Tokuzō Tanaka

Biography

Tokuzō Tanaka (田中徳三, Tanaka Tokuzō, September 15, 1920 – December 20, 2007) was a Japanese film director. He is well known for directing Zatoichi series and Nemuri Kyōshirō series films.

Directed

1. New Tale of Zatoichi (1963) — Director
2. Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963) — Director
3. Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966) — Director
4. The Snow Woman (1968) — Director
5. The Betrayal (1966) — Director
6. The Demon of Mount Oe (1960) — Director
7. Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege (1964) — Director
8. Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade (1963) — Director
9. Haunted Castle (1969) — Director
10. Lone Wolf and Cub (1973) — Director
11. Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman (1968) — Director
12. The Whale God (1962) — Director
13. Bloody Shuriken (1965) — Director
14. Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell (1989) — Director
15. Homeless Dog (1964) — Director
16. Secrets of a Woman's Temple (1969) — Director
17. Assignment Dragon No. 3 (1967) — Director
18. Scars of Honor (1960) — Director
19. A Samurai Never Tells a Lie (1963) — Director
20. Vagabonds from Badgerville (1961) — Director
21. Bad Reputation Returns (1961) — Director
22. Girl with Bamboo Leaves (1969) — Director
23. Tough Guy (1961) — Director
24. Kojiki taishō (1964) — Director
25. Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit (1991) — Director
26. Nemuri Kyōshirō (1989) — Director
27. Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun (1983) — Director
28. Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O. (1965) — Director
29. The Hoodlum Soldier Deserts Again (1966) — Director
30. Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack (1967) — Director
31. Five Star Private (1967) — Director
32. Hoodlum Soldier's Flight to Freedom (1966) — Director
33. Hoodlum Soldier: Looting and Pillaging (1968) — Director
34. Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men (1965) — Director
35. Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms (1966) — Director
36. New Bad Reputation Continues (1962) — Director
37. Bad Reputation: Three Notorious Men (1963) — Director
38. Bad Reputation: Two Notorious Men in Tokyo (1963) — Director
39. Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again (1965) — Director
40. The Lord and the Gambler (1959) — Director