Shigeo Tanaka Explained
| Shigeo Tanaka |
| Birth Date: | January 7, 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Komikado, Katori, Chiba, Japan[1] |
| Death Date: | January 18, 1992 (aged 85) |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Occupation: | Film director |
| Years Active: | 1931-1984 |
(January 7, 1907[2] – January 18, 1992[1]) was a Japanese film director. Tanaka directed the second instalment of the Japanese film series Gamera, and also directed Kenshin, The Great Wall[3] and Typhoon Reporter.
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)
- Gamera vs. Barugon (1966)[4]
- 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)
Notes and References
- Web site: 20世紀日本人名事典. 田中 重雄とは. 2021-05-06. コトバンク. ja.
- Web site: 田中重雄 - 映画ならKINENOTE. 2021-05-06. www.kinenote.com.
- Book: Satō, Tadao, .... Le cinéma japonais. 1997. Centre Georges Pompidou. Karine Chesneau, Rose-Marie Makino-Fayolle, Chiharu Tanaka, Impr. SIA). 2-85850-919-0. Paris. 466912266.
- Book: Galbraith IV, Stuart . The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994 . McFarland . 1996 . 0-7864-0032-3 . 433.
