Yōzō Tanaka
- Naissance
- 17 mai 1939
- Origine
- Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan
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 1960s.
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He is also a driving force behind the heyday of Nikkatsu Roman Porno, writing numerous screenplays. He continued to collaborate with fellow veterans of the aforementioned series such as Shinji Sōmai and Kichitaro Negishi.
His disciples include Haruhiko Arai and Miho Nakazono.
In 2005, he worked as an associate professor at the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts.
In 2017, a book of Yōzō Tanaka's essays and other archival materials such as interviews and screenplays was published.
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Scénario 28
À l’étudeYasuko, Songs of Days Past2025
À l’étudeThe Last Ronin2010
Villon's Wife2009
À l’étudeTranslucent Tree2004
À l’étudeJardin d'été1994
À l’étudeThe Lady in a Black Dress1987
À l’étudeMaison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy1986
À l’étudeLost Chapter of Snow: Passion1985
À l’étudeMoment of Demon1985
À l’étudeMake-Up1984
À l’étudeThe Catch1983
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun1981
À l’étudeBrumes de Chaleur1981
À l’étudeLove Letter1981
À l’étudeFemale Teacher: Dirty Afternoon1981
Mélodie tzigane1980
À l’étudeJigoku1979
À l’étudeHarry and His Geisha Girls1978
À l’étudeIn the Realm of Sex1977
À l’étudeCase of the Disjointed Murder1977
À l’étudeViolent Panic : The Big Crash1976
À l’étudeNouveau combat sans code d'honneur 2 : La Tête du boss1975
À l’étudeVirgin Breaker Yuki1975
Fleur secrète1974
À l’étudeTrapped in Lust1973
À l’étudeSecret Chronicle: Crimson Goddess in Paradise1973
À l’étudeYakuza Justice: Erotic Code of Honor1973
À l’étudeLa Marque du Tueur1967