Umetsugu Inoue

Umetsugu Inoue 井上 梅次
Born	31 May 1923 Japan
Died	11 February 2010 (aged 86) Japan
Occupation	film director, screenwriter
Years active	1952–1983

Umetsugu Inoue (井上 梅次 Inoue Umetsugu, May 31, 1923 – February 11, 2010)^[1][2] was a Japanese film director and scriptwriter. He directed 115 movies, wrote 101 screenplays, and is credited with the original story for five films.^[3] In addition, he worked with all six major Japanese film production companies.

His film work extended to Hong Kong, and he did the technical guidance for movies there from 1966 to 1970.

Filmography

Filmography of Umetsugu Inoue include:

Director

• Jazz on Parade 1954 nen: Tokyo Cinderella Musume (1954)
• Mittsu no Kao (1955) aka Three Faces
• Hi no Tori (1956)
• Nikoyon Monogatari (1956)
• Shi no Jūjiro (1956)
• Man Who Causes a Storm (1957)
• Shorisha (1957)
• Washi to Taka (1957)
• Arashi o Yobu yūjō (1959) aka A Friendship That Causes a Storm
• Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku (1958)
• Subarashiki dansei (1958)
• Yoru no kiba (1958)
• Arashi o Yobu Gakudan (1960)
• The Poem of the Blue Star (1960)
• Shōri to Haiboku (1960)
• Six Suspects (1960)
• Gonin no Totsugeki Tai (1961)
• The Man from the East (1961)
• Heiten Jikan (1962) aka Closing
• Hell's Kitchen (1962)
• Hoseki Dorobo (1962)
• Kurotokage (1962) aka Black Lizard
• Ankokugai Saidai no Kettō (1963) aka Duel of the Underworld (暗黒街最大の決闘)
• Bury Me Deep (1963)
• Daisanno Kagemusha (1963)
• The Night I Want to Dance (1963)
• Yakuza no Kunsho (1963)
• Ankokugai Odori (1964)
• Modae (1964)
• Gyangu Chōjō Sakusen (1965)
• Kuroi Yuwaku (1965)
• Yoru no Nettaigyo (1965) aka BGS of Ginza
• Koi to Namida no Taiyō (1966)
• Gekijo no Chibusa (1967)
• Hong Kong Nocturne (1967)
• King Drummer (1967)
• The Brain-Stealers (1968)
• Hong Kong Rhapsody (1968)
• Kushiro no Yoru (1968)
• Long Live Youth! (1969)
• The Millionaire Chase (1969)
• Apartment for Ladies (1970)
• The Five Million Dollar Legacy (1970)
• The Performers (1970)
• Whose Baby Is in the Classroom? (1970)
• Young Lovers (1970)
• The Yellow Muffler (1971)
• Lill, My Darling Witch (1971)
• Sunset (1971)
• We Love Millionaires (1971)
• The Venus Tear Diamond (1971)
• Ikare Doku Hebi: Moku Gekisha o Kese (1976) aka Cobra
• Utareru Mae ni Ute! (1976)
• Aitsu to Lullaby (1983)
• Man Who Causes a Storm (1983)

Sources: ^[3]

Screenplays

• Mōjū tsukai no shōjo (1952)

Sources: ^[3]

References

1. 井上梅次監督が死去　「鷲と鷹」「嵐を呼ぶ男」 [Director Umetsugu Inoue dies: Washi to Taka and Man Who Causes a Storm] (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun. February 15, 2010. Archived from the original on February 15, 2010. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
2. 訃報：井上梅次さん８６歳＝「嵐を呼ぶ男」監督 [Obituary: Mr. Umetsugu Inoue, 86, director of Man Who Causes a Storm] (in Japanese). Mainichi Shinbun. February 15, 2010. Archived from the original on February 15, 2010. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
3. 井上梅次 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved January 22, 2009.