Shigeo Tanaka
BornJanuary 7, 1907
Komikado, Katori, Chiba, Japan[1]
DiedJanuary 18, 1992 (aged 85)
NationalityJapanese
OccupationFilm director
Years active1931-1984

Shigeo Tanaka (田中 重雄, Tanaka Shigeo) (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)[3]
  • 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)

References

  1. 1 2 20世紀日本人名事典. "田中 重雄とは". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-05-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ "田中重雄 - 映画ならKINENOTE". www.kinenote.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  3. 1 2 Satō, Tadao, ... (1997). Le cinéma japonais. Karine Chesneau, Rose-Marie Makino-Fayolle, Chiharu Tanaka, Impr. SIA). Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou. ISBN 2-85850-919-0. OCLC 466912266.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. p. 433. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3.
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