Shigeo Tanaka
Shigeo Tanaka (January 7, 1907 – January 18, 1992) was a Japanese film director. Tanaka directed the second instalment of the Japanese film series Gamera, and also directed Kenshin, The Great Wall and Typhoon Reporter.
Shigeo Tanaka
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- Name
- Shigeo Tanaka
- Born
- January 7, 1907
- Birthplace
- Komikado, Katori, Chiba, Japan
- Died
- January 18, 1992 (aged 85)
- Occupation
- Film director
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
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• Name — Shigeo Tanaka • Born — January 7, 1907 • Birthplace — Komikado, Katori, Chiba, Japan • Died — January 18, 1992 (aged 85) • Occupation — Film director • Years Active — 1931-1984
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Tokai no hatoba (1932) • Haha (1939) • Aijin no chikai (1940) • The Battle of Hong Kong (1942) • Kyohan sha (1958) • Tokyo onigiri musume (1961) • Kenshin (1961) • The Great Wall (1962) • Typhoon Reporter (1963) • Furin (1965) • I'll Cry Alone (1965) • Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) • Woman Gambling Den (1966) • The Suitors (1967) • The Woman Gambler and the Nun (1968) • The Woman Gambler's Supplication (1968) • Onna tobakushi jūban shōbu (1969)
Yumeko Aizome in the 1940 film Aijin no chikai hi (愛人の誓ひ)
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『姿三四郎 第一部』（1955年）。波島進、高千穂ひづる。
産業経済新聞社（Sankei Shinbun Co., Ltd.） · 『サンケイグラフ』1955年1月30日号、産業経済新聞社 ”The Sankei Graphic”, Sankei Shinbun Co., Ltd. 1955.
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- 1.20世紀日本人名事典. 田中 重雄とは. コトバンク.
- 2.田中重雄 - 映画ならKINENOTE. www.kinenote.com.
- 3.Satō, Tadao, . Le cinéma japonais. Centre Georges Pompidou. 1997. 2-85850-919-0.
- 4.Galbraith IV, Stuart. The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. 433. 1996. 0-7864-0032-3.
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