About

Known credits:
53
Birthday:
1912-02-19
Place of birth:
Tokyo, Japan
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Senkichi Taniguchi

Overview

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Senkichi Taniguchi (February 19, 1912 – October 29, 2007) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

Born in Tokyo, Japan, he attended Waseda University but left before graduating due to his involvement in a left-wing theater troupe. He joined P.C.L. (a precursor to Toho) in 1933 and began working as an assistant director to Kajirō Yamaguchi alongside his longtime friend, acclaimed Japanese filmmaker, Akira Kurosawa. He made his feature film directing debut in 1947 with Snow Trail, which was written by Kurosawa. Snow Trial starred Toshirō Mifune in his film debut and actress Setsuko Wakayama. It helped establish Taniguchi's reputation for action film.

Taniguchi and Wakayama married in 1949 (he had earlier been married to the screenwriter Yōko Mizuki), but the couple divorced in 1956. Taniguchi married his second wife, actress Kaoru Yachigusa, in 1957. Yachigusa and Taniguchi remained together for over fifty years until his death in 2007.

Taniguchi was the screenwriter for the 1949 film, The Quiet Duel, which Kurosawa directed and which also starred Mifune. His most acclaimed film as a director was Escape at Dawn, a controversial anti-war work from 1950 about a Japanese soldier and a "comfort woman" that got into trouble with Occupation era censors. Taniguchi continued to direct movies throughout the 1950s and 1960s, but the quality of his work declined. His films from the time period include Man Against Man, The Gambling Samurai, Man In The Storm and The Lost World of Sinbad. His 1965 film International Secret Police: Key of Keys has been famously re-dubbed and re-released as What's Up, Tiger Lily? by Woody Allen. He was chosen as the supervising director of the official documentary of Expo '70.

Senkichi Taniguchi died of pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo, Japan, on October 29, 2007, at the age of 95.

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Known for

Acting
1999 Kurosawa: The Last Emperor Actor Self - Childhood Friend 58
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1952 Kin no tamago: Golden Girl Actor N/A
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Directing
1984 Godzilla Fantasia Directing Director 59
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1971 Japan World Expo Directing Director N/A
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1968 Wild Ducks and Green Onions Directing Director N/A
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1967 The Killing Bottle Directing Director 59
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1966 What's Up, Tiger Lily? Directing Director 57
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1966 Adventure in Kigan Castle Directing Director 58
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1965 A Smell of Money Directing Director N/A
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1965 Key of Keys Directing Director 59
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1963 Samurai Pirate Directing Director 58
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1963 Outpost of Hell Directing Director N/A
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1962 Operation Enemy Fort Directing Director N/A
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1962 The Crimson Sky Directing Director N/A
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1961 Blood on the Sea Directing Director N/A
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1960 Man Against Man Directing Director N/A
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1960 The Gambling Samurai Directing Director 59
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1957 A Man in the Storm Directing Director N/A
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1956 裸足の青春 Directing Director N/A
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1956 Rainy Night Duel Directing Director N/A
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1956 The Maiden Courtesan Directing Director N/A
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1955 No Response from Car 33 Directing Director 59
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1954 The Surf Directing Director N/A
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1953 Red-Light Bases Directing Director N/A
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1953 The End of the Night Directing Director N/A
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1953 My Wonderful Yellow Car Directing Director 59
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1952 Swift Current Directing Director N/A
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1952 Foghorn Directing Director N/A
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1951 Who Will Judge Me? Directing Director N/A
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1951 Beyond Love and Hate Directing Director N/A
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1950 Devil's Gold Directing Director N/A
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1950 Escape at Dawn Directing Director 59
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1949 Jakoman and Tetsu Directing Director N/A
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1947 Snow Trail Directing Director 59
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1942 Wings of Victory Directing Assistant Director 58
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1936 Enoken's The Millionaire, Part 1 Directing Assistant Director N/A
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1932 Sports Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1964 Jakoman and Tetsu Writing Screenplay 59
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1957 A Man in the Storm Writing Writer N/A
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1956 Rainy Night Duel Writing Writer N/A
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1955 No Response from Car 33 Writing Screenplay 59
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1954 The Surf Writing Writer N/A
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1953 Red-Light Bases Writing Screenplay N/A
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1953 My Wonderful Yellow Car Writing Screenplay 59
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1952 Swift Current Writing Screenplay N/A
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1952 Foghorn Writing Screenplay N/A
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1951 Beyond Love and Hate Writing Screenplay N/A
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1950 Devil's Gold Writing Writer N/A
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1950 Escape at Dawn Writing Screenplay 59
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1949 Jakoman and Tetsu Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1965 Tokyo Olympiad Production Associate Producer 60
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1949 Stray Dog Production Associate Producer 64
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1938 Military Train Production Producer 58
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