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Japanese screenwriter and film producer who is best known for co-writing the screenplays for several Akira Kurosawa films, including Throne of Blood, The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo and High and Low. He also produced several of Kurosawa's early 1960s films. In addition to his work with Kurosawa, screenplays he wrote or co-wrote include Tora! Tora! Tora!, Hiroshi Inagaki's Arashi and The Birth of Japan, and Mikio Naruse's When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, on which he also served as producer.
Release Date | Title | Job | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
August 14th, 2025 | Highest 2 Lowest | Original Film Writer | 5.5 | |
January 24th, 2016 | 黒の斜面 | Original Story | TBD | |
May 10th, 2008 | The Last Princess | Original Story | 5.9 | |
December 1st, 2007 | Tsubaki Sanjuro | Writer | 6.3 | |
September 20th, 1996 | Last Man Standing | Original Film Writer | 6.4 | |
May 13th, 1989 | My Phoenix | Screenplay | 10 | |
April 15th, 1989 | The Demon Comes in Spring | Screenplay | 10 | |
September 26th, 1987 | Princess from the Moon | Writer | 6.4 | |
October 25th, 1986 | The Greatest Man in the World | Screenplay | 10 | |
September 7th, 1984 | The Warrior and the Sorceress | Original Film Writer | 4.3 | |
January 26th, 1982 | Shi no dangai | Original Story | TBD | |
November 7th, 1981 | Willful Murder | Screenplay | 8 | |
March 31st, 1978 | Shag | Writer | 7.5 | |
May 21st, 1977 | Ame no meguri ai | Original Story | TBD | |
May 21st, 1977 | Ame no meguri ai | Screenplay | TBD | |
February 11th, 1976 | The Sorrow of Paris | Screenplay | TBD | |
September 29th, 1973 | Stray Dog | Original Story | 7.9 | |
August 25th, 1971 | Man on a False Flight | Original Story | 5.5 | |
August 25th, 1971 | Man on a False Flight | Screenplay | 5.5 | |
August 12th, 1971 | Kaoyaku | Screenplay | 6 | |
May 27th, 1970 | Live Again Tomorrow | Original Story | TBD | |
January 26th, 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Screenplay | 7.2 | |
September 13th, 1969 | The Magoichi Saga | Screenplay | 6.2 | |
July 12th, 1969 | Gateway to Glory | Screenplay | 8.3 | |
April 12th, 1969 | Tsugaru zessho | Screenplay | 8 | |
October 8th, 1968 | Trigger-Happy | Writer | TBD | |
April 29th, 1967 | 春日和 | Screenplay | TBD | |
April 29th, 1967 | 春日和 | Original Story | TBD | |
March 18th, 1965 | Hoodlum Soldier | Screenplay | 7.2 | |
March 4th, 1965 | Red Beard | Screenplay | 8.1 | |
September 12th, 1964 | A Fistful of Dollars | Original Story | 7.8 | |
August 14th, 1964 | The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers | Writer | 5.4 | |
August 14th, 1964 | Fumiko's Five Benefactors | Writer | 6 | |
August 28th, 1963 | She Came For Love | Screenplay | 9 | |
June 30th, 1963 | Zero Escape Visibility | Writer | TBD | |
June 16th, 1963 | Fifty-Fifty | Screenplay | 10 | |
April 18th, 1963 | Legacy of the 500,000 | Screenplay | 6.9 | |
March 1st, 1963 | High and Low | Screenplay | 8.4 | |
September 29th, 1962 | Shin kitsune to tanuki | Screenplay | 7 | |
June 28th, 1962 | Yoru no keisha | Screenplay | TBD | |
January 1st, 1962 | Sanjuro | Screenplay | 8 | |
December 9th, 1961 | Kaei | Screenplay | 7 | |
April 25th, 1961 | Yojimbo | Screenplay | 8.1 | |
November 13th, 1960 | Chikuhō no kodomotachi | Screenplay | TBD | |
September 19th, 1960 | The Bad Sleep Well | Writer | 7.7 | |
August 14th, 1960 | Life of a Country Doctor | Screenplay | 8 | |
April 22nd, 1960 | Ôana | Screenplay | TBD | |
April 5th, 1960 | White Cliffs | Writer | TBD | |
March 22nd, 1960 | Afraid to Die | Writer | 6.3 | |
January 15th, 1960 | When a Woman Ascends the Stairs | Screenplay | 8 | |
December 1st, 1959 | Across the Darkness | Writer | 9 | |
November 1st, 1959 | The Three Treasures | Writer | 5.5 | |
April 28th, 1959 | Fox and Raccoon | Screenplay | 9 | |
March 21st, 1959 | The Story of Iron Arm Inao | Writer | 8 | |
December 28th, 1958 | The Hidden Fortress | Screenplay | 8 | |
November 30th, 1958 | The Days of Evil Women | Screenplay | 7 | |
October 21st, 1958 | The Undefeated Woman | Writer | TBD | |
November 26th, 1957 | The Unbalanced Wheel | Screenplay | 7 | |
November 24th, 1957 | The Eleventh Hour | Novel | 7.4 | |
July 13th, 1957 | Last Days of the Samurai | Screenplay | 9 | |
January 15th, 1957 | Throne of Blood | Screenplay | 7.9 | |
December 27th, 1956 | Wakanohana: The Story of the Devil of the Dohyō | Story | TBD | |
November 10th, 1956 | Dotanba | Screenplay | 6 | |
October 24th, 1956 | The Storm | Writer | 8.5 | |
July 5th, 1956 | Will-o'-the-Wisp | Writer | 9 | |
June 22nd, 1956 | Gendai no yokubô | Screenplay | TBD | |
June 1st, 1956 | The Wicked Boy | Screenplay | TBD | |
February 26th, 1956 | The Underworld | Screenplay | 7 | |
December 27th, 1955 | Rikidozan: Man of Fury | Screenplay | TBD | |
October 23rd, 1955 | The Samurai of Edo | Screenplay | 6 | |
June 5th, 1955 | Six Assassins | Writer | 9 | |
May 10th, 1955 | No Time for Tears | Writer | 9 | |
January 14th, 1955 | Vanished Enlisted Man | Screenplay | 7 | |
October 19th, 1954 | Hirate Miki the Swordman | Screenplay | TBD | |
August 31st, 1954 | The Black Current | Screenplay | 10 | |
June 29th, 1954 | Kunisada Chūji | Writer | 9 | |
January 3rd, 1954 | Hanran | Screenplay | TBD | |
December 8th, 1953 | Made in Japan | Screenplay | TBD | |
April 8th, 1953 | The End of the Night | Writer | 10 | |
TBD | A Fistful of Dollars Remake | Original Film Writer | TBD | |
May 29th, 1955 | Till We Meet Again | Screenplay | 7 | |
March 15th, 1955 | The Immortal Pitcher | Screenplay | TBD | |
January 3rd, 1955 | A Man Among Men | Story | 8 | |
August 14th, 1952 | Tange Sazen | Screenplay | 10 | |
April 26th, 1950 | Scandal | Screenplay | 6.9 | |
October 17th, 1949 | Stray Dog | Writer | 7.6 |