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).
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30 December 1905 Sendagi, Tokyo, Japan
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Died |
21 May 1980 (aged 74) Tokyo, Japan
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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