# Minoru Inuzuka

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**Minoru Inuzuka** (犬塚 稔, *Inuzuka Minoru*, 15 February 1901 – 17 September 2007) was a Japanese [film director](/source/Film_director) and [screenwriter](/source/Screenwriter). Starting out as a screenwriter at [Shochiku](/source/Shochiku) in 1924, he also participated in the production of [Teinosuke Kinugasa](/source/Teinosuke_Kinugasa)'s *[A Page of Madness](/source/A_Page_of_Madness)*.[1] When Chōjirō Hayashi (later known as [Kazuo Hasegawa](/source/Kazuo_Hasegawa)) became a [jidaigeki](/source/Jidaigeki) star at Shochiku, Inuzuka directed many of his films. After World War II, Inuzuka returned to specializing in screenplays and was known for his scripts for the [Zatoichi](/source/Zatoichi) series. He published his autobiography in 2002,[2] and died in 2007 at the age of 106.[3] When he died, he was called the last surviving director to have directed a silent film in the 1920s.[4] Inuzuka wrote scripts for over 150 films and directed over 50.[3]

## Selected filmography

### As director

- *Chigo no kenpō* (稚児の剣法) (1927)
- *[The Spell of the Sand Painting](/source/The_Spell_of_the_Sand_Painting)* (砂絵呪縛 Sunae Shibari) (1927)

### As screenwriter

- *[A Page of Madness](/source/A_Page_of_Madness)* (狂った一頁 Kurutta Ichipeiji) (1926).
- *[Tsukigata Hanpeita: Hana no maki; Arashi no maki](/source/Tsukigata_Hanpeita:_Hana_no_maki;_Arashi_no_maki)* (月形半平太 花の巻 嵐の巻) (1956)
- *[The Tale of Zatoichi](/source/The_Tale_of_Zatoichi)* (座頭市物語 Zatōichi monogatari) (1962)
- *[New Tale of Zatoichi](/source/New_Tale_of_Zatoichi)* (新座頭市物語 Shin Zatōichi monogatari) (1963)
- *[Zatoichi on the Road](/source/Zatoichi_on_the_Road)* (座頭市喧嘩旅 Zatōichi kenka-tabi) (1963)

## References

1. Gerow, Aaron (2008). *A Page of Madness: Cinema and Modernity in 1920s Japan*. Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan. pp. 26–28. ISBN 9781929280513.

1. Inuzuka, Minoru (2002). *Eiga wa kagerō no gotoku*. Tokyo: Sōshisha. ISBN 479421104X. [OCLC 50601808](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50601808)

1. ["Kyakuhonka, eiga kantoku no Inuzuka Minoru-san shikyo"](http://www.asahi.com/culture/movie/OSK200709250039.html). *Asahi shinbun*. 25 September 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2012.

1. ["RIP Minoru Inuzuka"](http://thebioscope.net/2007/10/16/rip-minoru-inuzuka/). *The Bioscope*. 16 October 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2012.

## External links

- [Minoru Inuzuka](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0409467/) at IMDb

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