was a
Japanese film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
and
scriptwriter. He directed 115 movies, wrote 101 screenplays, and is credited with the original story for five films.
In addition, he worked with all six major Japanese film production companies.
His film work extended to
Hong Kong
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, and he did the technical guidance for movies there from 1966 to 1970.
Filmography
Filmography of Umetsugu Inoue include:
Director
* ''
Jazz on Parade 1954 nen: Tokyo Cinderella Musume'' (1954)
* ''
Mittsu no Kao'' (1955) a.k.a. ''
Three Faces''
* ''
Midori haruka ni'' (1955) a.k.a. ''
The Green Music Box''
* ''
Hi no Tori'' (1956)
* ''
Nikoyon Monogatari'' (1956)
* ''
Shi no Jūjiro'' (1956)
* ''
Man Who Causes a Storm
, or ''A Storming Drummer'', or ''The Stormy Man'', is a 1957 color Cinema of Japan, Japanese film directed by Umetsugu Inoue. The film is one of the most famous films for Yujiro Ishihara, who plays the main role of Kokubun Eiji, an unknown drumme ...
'' (1957)
* ''
Shorisha'' (1957)
* ''
Washi to Taka'' (1957)
* ''
Arashi o Yobu yūjō
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'' (1959) a.k.a. ''
A Friendship That Causes a Storm
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* ''
Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku
is a 1958 color Japanese film directed by Umetsugu Inoue.
Cast
* Yujiro Ishihara
* Mie Kitahara
* Kaku Takashina
* Nobuo Kaneko
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'' (1958)
* ''
Subarashiki dansei
is a 1958 Japanese film directed by Umetsugu Inoue.
Cast
* Yujiro Ishihara
* Mie Kitahara ( 北原三枝)
* Mari Shiraki
is a Japanese actress. She joined the Nikkatsu studio and appeared in about 100 films at Nikkatsu. Shiraki is well kno ...
'' (1958)
* ''
Yoru no kiba
is a 1958 color Japanese film directed by Umetsugu Inoue.
Cast
* Yujiro Ishihara : Sugiura Kenkichi
* Yumeji Tsukioka : Hanaoka Mari
* Ruriko Asaoka : Ogin
* Mari Shiraki : Kono Akemi
* Ko Nishimura : Kano
* Toru Abe : Akanuma
* Masumi Okada ...
'' (1958)
* ''
Arashi o Yobu Gakudan'' (1960)
* ''
The Poem of the Blue Star
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'' (1960)
* ''
Shōri to Haiboku'' (1960)
* ''
Six Suspects
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'' (1960)
* ''
Gonin no Totsugeki Tai'' (1961)
* ''
The Man from the East'' (1961)
* ''
Heiten Jikan'' (1962) a.k.a. ''Closing''
* ''
Hell's Kitchen'' (1962)
* ''
Hoseki Dorobo'' (1962)
* ''
Kurotokage'' (1962) a.k.a. ''Black Lizard''
* ''
Ankokugai Saidai no Kettō'' (1963) a.k.a. ''
Duel of the Underworld'' (暗黒街最大の決闘)
* ''
Bury Me Deep
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The book is "a cunningly fictionalized" version of a 1931 crime story in which Winnie Ruth Judd was convicted of the murder of two women in Los A ...
'' (1963)
* ''
Daisanno Kagemusha'' (1963)
* ''
The Night I Want to Dance'' (1963)
* ''
Yakuza no Kunsho'' (1963)
* ''
Ankokugai Odori'' (1964)
* ''
Modae'' (1964)
* ''
Gyangu Chōjō Sakusen'' (1965)
* ''
Kuroi Yuwaku'' (1965)
* ''
Yoru no Nettaigyo'' (1965) a.k.a. ''
BGS of Ginza''
* 1966 ''
Koi to Namida no Taiyō''
* 1967 ''
Gekijo no Chibusa''
* 1967 ''
Hong Kong Nocturne
''Hong Kong Nocturne'' (香江花月夜) is a 1967 Hong Kong Shaw Brothers musical film directed by Umetsugu Inoue.
Plot
The Chia sisters (Cheng Pei-pei, Lily Ho and Chin Ping)
perform as the backup troupe with their magician father (Chiang K ...
'' - Director, screenwriter.
* 1967 ''
King Drummer
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''
* 1967 ' - Director, screenwriter.
* 1968 ''The Brain-Stealers''
* 1968 ''
Hong Kong Rhapsody
''Hong Kong Rhapsody'' (花月良宵) is a 1968 Hong Kong Shaw Brothers musical film directed by Umetsugu Inoue.
Cast
*Peter Chen Ho as Chen Tzu-Hsin
*Lee Ching as Chang Hsiao-Ping
*Allison Chang Yen as Lin Yu-Lan
*Chan Hung-lit
*Chin Ping
* Li ...
''
* ''
Kushiro no Yoru'' (1968)
* ''
Long Live Youth!'' (1969)
* ''
The Millionaire Chase'' (1969)
* 1970 ''
Apartment for Ladies
''Apartment for Ladies'' or ''Nu zi gong yu '' is a 1970 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Umetsugu Inoue. It was produced by Run Run Shaw of Shaw Brothers Studio.
Plot
Songstress Betty Ting Pei travels from Hong Kong to Taiwan in search of ...
''
* ' (1970)
* ''
The Performers'' (1970)
* ''
Whose Baby Is in the Classroom?'' (1970)
* ''
Young Lovers'' (1970)
* ''
The Yellow Muffler'' (1971)
* ''
Lill, My Darling Witch'' (1971)
* ''
Sunset
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'' (1971)
* ' (1971)
* ' (1971)
* ''
Ikare Doku Hebi: Moku Gekisha o Kese'' (1976) a.k.a. ''Cobra''
* ''
Utareru Mae ni Ute!'' (1976)
* ''
Aitsu to Lullaby'' (1983)
* ''
Man Who Causes a Storm
, or ''A Storming Drummer'', or ''The Stormy Man'', is a 1957 color Cinema of Japan, Japanese film directed by Umetsugu Inoue. The film is one of the most famous films for Yujiro Ishihara, who plays the main role of Kokubun Eiji, an unknown drumme ...
'' (1983)
Sources:
Screenplays
* ''
Mōjū tsukai no shōjo
is a 1952 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Kōzō Saeki.
Overview
Chiemi Eri sings in the film.
Cast
* Chiemi Eri
* Jun Negami
* Kazuko Fushimi
* Jōji Oka
* Minoru Chiaki
* Ayako Wakao
See also
* List of films in the public do ...
'' (1952)
Sources:
References
External links
INOUE UMETSUGU at hkcinemamagic.com
Inoue Umetsugu at hkmdb.com
1923 births
2010 deaths
Hong Kong film directors
Japanese film directors
People from Kyoto
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