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Senkichi Taniguchi is a Director, Scriptwriter, Associate Producer and Assistant Director Japonais born on 19 february 1912

Senkichi Taniguchi

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Nationality Japon
Birth 19 february 1912
Death 29 october 2007 (at 95 years)

Senkichi Taniguchi (谷口千吉, Taniguchi Senkichi), né le 19 février 1912 et mort le 29 octobre 2007, est un réalisateur et scénariste japonais.

Biography

Senkichi Taniguchi, né à Tokyo le 19 février 1912, est le plus jeune d'une famille de onze enfants. Il fait ses études à l'université Waseda, travaille dans une compagnie de théâtre avant de rejoindre la P.C.L. (Laboratoire photochimique de Tokyo) en 1933 qui deviendra la Tōhō en 1937.

La carrière de Senkichi Taniguchi a quelque peu été éclipsée par celle de son collègue et mentor, Akira Kurosawa. Tous deux se sont connus dans les années trente alors qu'ils étaient assistants réalisateurs de Kajirō Yamamoto à la P.C.L.. Les deux hommes collaborent sur de nombreux projets, Akira Kurosawa est notamment l'auteur des scénarios de La Montagne d'argent (1947), de Jakoman no Tetsu (1949), de Le Déserteur l'aube (1950), d'Ai to nikushimi no kanata e (1951) et de Fukeyo harukaze (1953), à l'inverse Senkichi Taniguchi a travaillé au scénario de Le Duel silencieux (1949) d'Akira Kurosawa.

Son film Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi (1965) a la particularité d'avoir servi de base à Lily la tigresse (1966) de Woody Allen. Ce dernier détourne les images du film de Senkichi Taniguchi pour en faire un nouveau montage et y adjoint des dialogues comiques en anglais.

Marié puis divorcé d'avec la scénariste Yōko Mizuki et l'actrice Setsuko Wakayama (de 1949 à 1956), il se remarie une troisième fois en 1957 avec l'actrice Kaoru Yachigusa. Il meurt à Tokyo le 29 octobre 2007 d'une pneumonie.

Senkichi Taniguchi a réalisé 35 films et écrit vingt scénarios entre 1938 et 1971.

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Filmography of Senkichi Taniguchi (9 films)

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Director

What's Up, Tiger Lily?, 1h20
Directed by Woody Allen, Senkichi Taniguchi
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Akiko Wakabayashi, Tatsuya Mihashi, Susumu Kurobe, Kumi Mizuno
Rating57% 2.896972.896972.896972.896972.89697
The plot provides the setup for a string of sight gags, puns, jokes based on Asian stereotypes, and general farce. The central plot involves the misadventures of secret agent Phil Moskowitz, hired by the Grand Exalted High Majah of Raspur ("a nonexistent but real-sounding country") to find a secret egg salad recipe that was stolen from him.
Key of Keys, 1h33
Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Spy, Crime
Actors Akiko Wakabayashi, Tatsuya Mihashi, Mie Hama, Hideyo Amamoto, Susumu Kurobe
Rating59% 2.962782.962782.962782.962782.96278
Kitami is requested by the intelligence director, Suritai, to steal a large amount of money from the anti-government guerrillas who fund gangs from Gegen. However, once Kitami infiltrates a Gegen ship in disguise, he discovers there is no cash in the safe, only a cipher on a piece of paper.
Samurai Pirate
Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Mie Hama, Kumi Mizuno, Hideyo Amamoto, Mitsuko Kusabue, Akiko Wakabayashi
Rating61% 3.092893.092893.092893.092893.09289
Sukezaemon est un bandit recherché pour piraterie par les autorités japonaises. Arrivant à s’échapper de son exécution, il affirme devant tout ses hommes vouloir devenir un véritable pirate. Mais le sort en décidera autrement puisque une tempête vient détruire ce rêve, réduisant le bateau en pièces, tuant tout l’équipage. Il se retrouve seul avec un trésor et deux hommes. Et une seconde fois, la malchance s’abat sur lui, dans cette détresse il croise le grand Pirate Noir qui ne se prive pas de tuer les deux hommes et de lui voler son trésor. Délaissé en pleine mer, il dérive vers une terre inconnue où un vieillard lui vient en aide. Il apprend que la situation du pays est plutôt mauvaise, en effet le roi prend en otage les femmes sans jamais les libérer. Mais c’est en apercevant la princesse et ses bijoux, qu’il décide d’aller voir d’un peu plus près la réalité.
Escape at Dawn, 1h56
Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
Genres Drama, War
Actors Ryō Ikebe, Eitarō Ozawa, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Haruo Tanaka
Rating72% 3.6065453.6065453.6065453.6065453.606545
Mikami, a Japanese soldier serving in China, is captured by Chinese forces. Although he is able to escape, he is treated with contempt by his peers. After falling in love with a prostitute named Harumi, she convinces him to desert the army and live with her.
Snow Trail
Snow Trail (1947)
, 1h29
Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Kosugi, Akitake Kōno, Kokuten Kōdō
Rating71% 3.58623.58623.58623.58623.5862
The story follows the fate of three bank robbers (Mifune, Takashi Shimura, and Yoshio Kosugi) on the run from the police, who hide out high up in the snowy Japanese mountains in a remote lodge inhabited by an old man, his granddaughter and an intrepid mountaineer (Akitake Kono) trapped there by a recent blizzard. They don’t know that the men are criminals, and a tense standoff starts to unfold.

