Umetsugu Inoue

WriterDirectorDirecting May 31 (died age 86) Shimogyo, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan 1950–1983 (33 year career)

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Biography

Umetsugu Inoue was a Japanese film director and scriptwriter. He directed 115 movies, wrote 101 screenplays, and is credited with the original story for five films. In addition, he worked with all six major Japanese film production companies.

Known For

Film

The Third Shadow Warrior

Director

Film

Black Lizard

Director

Film

Main Street in the Underworld

Director

Film

Man Who Causes a Storm

Screenplay

Film

The Eagle and the Hawk

Director

Film

The Champion

Director

Film

Hong Kong Nocturne

Director

Film

Black Thief

Director

Filmography

Crew (144)

Movies (141)

Aitsu to lullaby

1983

Writer

The Guy Who Brings On A Storm

1983

Director

Toshi in Takarazuka: Love Forever

1983

Director

Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake

1982

Director

The Beauty of Heaven and Hell

1982

Director

6.0

The Beauty at the Dressing Table

1982

Director

Beauty in the Mirror Hell

1981

Director

Beauty with White Breasts

1981

Director

Beauty of the Five-Storied Pagoda

1981

Director

Emmanuel's Beauty

1980

Director

Enchanted Beauty

1980

Director

5.5

Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms

1980

Director

The Jeweled Beauty

1979

Director

Devilish Beauty

1979

Director

The Beauty of the Big Clock

1979

Director

Red Scorpion Beauty

1979

Director

White Mermaid Beauty

1978

Director

Beauty on Death Row

1978

Director

The Beauty of the Black Narcissus

1978

Director

The Beauty in the Bathroom

1978

Director

Fairy Beauty

1978

Director

The Faceless Man

1977

Director

Cobra 2

1976

Director

Cobra 2

1976

Screenplay

Visitor After Dark

1975

Director

Cobra

Director

Cobra

Screenplay

The Yellow Muffler

Director

Long Road to Freedom

1971

Director

2.0

The Man with Two Wives

1971

Director

Human Target

1971

Screenplay

4.0

The Venus Tear Diamond

1971

Director

The Venus Tear Diamond

1971

Screenplay

Sunset

1971

Director

We Love Millionaires

1971

Director

Hibari no Subete

1971

Director

Hibari no Subete

1971

Screenplay

Lill, My Darling Witch

1971

Director

Whose Baby Is in the Classroom?

1970

Director

5.0

The Performers

1970

Screenplay

Apartment for Ladies

1970

Director

7.0

Young Lovers

1970

Director

The Five Billion Dollar Legacy

1970

Director

6.0

Hana no fushicho

1970

Screenplay

The Singing Escort

1969

Director

Murder in the Deep

1969

Director

夕陽の恋人

1969

Director

BGs of Ginza

1969

Director

5.0

The Millionaire Chase

1969

Director

The Millionaire Chase

1969

Writer

Season of Love

1969

Director

Hong Kong Rhapsody

1968

Director

The Brain-Stealers

1968

Director

The Brain-Stealers

1968

Writer

Swift Current

1967

Screenplay

Operation Lipstick

1967

Director

The Stronger Sex

1967

Director

King Drummer

Director

Hong Kong Nocturne

Director

Hong Kong Nocturne

Writer

Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri

1967

Director

Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri

1967

Writer

Prison Release Loyalty Offering

1966

Director

The Stormy Man

1966

Story

フォークで行こう銀嶺は恋してる

1966

Director

The Sun of Love and Tears

1966

Screenplay

Flame and the Code

1966

Writer

Gang's Upward Strategy

1965

Director

Grand Contest

1965

Screenplay

Black Temptation

1965

Screenplay

The Hoodlum Brothers

1965

Director

Back Stairways

1965

Director

Fangs of Vengeance

1965

Director

Main Street in the Underworld

1964

Director

6.0

Modae

1964

Director

Black Trump Card

1964

Director

6.0

Melody of Crime

1964

Director

Black Thief

1964

Director

7.5

Operation Underworld

1963

Director

Duel of the Underworld

1963

Screenplay

Tale of Scarlet Love

1963

Director

Bury Me Deep

1963

Director

6.0

The Third Shadow Warrior

1963

Director

7.1

The Night We Danced

1963

Director

The Night We Danced

1963

Screenplay

The Actress and the Three Rascals

1962

Director

Order of Yakuza

1962

Screenplay

Closing Time

1962

Director

The Venus' Tear

1962

Screenplay

Black Lizard

Director

Hell's Kitchen

Director

Hell's Kitchen

Screenplay

Refresher Course for Wives

1961

Director

Nocturne of a Woman

1961

Director

Gonin no totsugeki tai

1961

Director

The Ginza Three Boys

1961

Director

The Ginza Three Boys

1961

Writer

The Man from the East

1961

Director

With Wife, Children, and Friends

1961

Director

The Poem of the Blue Star

1960

Director

The Last Betrayal

1960

Director

Victory and Defeat

1960

Screenplay

The 6th Suspect

1960

Director

Singing in the Sun

1960

Director

Elegy to Youth

1959

Director

Gunshū no naka no taiyō

1959

Director

Friendship of Jazz

1959

Director

Tokyo no Kodoku

1959

Director

Tokyo no Kodoku

1959

Writer

Fangs of Night

1958

Director

5.0

Zoku fûfu hyakkei

1958

Director

Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku

1958

Director

The Husband Wore the Apron

1958

Director

That Wonderful Guy

1958

Director

Dancing Sisters

1957

Screenplay

The Eagle and the Hawk

1957

Director

5.7

Jûnana-sai no teikô

1957

Director

Man Who Causes a Storm

Screenplay

The Champion

Director

The Champion

Screenplay

The Champion

Writer

Nikoyon monogatari

Director

Lunar Eclipse

1956

Director

Crossroad

Director

Phoenix

Director

Drums Love and Dreams

1956

Screenplay

The juvenile

1955

Director

Three Faces

1955

Director

The Green Music Box

1955

Director

5.0

Wedding Season

1954

Director

A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival

1954

Director

乾杯！女学生

1954

Director

東京シンデレラ娘

1954

Director

Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage

1953

Director

Love's Cheerleader

1952

Director

Love's Cheerleader

1952

Screenplay

Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo

1952

Screenplay

Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre

1951

Screenplay

Duel in the Sun

1950

Assistant Director

Red Peony of Night

1950

Assistant Director

Red Peony of Night

1950

First Assistant Director

Television (3)

Oinochi Chōdai

1981

Director

10.0

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

1977

Director

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

1977

Writer