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Yōzō Tanaka
Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan
Yōzō Tanaka is a Japanese screenwriter. He was born in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. After joining the production department of Nichigeki Music Hall, he started writing radio scripts. While…
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Yōzō Tanaka is a Japanese screenwriter. He was born in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. After joining the production department of Nichigeki Music Hall, he started writing radio scripts. While he was a student at Waseda University, he met Atsushi Yamatoya and Kaname Kawachi. Before becoming a screenwriter, Tanaka worked as a reporter, conducting a series of interviews with eccentrics in the magazine Weekly Sankei. After joining Nikkatsu, he joined a screenwriting team led by director Seijun Suzuki. Individuals in this group such as Tanaka, Yamatoya, and Chūsei Sone also contributed to various projects at Wakamatsu Productions during this period of the 1960s. He is also a driving force behind the heyday of Nikkatsu Roman Porno, writing numerous screenplays. He continued to collaborate with fellow veterans of the aforementioned series such as Shinji Sōmai and Kichitaro Negishi. His disciples include Haruhiko Arai and Miho Nakazono. In 2005, he worked as an associate professor at the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts. In 2017, a book of Yōzō Tanaka's essays and other archival materials such as interviews and screenplays was published.
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Yasuko, Songs of Days Past
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2010
The Last Ronin
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2009
Villon's Wife
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2004
Translucent Tree
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1996
New Ghost Pub
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1994
Ghost Pub
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1994
The Friends
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1991
Yumeji
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1987
Luminous Woman
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1987
The Lady in a Black Dress
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1986
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
Movie Writer
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1986
Cabaret
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1985
Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion
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1985
Moment of Demon
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1984
Shanghai Rhapsody
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1984
Make-Up
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1983
The Catch
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1981
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
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1981
Kagero-za
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1981
Love Letter
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1981
Baian the Assassin
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1981
Female Teacher: Dirty Afternoon
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1980
Woman's Trail: Wet Path
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1980
Zigeunerweisen
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1979
Detective Story
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1979
The Shogun Assassins
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1979
Secret of One Summer
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1979
The Rivals
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1979
The Inferno
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1979
No Grave for Us
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1979
Forbidden Ordeal
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1978
Young Beast: Secret Pleasures
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1978
Harry and His Geisha Girls
Movie Story
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1978
Mrs. Muremure
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1977
Gate of Flesh
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1977
Hell's Angels: Crimson Roar
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1977
In the Realm of Sex
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1977
Ah! That Pep Squad 3 -Tears of a Man-
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1977
Case of the Disjointed Murder
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1977
The General and His Empire of Joy
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