Scriptwriter

Escape at Dawn, 1h56
Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
Genres Drama, War
Actors Ryō Ikebe, Eitarō Ozawa, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Haruo Tanaka
Rating72% 3.6065453.6065453.6065453.6065453.606545
Mikami, a Japanese soldier serving in China, is captured by Chinese forces. Although he is able to escape, he is treated with contempt by his peers. After falling in love with a prostitute named Harumi, she convinces him to desert the army and live with her.
The Quiet Duel, 1h35
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Chieko Nakakita, Noriko Sengoku
Rating73% 3.696453.696453.696453.696453.69645
Toshiro Mifune plays Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki a young idealistic doctor who works at his father's (Takashi Shimura) clinic in a small and seedy district. During the war, he contracts syphilis from the blood of a patient (Kenjiro Uemura) when he cuts himself during an operation. Contaminated with a disease that was virtually incurable in 1940s Japan, Fujisaki returns home from the war to the clinic presided over by his obstetrician father. Treating himself in secret and tormented by his conscience, he rejects his heartbroken fiancée Misao,(Miki Sanjō) without explanation. He had been engaged to Misao for six years but has still not set a date due to his disease. Minegishi (Noriko Sengoku), a probationary nurse that he took in after he prevented her suicide attempt, learns of his illness and sacrifice. She dedicates herself to becoming a fully qualified nurse. Misao becomes engaged to another man. She makes one last plea to Fujisaki but he stands firm in rejecting her. The end of the film shows him continuing his work as a surgeon.
Snow Trail
Snow Trail (1947)
, 1h29
Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Kosugi, Akitake Kōno, Kokuten Kōdō
Rating71% 3.58623.58623.58623.58623.5862
The story follows the fate of three bank robbers (Mifune, Takashi Shimura, and Yoshio Kosugi) on the run from the police, who hide out high up in the snowy Japanese mountains in a remote lodge inhabited by an old man, his granddaughter and an intrepid mountaineer (Akitake Kono) trapped there by a recent blizzard. They don’t know that the men are criminals, and a tense standoff starts to unfold.

Producer

Tokyo Olympiad, 2h50
Directed by Kon Ichikawa
Origin Japon
Genres Documentary
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Documentary films about sports, Films about the Olympic Games
Roles Associate Producer
Rating77% 3.892283.892283.892283.892283.89228
Le film est consacré aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1964 qui ont eu lieu à Tokyo.
Stray Dog
Stray Dog (1949)
, 2h2
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Buddy films
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Noriko Sengoku, Eiko Miyoshi, Noriko Honma
Roles Associate Producer
Rating77% 3.8969853.8969853.8969853.8969853.896985
Action takes place during a heatwave in a bombed-out, post-war Tokyo. Rookie homicide detective Murakami (Toshiro Mifune) has his Colt pistol stolen during a trolley ride and gives chase to the pickpocket, but when he fails to capture him he reports back to headquarters filled with guilt and shame. He goes on to prowl the city backstreets undercover, looking for suspects and picking up leads. He eventually picks up the trail of a gun racket. When the stolen gun is used in a crime, Murakami partners up with the veteran detective Satō (Takashi Shimura).

Director