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Teinosuke Kinugasa

Writer, Director, Producer, Additional Credits
Born January 1, 1896Died February 26, 1982 (86 years)
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.

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Known For
  • Gate of Hell
  • A Page of Madness
  • An Actor's Revenge
  • The Barbarian and the Geisha
  • Satan's Sword II
  • Satan's Sword
  • Satan's Sword 3: The Final Chapter
  • Shunkinsho
  • Chiisai tôbôsha

Filmography

1976
Shunkinsho · as Screenplay
1963
Yôsô · as Screenplay
1963
An Actor's Revenge · as Screenplay
1961
1960
Satan's Sword II · as Screenplay
1960
Satan's Sword · as Screenplay
1957
Naruto hichô · as Screenplay
1953
Gate of Hell · as Screenplay
1935
1928
1926

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