Directing
Akira Inoue
- Titles
- 66movies9TV shows
- Career
Active from 1960 to 2022, busiest in 1983 with 6 main titles.
- Directed
- 64titles as director
- Average score
77/100
- Highest rated
Monkey84/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.8average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.2average 3.6
- Spiritual4.1average 2.0
- Physical Comedy4.5average 2.5
- Wonder5.3average 3.4
- Fantasy3.6average 1.8
- Violence6.1average 4.3
- Absurdist Humor3.6average 2.0
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.7, average 5.2
- Romance2.6, average 3.8
- Tech & Humanity0.7, average 1.6
- Mystery3.3, average 4.1
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 4
- Political Intrigue 4
- Samurai Action 4
- Social Commentary 3
- Moral Ambiguity 3
- Edo Period 3
- Revenge 3
- Character-Driven Drama 2
- Japanese Cinema 2
- Melancholic Tone 2
- Feudal Japan 2
- Japanese Drama 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- TTsutomu NakamuraWriterLone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict, 小ぬか雨, The Thief and the Expelled Master, Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage, Hanzo, the Razor, +5 more
- NNarito KanekoWriter10 Years - A Wife's Betrayal, One Day in January, Onihei Gaiden: The Night Rabbit, Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife, Onihei Gaiden: One Day in January, +1 more
- MMotomu FurutaWriterShadow Hunters, Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel, Pinwheel Hamakichi’s Spell 2, Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits, Benkei
Masakazu TamuraActorNemuri Kyōshirō 4: The Woman Who Loved Kyoshiro, Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict, Nemuri Kyōshirō 3: The Man with No Tomorrow, Nemuri Kyôshirô 2: Conspiracy in Edo Castle- KKazuo FunahashiWriterBlack Weapon, Secret Assignment, The Battle Begins at Night, Invitation to Jail
- KKoichi SonoiEditor10 Years - A Wife's Betrayal, Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel, Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow, Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits
Raizō IchikawaActorSleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess, The Night before Pearl Harbor, Secret Assignment
Meiko KajiActorSamurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel, Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow, Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits
Shintarō KatsuActorZatoichi's Revenge, Dynamite Doctor Returns, Drunken Harbor- HHiroshi YamadaEditorZatoichi's Revenge, The Fox Dancing in the Dusk, Drunken Harbor
Koji EndoComposerOnihei Gaiden: The Night Rabbit, Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife, Osoi Shiawase
Gen KimuraActorZatoichi's Revenge, Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel
Movies and TV shows
662020s
1 title
Korosuna (2022)
Director
2010s
7 titles
小ぬか雨 (2017)
Director
Osoi Shiawase (2015)
Director
Fuyu no Hi (2015)
Director
One Day in January (2012)
Director
2000s
7 titles
Chichi kara no tegami (2007)
Director
1990s
11 titles
Kagerō 4 (1998)
Director
Benkei (1997)
Director
Hanzo, the Razor (1993)
Director
A Samurai's Sorrow (1993)
Director
A Samurai's Sorrow (1993)
Director
森の石松 (1992)
Director
1980s
15 titles
Shishamo and the Widow (1987)
Director
Shadow Hunters (1983)
Director
The Fir Trees Remain (1983)
Director
The Law of Hell (1982)
Director, Screenplay
Pinwheel Hamakichi’s Spell 2 (1982)
Director, Screenplay
Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell (1981)
Director, Screenplay
Yagyu Abaretabi (1980)
Director
1960s
21 titles · average score 74
Kanto Woman Yakuza (1968)
Director
Women's Prison (1968)
Director
Secret Assignment (1967)
Director
Dynamite Doctor Returns (1966)
Director
70
Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)
Director
69
An Actor's Revenge (1963)
Assistant Director
88
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)
Assistant Director
Buddha (1961)
Assistant Director
67
The Blind Menace (1960)
Assistant Director
Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous (1960)
Assistant Director
1950s
4 titles · average score 69
69
Samurai Vendetta (1959)
Assistant Director
Jirocho Fuji (1959)
Assistant Director
The Lord Pretends (1959)
Assistant Director
Lord Nobunaga's Early Days (1959)
Assistant Director