Teinosuke Kinugasa
Directing
Biography
Teinosuke Kinugasa (衣笠 貞之助 Kinugasa Teinosuke) (1 January 1896 – 26 February 1982) was a Japanese actor and film director. He was born in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture and died in Kyoto. Kinugasa won the 1954 Palme d'or at Cannes for Jigokumon (The Gate of Hell). Kinugasa was among the pioneers of Japanese film, but began his career as an actor specializing in female roles (onnagata) at the Nikkatsu studio. When Japanese cinema began using actresses in the early 1920s, he switched to directing and worked for such producers as Shozo Makino before going independent to make his best known film, A Page of Madness (1926). On February 26, 1982, Kinugasa died at the age of 86. Description above from the Wikipedia article Teinosuke Kinugasa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography 47
Movies (47)
The Little Runaway1966Directing
Bronze Magician1963Directing
When Women Lie1963Directing
Okoto and Sasuke1961Directing
Blind Devotion1961Directing
The Song Lantern1960Directing
Stop the Old Fox1959Directing
Jōen1959Directing
The Snowy Heron1958Directing
Ôsaka no onna1958Directing
Secret of Naruto1957Directing
Floating Vessel1957Directing
Tsukigata Hanpeita1956Directing
Three Women Around Yoshinaka1956Directing
The Romance of Yushima1955Directing
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love1955Directing
Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi1955Directing
Gate of Hell1953Directing- Dedication of the Great Buddha1952Directing
Lantern Under a Full Moon1951Directing
Koga Manshion1949Directing
Actress1947Directing
Four Love Stories1947Directing
Lord for a Night1946Directing- Kanchō umi no bara1945Directing
The Battle of Kawanakajima1941Directing
Zoku Hebihimesama1940Directing- The Snake Princess1940Directing
The Siege of Osaka1937Directing- Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen1936Directing