FILM DIRECTOR

Hiroshi Inagaki

1905 - 1980

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Hiroshi Inagaki (Japanese: 稲垣 浩, Hepburn: Inagaki Hiroshi, 30 December 1905 – 1 May 1980) was a Japanese filmmaker who worked on over 100 films in a career spanning over five decades. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hiroshi Inagaki has received more than 134,074 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Hiroshi Inagaki is the 499th most popular film director (down from 420th in 2019), the 737th most popular biography from Japan (down from 625th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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  • 22

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  • 5.27

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  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Hiroshi Inagakis by language

Over the past year Hiroshi Inagaki has had the most page views in the with 21,165 views, followed by Japanese (18,724), and Spanish (2,971). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbian (152.43%), Egyptian Arabic (39.60%), and Catalan (37.77%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Hiroshi Inagaki ranks 499 out of 2,041. Before her are Alexander Kluge, Richard Thorpe, Pierre Woodman, Abel Ferrara, Jean-Daniel Cadinot, and Jan Troell. After her are Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Ernst Marischka, Gleb Panfilov, Vicente Aranda, Marcel Camus, and Henry Koster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Hiroshi Inagaki ranks 120. Before her are Anfilogino Guarisi, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Victor Kravchenko, Joseph Bonanno, Harry Harlow, and Leo Genn. After her are Maximilian Grabner, Louis Harold Gray, Henry Koster, Hans Freudenthal, Pierre Brasseur, and Ivan Eklind. Among people deceased in 1980, Hiroshi Inagaki ranks 113. Before her are Richard Chase, Yahya Khan, Luigi Longo, Edelmiro Julián Farrell, Ernst Ocwirk, and Alf Sjöberg. After her are Toyen, Sherm Clark, Franco Basaglia, Erich Hückel, Barbara O'Neil, and Pietro Nenni.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hiroshi Inagaki ranks 737 out of 6,245. Before her are Tanzan Ishibashi (1884), Donald Tsang (1944), Ariwara no Narihira (825), Kisshomaru Ueshiba (1921), George Ohsawa (1893), and Kanō Eitoku (1543). After her are Soga no Umako (551), Ashikaga Yoshinori (1394), Torii Kiyonaga (1752), Kōdō Sawaki (1880), Ōtomo Sōrin (1530), and Okakura Kakuzō (1862).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Hiroshi Inagaki ranks 24. Before her are Ishirō Honda (1911), Kaneto Shindo (1912), Kon Ichikawa (1915), Takashi Miike (1960), Yoshiyuki Tomino (1941), and Hiroshi Teshigahara (1927). After her are Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1955), Seijun Suzuki (1923), Gorō Miyazaki (1967), Osamu Dezaki (1943), Rintaro (1941), and Juzo Itami (1933).

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Filmography

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Director
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
Sep 25o 19547.2 / 10
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Director
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers. While Otsu waits, Akemi also seeks him, expressing her desires directly. Meanwhile, Takezo is observed by Sasaki Kojiro, a brilliant young fighter, confident he can dethrone Takezo. After leaving Kyoto in triumph, Takezo declares his love for Otsu, but in a way that dishonors her and shames him. Once again, he leaves alone.
Jul 12o 19557.1 / 10
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Director
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to fight Kojiro in a year's time but rejects Shogun's patronage, choosing instead to live on the edge of a village, raising vegetables. He's followed there by Otsu and later by Akemi, both in love with him. The year ends as Takezo assists the villagers against a band of brigands. He seeks Otsu's forgiveness and accepts her love, then sets off across the water to Ganryu Island for his final contest.
Jan 3o 19567.2 / 10