Hiroshi Inagaki

Hiroshi Inagaki
Inagaki c. 1930s
Born	(1905-12-30)30 December 1905 Tokyo, Japan
Died	21 May 1980(1980-05-21) (aged 74) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation(s)	director, screenwriter, producer, actor
Years active	1923–1979
Awards	Academy Honorary Award 1956 Miyamoto Musashi Golden Lion 1958 Rickshaw Man

Hiroshi Inagaki (Japanese: 稲垣 浩, Hepburn: Inagaki Hiroshi, 30 December 1905 – 1 May 1980) was a Japanese filmmaker who worked on over 100 films in a career spanning over five decades. He is one of the most successful and critically acclaimed filmmakers in the history of Japanese cinema, having directed several jidaigeki epics such as the 1954 Academy Award-winning film Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, and its two sequels (1955's Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) and 1956's Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island).