Umetsugu Inoue

Umetsugu Inoue (井上 梅次) was a Japanese film director 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, and he did the technical guidance for movies there from 1966 to 1970.

He was married to the actress Yumeji Tsukioka from 1957 until his death.

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 (1957)
 * Shorisha (1957)
 * Washi to Taka (1957)
 * Arashi o Yobu yūjō (1959) a.k.a. A Friendship That Causes a Storm
 * Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku (1958)
 * Subarashiki dansei (1958)
 * Yoru no kiba (1958)
 * Arashi o Yobu Gakudan (1960)
 * The Poem of the Blue Star (1960)
 * Shōri to Haiboku (1960)
 * Six Suspects (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 (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 - Director, screenwriter.
 * 1967 King Drummer
 * 1967 Operation Lipstick - Director, screenwriter.
 * 1968 The Brain-Stealers
 * 1968 Hong Kong Rhapsody
 * Kushiro no Yoru (1968)
 * Long Live Youth! (1969)
 * The Millionaire Chase (1969)
 * 1970 Apartment for Ladies
 * The Five Million Dollar Legacy (1970)
 * The Performers (1970)
 * Whose Baby Is in the Classroom? (1970)
 * Young Lovers (1970)
 * The Yellow Muffler (1971)
 * Lill, My Darling Witch (1971)
 * Sunset (1971)
 * We Love Millionaires (1971)
 * The Venus Tear Diamond (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 (1983)

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Screenplays

 * Mōjū tsukai no shōjo (1952)

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