Yōzō Tanaka

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-05-17 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan

Yōzō Tanaka

Biography

Yōzō Tanaka is a Japanese screenwriter. He was born in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. After joining the production department of Nichigeki Music Hall, he started writing radio scripts. While he was a student at Waseda University, he met Atsushi Yamatoya and Kaname Kawachi. Before becoming a screenwriter, Tanaka worked as a reporter, conducting a series of interviews with eccentrics in the magazine Weekly Sankei. After joining Nikkatsu, he joined a screenwriting team led by director Seijun Suzuki. Individuals in this group such as Tanaka, Yamatoya, and Chūsei Sone also contributed to various projects at Wakamatsu Productions during this period of the 1960...

Production

1975

Virgin Breaker Yuki

as Screenplay

1973

Trapped in Lust

as Screenplay

1966

Season of Betrayal

as Assistant Director

1979

Forbidden Ordeal

as Screenplay

1979

The Rivals

as Screenplay

1986

Cabaret

as Screenplay

1973

A Mummy’s Love

as Screenplay

1994

The Friends

as Screenplay

1975

1981

Baian the Assassin

as Screenplay

2009

Villon's Wife

as Screenplay

1974

Zoku tameiki

as Screenplay

1973

Handbook on Love

as Screenplay

1966

Season of Betrayal

as Screenplay

1973

Sigh

as Screenplay

1979

The Inferno

as Screenplay

1985

Moment of Demon

as Screenplay

1979

1987

Luminous Woman

as Screenplay

1981

Love Letter

as Screenplay

1980

1977

In the Realm of Sex

as Screenplay

1973

1974

Morning Frenzy

as Screenplay

1981

Kagero-za

as Screenplay

1984

Shanghai Rhapsody

as Screenplay

1974

Hihon: Sode to sode

as Screenplay

1987

2010

The Last Ronin

as Screenplay

1972

1983

The Catch

as Screenplay

1996

New Ghost Pub

as Screenplay

1976

Ah! That Pep Squad

as Screenplay

1994

Ghost Pub

as Screenplay

1991

Yumeji

as Screenplay

1980

Zigeunerweisen

as Screenplay

1977

Gate of Flesh

as Screenplay

1974

Flower & Snake

as Screenplay

1967

Branded to Kill

as Screenplay

2004

1978

Mrs. Muremure

as Screenplay

1979

1979

No Grave for Us

as Screenplay

1984

Make-Up

as Screenplay

1974

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