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Japanese screenwriter and film producer who is best known for co-writing the screenplays for several Akira Kurosawa films, including Throne of Blood, The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo and High and Low. He also produced several of Kurosawa's early 1960s films. In addition to his work with Kurosawa, screenplays he wrote or co-wrote include Tora! Tora! Tora!, Hiroshi Inagaki's Arashi and The Birth of Japan, and Mikio Naruse's When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, on which he also served as producer.
11 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Princess from the Moon | Writer | Film |
| 1965 | Red Beard | Producer | Film |
| 1964 | The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers | Writer | Film |
| 1963 | High and Low | Producer | Film |
| 1962 | Sanjuro | Producer | Film |
| 1961 | Yojimbo | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1960 | Afraid to Die | Writer | Film |
| 1960 | The Bad Sleep Well | Writer | Film |
| 1960 | When a Woman Ascends the Stairs | Producer | Film |
| 1959 | The Three Treasures | Writer | Film |
| 1949 | Stray Dog | Writer | Film |
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