Writing
Yōzō Tanaka
JA cinema · 71 credits
Born
17 May 1939 (age 87)
Birthplace
Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan
Also known as 具流八郎 · Hachiro Guryu
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. 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.
Known for
Filmography
Yasuko, Songs of Days Past
Screenplay
The Last Ronin
Screenplay
Villon's Wife
Screenplay
Translucent Tree
Screenplay
New Ghost Pub
Screenplay
The Friends
Screenplay
Ghost Pub
Screenplay
Yumeji
Screenplay
Luminous Woman
Screenplay
The Lady in a Black Dress
Screenplay
Cabaret
Screenplay
Moment of Demon
Screenplay
Shanghai Rhapsody
Screenplay
Make-Up
Screenplay
The Catch
Screenplay
Baian the Assassin
Screenplay
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Screenplay
Love Letter
Screenplay
Kagero-za
Screenplay
Woman's Trail: Wet Path
Screenplay
Zigeunerweisen
Screenplay
Forbidden Ordeal
Screenplay
The Rivals
Screenplay
The Inferno
Screenplay
Secret of One Summer
Screenplay
The Shogun Assassins
Screenplay
No Grave for Us
Screenplay
Mrs. Muremure
Screenplay
Hell's Angels: Crimson Roar
Screenplay
In the Realm of Sex
Screenplay
Gate of Flesh
Screenplay
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
Screenplay
Ah! That Pep Squad
Screenplay
Virgin Breaker Yuki
Screenplay
Story of a Nymphomaniac
Screenplay
Zoku tameiki
Screenplay
Morning Frenzy
Screenplay
Hihon: Sode to sode
Screenplay
Flower & Snake
Screenplay
Wife to Be Sacrificed
Screenplay
Trapped in Lust
Screenplay
A Mummy’s Love
Screenplay
Handbook on Love
Screenplay
ためいき
1973
Sigh
Screenplay
The Hell-Fated Courtesan
Screenplay
Maruhi: Benten gokaichō
Screenplay
Branded to Kill
Screenplay
Season of Betrayal
Assistant Director, Screenplay