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Rokuhei Susukita
Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
In 1923 he joined Makino Production in Kyoto to write scripts for their major star, Tsumasaburo Bando. Until 1930 he wrote almost 90 scripts for this company and gained an enormou…
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In 1923 he joined Makino Production in Kyoto to write scripts for their major star, Tsumasaburo Bando. Until 1930 he wrote almost 90 scripts for this company and gained an enormous reputation, but that year he decided to write and direct his own films without Bando. He debuted as a director for the Emperor Kine Company (later Shinko Cinema) in 1930 with "The Strange Story of Mito Komon". But none of the 40 films he directed till 1954 were worthwhile. The next year he stopped writing films. Susukita, who during his career used four different pen names, was also creator of the character of Murasaki Zukin, also known as "The Black Hood" or "The Purple Hood" (lit.); which has been converted into film half a dozen of times. The first film Susukita wrote was "Murasaki Zukin: Ukiyo Eshi" ("The Woodcut Artist"), and was directed by Shozo Makino and Bansho Kanamori in 1923. Susukita himself directed one remake in 1931. Chiezo Kataoka played Murasaki in 1958. But the most famous version was made after the death of its author: Ryutaro Otomo played the Black Hood in 1963, directed by Ei'ichi Kudo and adapted by Tai Kato.
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1959
Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger
Movie Original Story
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1958
The Purple Hood
Movie Original Story
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1957
Kingoro's Pure Diary: Comic Yakuza Story
Movie Producer
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1957
Kingoro's Pure Diary: A Company President's First Love
Movie Producer
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1955
Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn
Movie Screenplay
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1955
Shippu no Seitarou
Movie Screenplay
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1955
Umon's Detective Story: Hakata Doll Gift
Movie Screenplay
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1954
Super Hawk Volume III
Movie Screenplay
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1954
Super Hawk Volume II
Movie Director
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1954
Super Hawk Volume I
Movie Original Story
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1949
Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
Movie Original Story
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1946
The Magic Pen
Movie Screenplay
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1938
Kagamiyama Enchanting Romance
Movie Director
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1937
Kaidan Honsho Nanafushigi
Movie Director
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1929
Hatamoto kobushin shū
Movie Screenplay
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1926
Kumo
Movie Screenplay
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1925
Orochi
Movie Screenplay
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1925
Edo kaizoku-den : Kagebôshi
Movie Screenplay
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1924
Backward Flow
Movie Screenplay
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1924
Daikatsugeki Sôtô
Movie Writer
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1923
Kosuzume Pass
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