- Senkichi Taniguchi
nihongo|Senkichi Taniguchi|谷口 千吉|Taniguchi Senkichi (
February 19 ,1912 –October 29 ,2007 ) was aJapan esefilm director. cite news |first=Gavin J.|last=Blair|title=Director Senkichi Taniguchi dies at 95|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/features/people/deaths/e3ib3de07b4b336a21b70f360cf5e7d8abb |work=Hollywood Reporter |publisher= |date=2007-11-01 |accessdate=2007-10-05] He made his feature film directing debut in 1947 in "The Snow Trail ," which was written by his friend, acclaimed Japanesefilmmaker ,Akira Kurosawa . Born inTokyo, Japan , Kurosawa and Taniguchi had been friends since childhood. "The Snow Trial" starredToshiro Mifune and actressSetsuko Wakayama .Taniguchi and Wakayama married in 1949. The couple divorced in 1956. Taniguchi married his second wife, actress
Kaoru Yachigusa , in 1957. Yachigusa and Taniguchi remained together for over fifty years until his death 2007.Taniguchi was the
screenwriter for the 1949 film, "The Quiet Duel ," which Kurosawa directed. The movie also starred Mifune.Taniguchi continued to direct movies throughout the 1950s. However, he made his best known and most critically acclaimed films duirng the 1960s. His string of hits from the time period include "
Man Against Man ", "The Gambling Samurai ", "Man In The Storm " and "The Lost World of Sinbad ".His 1965 film "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" has been famously re-dubbed and re-released as "
What's Up, Tiger Lily? " byWoody Allen .Senkichi Taniguchi died of
pneumonia at a hospital inTokyo, Japan , on October 29, 2007, at the age of 95.External links
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* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2878921.ece Obituary, "The Times", 16 November 2007]References
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