
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Biography
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 w…
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Filmography
Acting (3)
Crew (89)
Movies (89)
A Portrait of Shunkin
1976Screenplay
The Little Runaway
1966Director
An Actor's Revenge
1963Screenplay
Bronze Magician
1963Director
Bronze Magician
1963Screenplay
When Women Lie
1963Director
The Lightning Sword
1962Screenplay
Okoto and Sasuke
1961Director
Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
1961Screenplay
Blind Devotion
1961Director
Blind Devotion
1961Writer
Satan's Sword
1960Screenplay
What Price Love?
1960Screenplay
Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
1960Screenplay
The Song Lantern
1960Director
The Song Lantern
1960Screenplay
The Beloved Image
1960Screenplay
Jōen
1959Director
Jōen
1959Screenplay
Stop the Old Fox
1959Director
Stop the Old Fox
1959Writer
Actor Shark
1959Screenplay
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958Script Supervisor
The Snowy Heron
1958Director
The Snowy Heron
1958Screenplay
Inazuma Kaidō
1957Writer
Floating Vessel
1957Director
Floating Vessel
1957Screenplay
Secret of Naruto
1957Director
Secret of Naruto
1957Screenplay
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956Director
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956Screenplay
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956Director
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956Screenplay
Flowery Hood
1956Writer
The Magistrate
1955Writer
The Romance of Yushima
1955Director
The Romance of Yushima
1955Screenplay
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955Director
Iroha Elegy
1955Screenplay
Iroha Elegy
1955Writer
Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
1954Screenplay
Gate of Hell
1953Director
Gate of Hell
1953Screenplay
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952Director
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952Screenplay
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951Director
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951Screenplay
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951Writer
Four Love Stories
1947Director
Actress
1947Director
Actress
1947Writer
Lord for a Night
1946Director
Kanchō umi no bara
1945Director
The Battle of Kawanakajima
1941Director
The Battle of Kawanakajima
1941Writer
Zoku Hebihimesama
1940Director
Zoku Hebihimesama
1940Screenplay
The Snake Princess
1940Director
The Snake Princess
1940Screenplay
The Siege of Osaka
1937Director
The Siege of Osaka
1937Screenplay
Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen
1936Director
Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen
1936Screenplay
An Actor's Revenge
1935Director
An Actor's Revenge
1935Writer
With a Single Sword Bale
1934Director
With a Single Sword Bale
1934Screenplay
Genpei the Carp
1933Director
Genpei the Carp
1933Writer
Two Lanterns
1933Director
Two Lanterns
1933Screenplay
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1932Director
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1932Screenplay
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
1932Director
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
1932Screenplay
Reimei izen
1931Director
Crossroads
1928Director
Crossroads
1928Writer
Benten kozo
1928Director
Chronicles of a Sea Country
1928Director
Demon Thistle
1927Director
A Page of Madness
1926Director
A Page of Madness
1926Producer
A Page of Madness
1926Writer
The Sun
1925Director
Two Little Birds
1923Director
Two Little Birds
1923Screenplay
Konishi Junsa
1922Director
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