Reputation: Two Notorious Men in Tokyo Notable

Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade

Zatoichi the Fugitive

1962

New Bad Reputation Continues Notable

The Whale God Notable

1961

Bad Reputation Returns

Tough Guy Notable

Koina no Ginpei Notable

1960

Scars of Honor Notable

The Demon of Mount Oe

1959

The Princess Says No

The Lord and the Gambler Notable

Ojo-kichiza Notable

1958

Bakeneko Goyōda

Frequently appears with

Hideki Takahashi

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Eiichiro Funakoshi

Masakazu Tamura

Nemuri Kyoshiro

Full filmography

Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell poster

Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell

Nemuri Kyōshirō poster

Nemuri Kyōshirō

Ronin on a Mission poster

Ronin on a Mission

Kaibyō Koi-ga-fuchi poster

Kaibyō Koi-ga-fuchi

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

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

Kyoto Yokai Map 3: The 800-Year-Old Female College Student Who Lives in Toribenyama poster

Kyoto Yokai Map 3: The 800-Year-Old Female College Student Who Lives in Toribenyama

Kyoto Yokai Map 2: A 400-Year-Old Ice Woman Living on Kirara Slope poster

Kyoto Yokai Map 2: A 400-Year-Old Ice Woman Living on Kirara Slope

The Shogun's Vault I poster

The Shogun's Vault I

The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge poster

The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge

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

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

Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Tone no Watashi poster

Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Tone no Watashi

Haunted Castle poster

Girl with Bamboo Leaves poster

Girl with Bamboo Leaves

手錠無用 poster

Secrets of a Woman's Temple poster

Secrets of a Woman's Temple

Hoodlum Soldier: Looting and Pillaging poster

Hoodlum Soldier: Looting and Pillaging

The Snow Woman poster

Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman poster

Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman

The Last Loyalty Offering poster

The Last Loyalty Offering

Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack poster

Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack

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